Leigh Neville

US Army Rangers 1989-2015 (eBook, ePUB)

Panama to Afghanistan
Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written by an expert on modern Special Forces units and the operations they undertake, this book explains the evolution of the Rangers' missions in Panama, the first Gulf War, Somalia and the post 9/11 invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. It reveals the training and organizational changes that the unit has undergone and investigates in particular how their doctrine and tactics have changed during the 14-year war in Afghanistan.
At the beginning of the war the Rangers were an elite light infantry unit of picked men tasked with short duration recon raids and securing ground behind enemy lines in support of Special Forces; they have since evolved into a special-mission unit themselves - on the cusp of being assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472815422
• Artikelnr.: 45072665

Autorenporträt

Leigh Neville is an Australian national who has written a number of books on both modern conventional military units and special operations forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, their weapons and their vehicles, including Special Forces in the War on Terror. He has also consulted on military topics for several wargame companies and television documentary makers. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two dogs.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
the 'ranger' in history, as a behind
the
lines guerrilla soldier
the US Army Rangers, from World War II to Vietnam and after/ Changes in structure and operational remit since the 1980s
Ranger Indocrination Program, Ranger Assessment & Selection Program, Ranger School, and the Ranger Regiment/ Operation Just Cause: Panama, 1989
the Rangers' last 'conventional war'/ Op Desert Storm: Iraq, 1991
from combat search
and
rescue to long
range heliborne assault/ Op Gothic Serpent: Somalia, 1993
the lessons of 'Black Hawk Down!'/ Op Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan, 2001
present
the wide range of missions accomplished, and coordination with other special units/ Op Iraqi Freedom, 2003
1010
from hunting Scuds, to hunting down al
Qaeda as part of the JSOC Task Force
comparisons with Afghanistan/ The evolution of the modern Ranger
the Ranger Reconaissance Company & Regimental Special Troops Battalion/ The future/ Weapons, equipment and vehicles/ Bibliography