What we have here is what some might refer to as an "Epic Fail"
I'll go ahead and say it. Your mentors don't know what they are talking about, and neither do you.
I'll just leave this here for you, and you can take from it what you want.
http://sofrep.com/15870/the-evolution-of-the-75th-Ranger-regiment-part-3/
Suffice it to say that you OBVIOUSLY do not know what Rangers have been doing for the last 12 years, and you certainly don't know about who is an SMU and who is not, and you don't know about things that are going on behind the scenes. But roger dude, Rangers are really good at manning a blocking position and walking around the woods right? Some day I hope we are able to do our own missions instead of pulling BP's for the other guys....
I've been gone for a couple of days, I didn't know that I started a shit storm in the process.
Listen, sir, I was trying to be as respectful as humanly possible. And I apologize if I had offended you. I think there was a miscommunication on my part. To state the obvious, Rangers are and will continue to be a very, very high profile unit. In no way, shape or form was I denigrating Rangers. The only thing I happened to say was that Rangers can't be tasked with missions given specifically to special missions units but if you could be so kind to let me explain first I'd appreciate it.
Was I referring to you guys as blocking forces? No. The 75th Ranger Regiment has pretty much shifted their focus to DA raids, and you don't need me to explain that to you. Your unit is the Army's premier light infantry raid force, and your unit has flourished 10 fold over the past ten or so years, as a matter of fact most units in Socom have improved dramatically...it's natural after 10 years of war, men will be more experienced, TTP's will be built upon, and your overall product will improve dramatically. And it's evident in your successes in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, the 75th led a near legendary campaign against Insurgent forces in Iraq and the same could also be said about Afghanistan.
In regards, to Rangers not performing operations specifically reserved for special missions units, again I'm not denigrating the Regiment. As I have stated on numerous occasions before, you guys are a very high profile unit. What I was referring to was the fact that certain operations will be reserved to those units at JSOC. A moderator asked me what operation I might be referring to, well, an example of that would be the Somalian hostage rescue (January). Am I criticizing or denigrating Rangers? No, I've been led to believe and feel that an operation such as that should be reserved for a tier 1 unit. Maybe my logic is flawed and I apologize if it is. Please don't misconstrue that I'm saying that SF soldiers, or SEALs are more capable of performing the operation because that's not true nor did I ever say that.
As I said before, I refuse to denigrate the Regiment and the Rangers within it. I'm merely offering my opinion, one of which largely has to do with the people that have influenced me. Again, you guys are most certainly a high profile unit - no one is denying that. And again, you guys led and continue to lead an unbelievable campaign against Insurgent forces. I don't necessarily know what I did to tick everyone off, I apologize if I did. I never claimed you guys were the "little guys" or manned "blocking positions".
In conclusion, I apologize if I had offended you or any other Ranger on this thread or forum for that matter. It was not my intention.
For what it's worth, here's a video of Rangers being awesome.
I'm out...
