They are the finest Light Infantry in the world.
When I was a boy, I was working on my bike. I was trying to drive in a pin with some pliers.
My Dad saw it and stopped me.
He said, “Use the right tool for the job.”
You can put Rangers in a Stryker and get the job done, but I think there are better tools to use for the job.
BTW< to all - I found out the reason we jumped on Manbij is that when the Kurds pulled out per agreement, the Russians and Syrians sent an armored column out of Aleppo to occupy Manbij.
That’s why we had to move so fast, and also into Kobane.
We are meeting with the Russians and Turks right now to plan the Syrian battlefield.
Geez, those Russians are opportunists.
Nah. That would be the Gurkhas.
The post-1970 Ranger Regiment has fine soldiers and excellent leadership, and suffer less from equipment and maintenance shortcomings than other outstanding US Infantry units. They are, in short, American Infantrymen taken to the Olympic athlete level, particularly at the Company and Battalion level.
But individually, in a fire team, squad or platoon, when the trouble begins and especially after the Sun goes down, I'd rather be standing alongside my Ghurkha friends, thank you very much.