Non American Rangers?

by **Zack** » June 12th, 2004, 3:58 am

I was wondering what other countries have Counterpart American Rangers? To be more clear i mean what other nations special forces who were actually trained by our Rangers. I think the Philippines are with their scout Rangers and possibly the Irish Rangers? Thanks

Zack

by **Bell** » June 12th, 2004, 4:24 am

None. Several countries send their troops through our Ranger School, but none are trained as Rangers.

RLTW
Bell

by **Zack** » June 12th, 2004, 4:28 am

Yea i have no doubt no country can compare with our Rangers i was just wondering who tries to be like them.

by **Bell** » June 12th, 2004, 4:48 am

Zack. You're getting into the who's better at what they do thing.

Each of those countries have special forces units that are outstanding.

Most of the Rangers would pay good money to get training with the Moussad (sp) or with the British SAS. Those are two outstanding units and you can't compare one against the other.

RLTW
Bell

by **RGR W. Beals** » July 19th, 2004, 5:12 am

I know there is a Finnish Airborne Ranger Assoc. A lot of those guys went to RGR school in the 60s/70s. I am going to meet with a bunch of them in April when I go back over.

by **Tomy** » July 20th, 2004, 5:21 pm

Yes im one of them, went through traning in 2002.
Its tough course we have about 9 guys who are graduate at Ranger school. Rangers lead the way!!!

by **Steadfast** » July 22nd, 2004, 1:51 am

Tomy wrote:Yes im one of them, went through traning in 2002.
Its tough course we have about 9 guys who are graduate at Ranger school. Rangers lead the way!!!

Tomy, it is time for you to make an introduction as is customary on this wonderful site. We sure would like to hear from someone from Lithuania, especially one from my grandparents homeland.

Sign me,

Ranger, from Brooklyn, NY

by **Psywar1-0** » April 19th, 2005, 3:05 am

Does RTB/SOA still have a guest instructor at the Colombian Lancero School?

My first boss in the Contracting world had held that slot in the late 90s

by **Chiron** » April 19th, 2005, 10:01 am

The Greeks even have SF, SEAL and Ranger type units.

I can tell you they are good.

by **taurus** » April 20th, 2005, 12:01 pm

well the belgian paracommandos are a good example...

http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Belgium/Default.html
the comment about the training being harder then rangers , well , not my place to comment.

more :

http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Belgium/Para_Commandos/default.htm
http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Belgium/CTC/CTC.htm

interested in the opinion of the rangers

by **Chiron** » April 20th, 2005, 12:09 pm

I have been to 25 countries. The biggest thing is to compare to U.S. Army Rangers. It's a complement to ones self to say that "we are better than the Rangers".

In all cases I just ignore comments like that. When you get into a comparison issue it becomes a Tit for Tat argument that goes no place.

Try comparing the mission statements and see if there are similarities.

There are no similarities and that's that.

by **Chiron** » April 20th, 2005, 12:11 pm

taurus wrote: interested in the opinion of the rangers .

Have you made a proper introduction in the correct forum?

by **firedoc2368** » July 4th, 2005, 4:12 pm

I think when you ask who's better than who, then you should ask yourself do I have what it takes to become a ranger. Im not a ranger but can tell you it takes intelligents, integrity, endurance, and the will power to accomplish the task at hand. There are alot of forces in the world that have these same qualities. Some forces dont have as much as others as far as funding or equipment, but on the other hand if you are in an elite unit from whatever country, you are part of the brotherhood of the elite and that should be enough as long as you have your brothers.

by **AbnRgr289** » July 4th, 2005, 5:18 pm

Zack wrote: Yea i have no doubt no country can compare with our Rangers i was just wondering who tries to be like them.

Who are you speaking to?

You need to read the FAQ's and follow the sites Rules.

All members with "Ranger" under thier username will be addressed in the following manner "Ranger Username".

Just so you understand, in this case it should read "Ranger Bell".

by **The Bombardier** » July 11th, 2005, 3:25 pm

Zack wrote:I was wondering what other countries have Counterpart American Rangers? To be more clear i mean what other nations special forces who were actually trained by our Rangers. I think the Philippines are with their scout Rangers and possibly the Irish Rangers? Thanks

Zack

Just to clarify

The Irish Rangers are not Rangers in the same sense of US Rangers, they are/were an infantry unit formed from the 27th, 83rd and 87th regts of foot in the 60's but thier history harks back to 17th century. The regt sort of dis-banded in the 90's when it amagamated with the UDR to for the Royal Irish Regt, I say sort of disbanded as there still is a TA (reserve) regt called The Royal Irish Rangers

Its a very strange bag so to speak, called Irish it is part of the British Army (not that strange), the First Bn seems to be full of Englishmen (mainly from Liverpool), the largest Infantry regt and has both Full Time and Part Time members as well as a reserve unit, which seems bizarre but actually makes perfect sense if you know thier history and roles.

A seadfast bunch, thier CO was the bloke who gave a very famous speech just before entering Iraq, but can no way can be considered a "Special" unit

Don't forget that the word "Ranger" was orginally British

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