Operation Rhino was a Joint Special Operations Command raid by several special operations units, including the United States Army's 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment and the 75th Ranger Regiment (Regimental Reconnaissance Company and 3rd Ranger Battalion), on several Taliban targets in and around Kandahar, Afghanistan during the ...

A Bronze Star for valor was presented to 8-year-old Shannon Celiz, the daughter of Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz, who was killed in action on July 12, 2018, in Paktiya province, Afghanistan. Celiz was on his seventh combat deployment — his fifth as an Army Ranger.

The six battalions of the modern Rangers have been deployed in Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan and Iraq.

On the night of October 19th / morning of October 20th, 2001, US Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out a large scale airborne operation into the heart of Taliban-held Afghanistan. Their were 2 objectives, code named Objective Rhino and Objective Gecko. Objective Rhino was a desert landing strip to the southwest of Kandahar.

On 6 August, a platoon of U.S. Army Rangers began taking fire while trying to capture a senior Taliban leader in the Tangi Valley in Wardak province. A CH-47 helicopter carrying 38 American and Afghan servicemen was dispatched to help, but was shot down by the Taliban.

May 24, 2002 · Within minutes, the Rangers took the hill, killing multiple al Qaeda. The Rangers began to consolidate their position on the top of the mountain, which the platoon leader deemed more defendable – and safer for their wounded.

Nov 16, 2023 · A new video produced by the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment features never-before-seen images of the elite unit’s final days at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, along with interviews with Ranger...

Rangers have provided a quick reaction force (QRF) for SOF task forces operating in Afghanistan and Iraq. The 75th Ranger Regiment is made up of a regimental headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) and several battalions. The regimental headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) consists of: RIP (Ranger Indoctrination Program).

Nov 18, 2020 · Just a few weeks after the September 11 attacks, US special operators went deep behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. The US Army's Rangers, Delta Force, and 160th Special Operations Aviation...

Nov 19, 2020 · A task force composed of Delta Force operators, Rangers, and Night Stalkers conducted two simultaneous raids deep inside the territory of the Taliban, which had hosted Al Qaeda, the terrorist group behind the attacks.