75th Ranger Regiment
| 75th Ranger Regiment | |
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75th Ranger Regiment's distinctive unit insignia | |
| Active | 1984–present 1942–present (1st Battalion) 2006–present (Regimental Special Troops Battalion) |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Rapid reaction force, Special operations force |
| Role | Special operations |
| Size | 3,623 personnel authorized:
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| Part of | U.S. Army Special Operations Command United States Special Operations Command |
| Headquarters | Fort Benning, Georgia |
| Nickname(s) | Army Rangers Airborne Rangers |
| Motto(s) | Sua Sponte ("Of their own accord") Rangers Lead the Way |
| Color of Beret | Tan |
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| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Kitefre Oboho |
| Command Sergeant Major | Command Sergeant Major Chris Masters |
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| NATO Map Symbol (1998) | |
| NATO Map Symbol (2017) | |
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The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as the Army Rangers, is the United States Army Special Operations Command's premier light infantry and direct-action raid force. The 75th Ranger Regiment is also part of Joint Special Operations Command via the Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC). The regiment is headquartered at Fort Benning, Georgia, and comprises 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 18 hours of alert notification.
The 75th Ranger Regiment is one of the U.S. military's most extensively used units. On December 17, 2020, it marked 7,000 consecutive days of combat operations.