Author: Department of the Army Headquarters

Publisher:

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781974551163

This publication contains doctrinal guidelines for the employment and training of rangerunits. The intended audience is intermediate and higher level commanders, staffs of thoseheadquarters, and newly assigned officers and NCOs of the ranger regiment. It is to beused with all other published US doctrine concerning NBC operations and the climatic orgeographic influences on combat. The fundamentals apply to the employment of rangerunits on worldwide operations and across the spectrum of conflict from low to highintensity warfare. This includes all aspects of the integrated battlefield: nuclear,biological, and chemical. It is not intended to apply to the employment of long-rangereconnaissance patrol (LRRP) companies, even though such units carry the designation"ranger." These LRRP companies, as well as the long-range surveillance company(LRSC) (corps level) and the long-range surveillance detachment (LRSD) (divisionlevel), are organized, trained, and equipped for long-range reconnaissance in enemyterritory.The scope of this publication addresses the mission, organization, equipment,capabilities, limitations, planning, training, operations, and logistical support of rangerunits. It describes how the ranger regiment and its subordinate battalions train, receivetaskings, plan missions, task-organize, deploy, and integrate supporting elements toperform the mission.