75TH Ranger Regiment: Strategic Force for the 21st

Abstract

America's Army is focused on the 21st Century. Force XXI is already underway and concepts are being developed for the Army After Next. In both, Special Operation Forces (SOF) have key roles to fulfill. As part of the SOF, there is a need to define where the Army's premier infantry special operations unit, the 75th Ranger Regiment, fits into the Army of the 21st Century. This paper examines two questions. First, what roles and missions can be derived for the Ranger Force from visions of a 2lst Century Army? Secondly, based upon those roles and missions what changes need to be addressed in the area of integration into Force XXI/Force Development and doctrine? The paper concludes with recommendations based upon this analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA341454

Entities

People

  • Ken Keen

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Rangers
  • Army Training
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Special Operations Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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