Operation Rhino

Operation Rhino was a Joint Special Operations Command raid by several special operations units, including the United States Army's 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment and our 75th Ranger Regiment (Regimental Reconnaissance Company and 3rd Ranger Battalion), on several Taliban targets in and around Kandahar, Afghanistan during the invasion of Afghanistan.

Rangers parachuted into the desert under the cover of darkness. The insertion plan for the Rangers at Rhino was changed to a parachute assault less than a week before the missions launched. The mission to secure the airfield was a sucess.

The combined Ranger force consisted of a little more than two infantry companies, and included Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Banach (the 3rd Ranger Battalion commander) and Colonel Joseph Votel (the Regimental commander) jumped in with the force.

It was Ranger's first combat jump in over a decade. However, Rangers were at the Tip of the Spear in the Global war on terror.

Photo: Mate 1st Class Greg Messier

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Camp Rhino. Photo: Mate 1st Class Greg Messier