Re: Ranger Promo deux
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dangedan87</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Pretty funny, but wasnt the Rangers created to keep up with the Marines? </div></div>
Actually, on August 12, 1776, General of the Army George Washington ordered Lieutenant Colonel Knowlton to select an elite group of men from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts to carry out reconnaissance missions. These were America's first official spies, "Knowlton's Rangers" were also the first organized American elite troops.
The Marines were formed in 1775, so officially they were first, unofficially the Rangers had already been formed. Rogers Rangers, whose standing orders are still posted at the front of every Ranger handbook were formed in 1755.
Saying that the Rangers were created to keep up with the Naval Infantry is laughable.
As an aside, that was the first fat body Marine I have ever seen. I am embarrassed most days at the physical prowess of a lot of our soldiers.