Several important days in the history and lineage of the 3rd Ranger Battalion happened on October 3rd.

The U.S. Army Rangers date back to the Colonial Days before the American Revolution, when the British raised a company of New Hampshire woodsmen who became an independent Ranger Company under Major Robert Rogers.

“Rogers’ Rangers” were greatly valued by the British during the French and Indian War for their skills at reconnaissance and at conducting light infantry operations. The British then expanded the Rangers into 14 different companies that took part in 14 different engagements during the war. Rogers’s writing on his 28 “Rules of Ranging” is still in use today by Army Rangers.

Rangers appeared briefly in other American wars during the 19th century. Yet, it wasn’t until World War I

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