In The News – U.S. special operations history: Milestones and missions

In The News – U.S. special operations history: Milestones and missions

By Merrie Monteagudo

Source: San Diego Union Tribune

1670s: Benjamin Church of Massachusetts, captain of the first Ranger force in America, adopted American Indian tactics in the conflict known as “King Phillip’s War.”

1750s: Maj. Robert Rogers of New Hampshire organized and led a company of colonists known as Rogers’ Rangers against the French in Canada during the French and Indian War. Rogers’ 28 Rules of Ranging became a blueprint for Ranger fighting tactics.

Rogers’ 1759 raid on the Abenaki Village of St. Francis in Quebec inspired James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 novel, “The Last of the Mohicans.”

1775: Notable Ranger companies fought for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, including “Morgan’s Riflemen” led by Capt. Daniel Morgan of Virginia and the South Carolina company led by Capt. Francis Marion, known as the “Swamp Fox.”

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Source: San Diego Union Tribune