70YearRanger
US Army Ranger - 1st Battalion, 75th Infantry Regiment - 50 Year Anniversary Patch (1974-2024) - Sua Sponte - 5" X 4 1/4" Wax Backed
The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as Army Rangers, is the premier light infantry unit and special operations force within the United States Army Special Operations Command. The regiment is headquartered at Fort Moore, Georgia and is composed of a regimental headquarters company, a military intelligence battalion, a special troops battalion, and three Ranger battalions.
The 75th Ranger Regiment primarily handles direct action raids in hostile or sensitive environments, often killing or capturing high-value targets. Other missions include airfield seizure, special reconnaissance, personnel recovery, clandestine insertion, and site exploitation. The regiment can deploy one Ranger battalion within eighteen hours of alert notification.
The 75th Ranger Regiment is one of the U.S. military's most extensively used units. On December 17, 2021, it marked 7,000 consecutive days of combat operations.
The 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger) (officially 75th Infantry Regiment or 75th Infantry) was initially a parent regiment for all the US Army Ranger units during the Vietnam War and the early 1980s and then the headquarters for the Ranger battalions.
The 75th Ranger Regiment is a unique Special Operations Force comprised of specially selected and well trained Soldiers constantly tested for the privilege of serving in the Regiment.
1st Ranger Battalion - Hunter Army Airfield - Savannah, Georgia
2nd Ranger Battalion - Joint Base Lewis-McChord - Tacoma, Washington
3rd Ranger Battalion - Fort Benning (Now Fort Moore) Columbus, Georgia
75th Ranger Regiment STB (Special Troops Battalion) - Fort Benning (Now Fort Moore) Columbus, Georgia
75th Ranger Regiment MIB (Military Intelligence Battalion) - Fort Benning (Now Fort Moore) Columbus, Georgia
75th Ranger Regimental Headquarters - Fort Benning (Now Fort Moore) Columbus, Georgia