TODAY’S RANGERs Today’s Army Rangers are smart tough brave and adventurous They are strong and capable soldiers and they don’t give up They are quick thinkers and always ready to take action Rangers bravely face fear danger and unknown obstacles on every mission They are trained to outsmart and defeat their enemies Surprise is one of the Rangers most effective weapons To succeed in their missions Rangers work to discover information about the enemy This is called intelligence gathering Rangers learn where the enemy is hiding Then they use special skills and equipment to get close to the enemy without being seen Rangers are light infantry forces that fight on foot They carry what they need and are in direct combat with the enemy Rangers often arrive under the cover of darkness Their enemies are Rangers wear night vision goggles to see in the dark 1 R E T P A H C 4
shocked and unable to react quickly enough to defeat the Rangers Rangers seize and destroy enemy sites and materials and capture or kill enemies They also rescue prisoners of war and other people from hostile areas Recent Ranger Deployments Iran Operation Eagle Claw 1980 1983 Grenada Operation Urgent Fury 1989 Panama Operation Just Cause 1991 Persian Gulf Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm Serpent Restore Hope 1993 Somalia Operation Gothic 2001 Afghanistan Operation 2003 Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom Enduring Freedom Detail Areas Iraq Iran Afghanistan Caribbean Sea Grenada Panama Persian Gulf Indian Ocean Somalia 5
