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06-29-2009, 12:49 AM
Tanksmasher
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Hey Loose, here's some history and dates that may help clarify the development of Ranger/LRRP/LRP units.
In December 1965, a provisional LRRP platoon was created by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. More LRRP units were later formed by other divisions and brigades. General William C. Westmoreland, commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), officially authorized the creation of provisional LRRP units on July 8 1966.
In June 1967, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Earle G. Wheeler, authorized the formation of two long-range patrol companies. Company E (Long Range Patrol), 20th Infantry (Airborne) was activated on 25 September 1967 and Company F (Long Range Patrol), 51st Infantry (Airborne) was activated on 25 September 1967. Existing divisional LRRP units were renamed on December 20 1967.
In February 1969, the Department of the Army re-designated the LRP companies and detachments as lettered Ranger companies of the 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger). So the LRP companies and detachments were “re-flagged” as Ranger companies.
The Ranger companies were inactivated as their parent units withdrew from the war between November 1969 (Company O of 3d Brigade 82d Airborne Division), and August 1972 (Company H of 1st Air Cavalry Division).
In 1974, General Creighton Abrams created the 1st Ranger Battalion; eight months later, the 2nd Ranger Battalion was created; and, in 1984, the 3rd Ranger Battalion and the regimental headquarters was created. In 1986, the 75th Ranger Regiment was formed and their lineage formally authorized.
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