Every US Army Ranger Squad
Sources:
–World War II–
• TO&E 7-85 “Ranger Infantry Battalion” (29 Feb 1944) via warestablishments.net
• TO&E 7-85 “Ranger Infantry Battalion” (7 Aug 1945) via warestablishments.net
• Sayen, J. “Battalion: An Organizational Study of the United States Infantry”
–Korea–
• “Reference Data: Infantry Regiment” (May 1951) published by The Infantry School, pp. ix, 43
• TO&E 7-87 “Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) (Tentative)” (17 Oct 1950) via warestablishments.net
• Sayen, J. “Battalion: An Organizational Study of the United States Infantry”
–LRRP/Vietnam–
• TO&E 7-157H “Airborne Infantry Ranger Company” (1 Nov 1973) via warestablishments.net
• TO&E 7-157E “Infantry Long Range Patrol Company” (28 September 1964) via Joseph Trevithick
• FM 31-18 “Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol Company” (August 1968)
• FM 31-18 “Infantry Long Range Patrol Company” (January 1965)
• Burford, J. “LRRP’s in action”
• Gebhardt, J. (2005) “Eyes Behind the Lines: US Army Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance Units”
• Terry, B. (2018) “Maintaining Capability and Options: Dismounted Reconnaissance in the Division and Corps Deep Area” p. 25
–1974-2001–
• TO&E 7-85H “Ranger Infantry Battalion” (30 May 1974) via warestablishments.net
• FM 7-85 “Ranger Unit Operations” (June 1987), version approved for public release
• Sayen, J. “Battalion: An Organizational Study of the United States Infantry”
• Examination of photos posted by NARA
–Present Day–
• Conversations with two Late 2010s Rangers (2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion) and one current serving Ranger
• Examination of photos posted by 75th Ranger social media and DVIDS
• FM 4-0 “Sustainment Operations” (July 2019) for the Ranger Support Company
Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:40 – WW2 (Merrill’s Marauders & Rangers)
3:50 – Korea (Ranger Infantry Companies)
6:05 – Vietnam (LRRPs)
9:06 – Late Cold War (Modern Rangers)
11:03 – Current 75th Ranger Regiment
11:32 – Ranger Battalion Organization
14:28 – 75th Rangers Purpose
17:40 – Current Ranger Squad
18:50 – Ranger Tab vs. Scroll
19:44 – Ranger Squad (cont’d)
25:10 – Ranger Platoon
25:14 – Weapons Squad
26:37 – Platoon HQ
27:09 – Attachments
Credit to : Battle Order
