Iraq War Vet - 75th Ranger Rgt w ICM Medal Pin

Ranger battalion operational tempo while deployed is high. The 1st Ranger Battalion conducted more than 900 missions in Afghanistan in one deployment: the battalion successfully captured nearly 1,700 enemy combatants (386 high-value targets) and killed more than 400. While the Ranger Regiment has traditionally been considered an elite light infantry force, operations over the past decade have demonstrated the Rangers' capabilities of conducting a full range of special operations missions. In November 2015, the U.S. military sent a company of Rangers to southeastern Afghanistan, as part of the War in Afghanistan (2015-present), to help Afghan counter-terrorism forces destroy an al-Qaeda training camp in a “fierce fight” that lasted f...