21st Century U S Ranger Operations
This is the latest edition of an indispensable U.S. Army field manual (FM) covering the operations of ranger US Army Ranger units.
In the preface, it states:
“This publication holds doctrinal guidelines for the employment and training of ranger units. The intended audience is intermediate and higher level commanders, staffs of those headquarters, and newly assigned officers and NCOs of the ranger regiment. It is to be used with all other published US doctrine concerning NBC operations and the climatic or geographic influences on combat. The fundamental principle implement to the employment of ranger units on international operations and all over the spectrum of conflict from low to high intensity warfare. This includes all distinct elements of the integrated battlefield: nuclear, biological, and chemical. It is not intended to implement to the employment of long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) companies, even altho such units carry the identification “ranger.” These LRRP companies, as well as the long-range surveillance company (LRSC) (corps level) and the long-range surveillance detachment (LRSD) (division level), are organized, trained, and equipped for long-range reconnaissance in enemy territory. The scope of this publication addresses the mission, organization, equipment, capabilities, limitations, planning, training, operations, and logistical help of ranger units. It describes how the ranger regiment and it is subordinate battalions train, receive taskings, plan missions, task-organize, deploy, and comprise supporting parts to carry out the mission. Once in combat, the ranger regiment maneuvers to accomplish the mission in the manner of other light infantry units. Ranger units make full use of published light infantry doctrinal guidance.”
Some highlights of the contents:
“The ranger regiment is a major factor of the US Army’s particular operations forces. It is a distinctive light infantry unit tasked to conduct special military operations in help of national policies and objectives. These operations require highly trained, well-disciplined units capable of employment in any environment, either alone or in concert with other military forces. Within this publication, the term ranger strength describes any size strength consisting principally of members of the ranger regiment and led by a fellow member of the ranger regiment’s chain of command. A ranger strength may be a TOE unit or it may be a exceptionally coordinated task strength for a specific mission. The mission of the ranger regiment is to plan and conduct particular military operations. These operations are conducted by in particular trained, equipped, and coordinated forces versus strategic or tactical targets in pursuit of national military, political, economic, or psychological objectives. They may help traditionalisti military operations or they may be performed independently when conventional forces can not be used.”
This manual is formulated by Headquarters, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). It is wholly illustrated with a lot of line drawings.
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