Rangers
U.S. DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Bruch
Members of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment pictured during a live fire exercise.
Note the M240 7.62mmx51mm belt-fed machine gun carried by the foremost Ranger.
Rangers are a special operations unit within U.S. Army Special Operations Command (Airborne).
They specialise in air assaullt operations, inserting into the battle space by parachute and / or helicopters.
