Ranger

Ranger or Rangers may refer to:

Estate occupation

• Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands
• National Park Service Ranger, an employee of the U.S. National Park Service
• Ranger of Windsor Great Park, a ceremonial office of the United Kingdom

Law enforcement/Paramilitary

• Arizona Rangers
• California Rangers
• Colorado Mounted Rangers
• New York State Forest Rangers
• Council ranger, a type of officer in Australia
• Newfoundland Rangers (defunct)
• Pakistan Rangers, a Pakistani paramilitary force
• Texas Ranger Division

Military

Asia

• 1st Scout Ranger Regiment, a unit of the Philippine Army
• Royal Ranger Regiment, a unit of the Malaysian Army
• Sarawak Rangers a unit of the Kingdom of Sarawak
• Thahan Phran, an elite unit of the Royal Thai Army
• Vietnamese Rangers, a unit of the South Vietnamese Army

Europe

Ireland (Republic of)

• Army Ranger Wing, the elite special operations forces of the Irish Defence Forces

Italy

• 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment, a Ranger type infantry regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain combat.

Macedonia

• The Rangers Battalion

Portugal

• Special Operations Troops Centre, the counter-terrorist and unconventional warfare special forces division of the Portuguese Army, nicknamed Rangers

United Kingdom

• Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, a squadron of the Royal Yeomanry
• The Rangers, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, a volunteer rifle regiment within the British Army, now part of 7th battalion The Rifles
• Royal Irish Rangers, a regiment of the British Army until 1992
• Adams' Rangers, a unit in the Revolutionary War
• Butler's Rangers, a unit in the Revolutionary War
• Connaught Rangers, a Regiment of the British Army, disbanded 1922
• King's Rangers, a unit in the Revolutionary War
• Queen's Rangers, a unit in the Revolutionary War
• Rogers' Rangers, a unit in the French and Indian War

Middle East

• Lebanese Commando Regiment, an elite light infantry and a special forces regiment in the Lebanese Armed Forces

North America

Canada

• Canadian Rangers, a sub-component of the Canadian Forces reserve
  • Junior Canadian Rangers, a youth organization
• 176th Battalion (Niagara Rangers), CEF, a World War I unit
• The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC), a Canadian Forces reserve regiment based in Ontario
• The Rocky Mountain Rangers, a Canadian Forces reserve regiment based in British Columbia

United States

• 75th Ranger Regiment, an elite American light infantry Special Operations unit
• United States Army Ranger School, an American Army service school that teaches small-unit tactics and leadership
• United States Army Rangers, elite American infantry soldiers
• Civil Air Patrol Ranger, a volunteer of the Civil Air Patrol
• Goodyear Ranger, a commercial blimp purchased by the U.S. Navy during World War II for use as a training airship
• Georgia Regiment of Horse Rangers, a Continental Army unit in the Revolutionary War
• Indiana Rangers, a 19th-century mounted militia force
• Knowlton's Rangers, the U.S.'s first espionage organization
• Loudoun Rangers, a Union Army unit in the Civil War
• McNeill's Rangers, a Confederate Army unit in the Civil War
• Oregon Rangers, a 19th-century militia
• Rogers' Rangers, the predecessor to the U.S. Army Rangers (no direct line of connection was ever found, but the current U.S. Army Rangers were founded upon this belief), established by British Major Robert Rogers during the French and Indian War
• Terry's Texas Rangers, a Confederate Army unit in the Civil War
• Whitcomb's Rangers, a Continental Army unit in the Revolutionary War

Sports

Association football

• Rangers F.C., based in Glasgow, Scotland
• For other football clubs with similar names, see Rangers F.C. (disambiguation)
• Swope Park Rangers, based in Kansas City, Missouri; set to begin play in 2016 as the reserve side for the Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City

Baseball

• Arizona League Rangers, a minor league team in Surprise, Arizona
• Dallas Rangers, a minor league team in Dallas, Texas
• Dominican Summer League Rangers, a minor league team in the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Drew Rangers baseball, the team of Drew University in Madison, NJ
• Gastonia Rangers, a minor league team in Gastonia, North Carolina
• Texas Rangers (baseball), a major league team in Arlington, Texas
• Toowoomba Rangers, a club in Toowoomba, Queensland

Gaelic football

• Argideen Rangers, a club in Timoleague
• Brickey Rangers GAA, a club outside Dungarvan
• Carbery Rangers, a club in Rosscarbery
• Crossmaglen Rangers GAC, a club in Armagh
• Laune Rangers, a club in Killorglin
• Nemo Rangers GAA, a club in Cork

Ice hockey

• Binghamton Rangers, an American Hockey League team in Binghamton, New York
• Colorado Rangers, a 1987-1988 International Hockey League team in Denver, Colorado
• Denver Rangers, a 1988-1989 International Hockey League team in Denver, Colorado
• Drummondville Rangers, a junior team in Drummondville, Quebec
• Earls Court Rangers, an English National League team in West London, England
• Fort Worth Rangers, played 1941-42 in the AHA, and 1945-49 in the USHL
• Glanbrook Rangers, a Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League team in Glanbrook, Ontario
• Kitchener Rangers, an Ontario Hockey League team in Kitchener, Ontario
• New York Rangers, a National Hockey League team in New York, New York
• North York Rangers, a Metro Junior A Hockey League team in North York, Ontario
• South Grenville Rangers, an Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League team in South Grenville, Ontario
• Toronto Young Rangers, an Ontario Hockey Association team in Toronto
• Winnipeg Rangers (disambiguation), multiple teams

Other sports

• Broughton Rangers, a British rugby league team
• Dandenong Rangers, an Australian women's basketball team
• München Rangers, an American football team from Munich, Germany
• New Cross Rangers, a British speedway team
• Rangers Sports Events (Lebanon), are sports events organized yearly by the Rangers Regiment of the Lebanese army
• Waitakere Rangers, a New Zealand rugby team

Geography

• Ranger, Georgia
• Ranger, Indiana
• Ranger, Texas
• Ranger, West Virginia
• Ranger Lake, Ohio
• Ranger Peak (disambiguation)

Land vehicles

• Ranger (automobile), a 1968-1976 General Motors (GM) car model
• Cadillac Gage Ranger, an armored truck
• Edsel Ranger, a 1958-1960 American sedan
• Ford Ranger, an American pick-up truck
• Hino Ranger, a Japanese cab-over truck
• Ranger, a series of off-road vehicles by Polaris Industries
• Rickman Ranger, a UK series of GRP kit-cars also produced in Russia by Autokam
• Bush Ranger (car), an Australian four wheel drive buggy

Water vessels

• Ranger (yacht), a 1930s racing sailboat
• HMS Ranger, the name of several Royal Navy ships
• USS Ranger, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
• USC&GS Ranger, an American survey ship
• Ranger class tanker, a series of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships
• Ranger Boats, for bass fishing
• Ranger 29, a sailboat

Aerospace

• Ranger program, a series of American unmanned Lunar space missions
• Ranger/Fairchild Engines, an aircraft engine company
• Parker 2nd Ranger, motorglider
• RUAG Ranger, a Swiss unmanned air vehicle

Fiction and games

• Ranger's Apprentice (series by John Flanagan)
• Ranger (magazine)
• Rangers (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero team
• Ranger (Babylon 5)
• Ranger (Middle-earth)
• Ranger: Simulation of Modern Patrolling Operations, a board game
• Ranger (character class), a class that appears in many different role-playing games
  • Ranger (Dungeons & Dragons), the character class as it appears specifically in the game of D&D
• Ranger (Transformers)
• Royal Wessex Rangers, a fictional military unit portrayed in Spearhead (TV series)
• New California Rangers, a fictional military unit of the New California Republic in the Fallout series of games
• The Rangers, one of two bitterly antagonistic global powers sharing the Earth in the dystopian future of Poul Anderson's The Corridors of Time.
• Power Rangers, a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes
• A Ranger, a high-elf unit which defends the Quel'Thalas forest in Warcraft III.

Scouting

• Ranger (Girl Guide)
• Ranger Award, a Boy Scouts of America award
• Boy Rangers of America, a scouting program

Other uses

• Ranger (surname), people with the surname Ranger
• Ranger (file manager), a free text-based file manager for Unix-like systems.
• Rangers (band), a Czech folk pop band
• Ranger (ride)
• Colorado Ranger, a horse breed
• Royal Rangers, a Christian youth movement
• Ranger College, Texas
• Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia
• Black Rock Ranger, a volunteer mediator at Burning Man
• As-Saaffat, "The Rangers", 37th sura of the Qur'an

See also

• All pages with titles containing Ranger
• Texas Rangers (disambiguation)
• California Rangers (disambiguation)