Army Rangers are a light Infantry brigade in the Army. Just like the 10th Mountain. 82nd Airborne. and so forth. They are compromised of enlisted men, NCO's and officers. Most Rangers are scattered throughout the Army's regular units. Even cooks and office personnel can be Rangers if they can pass the course. 80% of all officers are babied through Ranger School so they can wear a patch. The true spec ops are SEALS Army SPEC Forces and Delta Force. Oh and those Air Force Combat Controllers????
2006-06-16 12:33:00 · 10 answers · asked by shanem1c1 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
People who do not have any military background often do not make the correct distinctions between different types of units. They are just not as familiar as military personnel with the correct terms. There are, however, a surprising number of military personnel who don't understand the differences either. I would assume that comes from being stationed or assigned in units that are not near any of these types of units. I think you are not differentiating between an infantry soldier (or any other type of soldier for that matter) that has been to Ranger school and one that serves in Ranger Regiment. 75th Ranger Regiment is not "Special Forces" but it does fall under the Special Operations Command (unlike 10th Mountain or the 82d ABN). The difference is between the term Special Operations and Special Forces. Special Forces are comprised of 18 series MOS personnel who have attended a series of schooling to qualify.
2006-06-16 19:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by Natasha 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First off the light in fantry in the Army does nothing and cannot even compare to the Rangers, maybe if you compare the USMC light infantry and the Rangers similar. Another thing you forgot is the USMC Force Recon, they are also as you put it "true spec ops" And the reason they being considerd part of the Special Forces Community is because they are under the same command as the Seals, Army Special Forces, Force Recon, and the Air Force Pararescue.
2006-06-16 13:03:58 · answer #2 · answered by jslewis81 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the Rangers were originally set up along the same lines as the British Army Commandos in WW2 and to perform the same tasks.
They now tend to be the unit of choice to support U.S special forces ops, as well as the Marines, who also consider themselves to be Special Forces.
2006-06-19 09:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are Rangers and then there are Rangers. I went through Ranger school along time ago and I never saw anyone baby anybody due to his rank. 130 of us started out and 32 finished the course nine weeks later. Ranger school made my time at Ft. Bragg going through the SF selection, Q-course, etc one hell of a lot easier. Besides that, SF and other special op units have entirely different missions than Rangers do. The gold and black tab is a badge of honor to those who have earned it and BELIEVE me...you DO earn it! I served with the 75th in Viet-Nam. Even though I was Ranger qualified that didn't mean jack to that unit. I had to take a fast-paced course (2 weeks) within the unit to even be considered to be able to become part of the company. They called us Lurp then (LRRP or LRP) and we pulled missions in places God forgot about and angels feared to tread. When you and four or five other men are in the bush deep, and I mean DEEP, in Indian country with the odds of 5 to 6 men against 100's of bad guys you become very, very special. Hard to believe? Our job was to go in, gather intelligence, and get out with what we found out. The hardest part was to get in unseen and unheard and leave the same way. No easy task I assure you. If we made contact with the enemy 75% of the time we broke contact, E & E'ed, and Charlie Miked until our extraction date. Prisoner snatches were tried by my team and we got very few...wasn't really worth it to jeprodize the teams safety. The Rangers of today are special forces in mass and have a very quick reaction time to any crisis anywhere in the world. Many young troops select to go on to Special Forces to further their careers or just because they, THEMSELVES, need to. Never under-estimate the Rangers for they are definitely the ones who lead the way in times of crisis and if they're utilized for what they were trained for. The school tabbed Rangers mission in a line unit is to advise and instruct those soldiers of that unit in small unit tactics that were taught to them at the Ft. Benning school to further enhance that units capabilities in combat. There is a Ranger Creed.... read it sometime and maybe you will understand what it means to become, be, and stay a Ranger. Sua Sponte
2006-06-17 16:29:42 · answer #4 · answered by purpleheart3@verizon.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rangers are in their own category, Rangers are Rangers. Just like Russia isn't an Asian or European country, it's Russian.
I do think the Green Berets are much tighter though. GO ARMY!
2006-06-16 13:46:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rangers are "special forces." The do mostly fall under the command of S.O.C.O.M. and it is in the job they do. Also another example of non-special special forces are the 101st's Path Finders.
2006-06-16 13:19:52 · answer #6 · answered by ironranger166 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one cares, Brittney Spears is upset dude... c'mon.
The war is just a channel on TV, we turn it off and go on to the Sopranos, no big deal.
2006-06-16 12:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no American forces are any good they kill more of their allies with (friendly fire)mistakes because they are ill trained and think they know everything.Just look at your president the most stupid bloke in the world..
2006-06-17 07:25:54 · answer #8 · answered by andy f 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we watched Con Air, & loved Nicholas Cage,so we wanted to believe He was special.
2006-06-16 12:39:31 · answer #9 · answered by aunt_ki 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because not everyone's been in the military
2006-06-16 12:50:55 · answer #10 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋