Airborne Rangers

Elite, brave, cunning, intelligent, arriving at the cutting edge of battle by land, sea, or air. They are the Airborne Rangers of the United States Army. These elite soldiers must be faster, smarter, and able to fight harder than any soldier. They shall never fail their comrades. They keep themselves mentally alert, physically strong and morally straight and shoulder more than their share of the task whatever it may be. One-hundred-percent and then some. Gallantly …showed first 75 words of 2332 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2332 total…States many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Rangers also guarded buildings- such as the Vatican embassy where President Noriega took refuge- to see that no damage was done. Sustaining five killed in action and 42 wounded, the Rangers captured 1014 prisoners of war and over 18000 Panamanian arms. They accomplished the mission given for operation Just Cause: the removal of Manuel Noriega and members of the Panamanian Defense Force loyal to him. The Rangers returned home on January 7, 1990.