75th Ranger Regiment (United States)

75th Ranger Regiment
75th Ranger Regiment shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1984–present 1942–present (1st Battalion) 2006–present (Regimental Special Troops Battalion)
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Army
Type	Specialized light Infantry
Role	Special Operations
Size	3,623 personnel authorized: 3,566 military personnel 57 civilian personnel
Part of	U.S. Army Special Operations Command
Headquarters	Fort Benning, Georgia
Nickname(s)	Army Rangers Airborne Rangers, Task Force Red
Motto(s)	Sua Sponte ("Of their own accord") Rangers Lead the Way
Engagements	World War II Korean War Vietnam War Invasion of Grenada Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War Battle of Mogadishu Kosovo War War in Afghanistan Iraq War War in Afghanistan (2015-present) Notable operations: Operation Rutter Operation Torch Operation Overlord Operation Cabanatuan Operation Delaware Operation Eagle Claw Operation Gothic Serpent Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Rhino Operation Anaconda
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Marcus S. Evans
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Unit beret flashes

3,623 personnel authorized:

Sua Sponte ("Of their own accord")

Notable operations:

The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as Rangers, or within JSOC as Task Force Red, is a light infantry, special operations unit of the United States Army. The regiment is headquartered at Fort Benning, Georgia and is composed of one special troops battalion and three ranger battalions. The regiment is the U.S. Army's premier raid force, with specialized skills that enable them to perform a variety of missions. These include direct action, airfield seizure, airborne and air assaults, special reconnaissance, personnel recovery, and high-value target raids. It operates as a special operations force under the United States Army Special Operations Command.

The regiment's history dates back to Colonial America, when rifle companies organized by Major Robert Rogers made long-range attacks against French forces and their Indian allies and were instrumental in capturing Fort Detroit. During the American Revolutionary War, many colonial commanders were former Rangers. One, General John Stark, commanded the First New Hampshire Militia, which gained fame at the Battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. Stark later coined the phrase "Live free or die", New Hampshire’s state motto.

American Ranger history predates the Revolutionary War to Ethan Allen and his guerrilla fighting group the Green Mountain Boys in Vermont. Captain Benjamin Church formed Church's Rangers, which fought hostile Native American tribes during King Philip's War. In 1756 Major Rogers, a New Hampshire native, recruited nine Ranger companies to fight in the French and Indian War. They were known as "Rogers' Rangers". In 1775 the Continental Congress later formed eight companies of expert riflemen to fight in the Revolutionary War. In 1777, this force of hardy frontiersmen, commanded by Dan Morgan, was known as The Corps of Rangers. Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox", organized another famous Revolutionary War Ranger element known as "Marion's Partisans".