History Main / Ranger

* Vietnamese Rangers, also known as the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Rangers. They were trained by the 75th Ranger Regiment to operate in conventional/unconventional warfare. After the NVA secured Saigon, NVA officers [[TheDreaded Ranger-trained soldiers/officers to be dangerous]] that they were incarcerated for long periods of time in redducation camps due to their tenancity and bravery in holding them back.

* Royal Ulster Rangers, then the Royal Irish Rangers, now part of the Royal Irish super-regiment of the British Army [[note]]"Super-Regiment" means the amalgamation together of several former independent county regiments. Each battalion preserves the traditions of one parent regiment and - in theory - provdes a nucleus for rapid expansion of the old county regiments in case of need. [[/note]]. Recruited in the Six Counties of Northern Ireland but accepts recruits from the Republic.

* The Pakistan Rangers. They serve the military in a paramilitary role with two branches in the Sindh and Punjab provinces

* The Pakistan Rangers.

* Agent Fowler in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' is eventually revealed to be a [[RetiredBadass former Army Ranger]].

* The rangers of the Night's Watch from ASongofIceandFire. There are builders, and they are necessary to keep the Wall at its present height (in previous years there were enough to build it higher every year). There are the stewards, and they keep track of accounts, equipment, and most importantly food stores, vital during the long winters. But virtually every person who still holds the Night Watch in any sort of respect tends to think of the rangers, the ones who go out beyond the Wall, more or less looking for trouble (at which point it won't be trouble for much longer). Especially if the ranger in question is [[HandicappedBadass Qhorin Halfhand]].

* The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse has the Antarian Rangers, an organization of clans founded to support Jedi Knights; they interbred somewhat with the Jedi, so Force-Sensitivity was common. [[XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]] member Tyria Sarkin is the last of the Antarian Rangers from her planet, and puts the infiltration skills she learned to good use.

* Similarly, Irish Army Rangers. (although they are actual special forces as opposed to advanced light infantry)

* The Survey Corps in Attack on Titan.

* ''LightNovel/{{Gate}}'' has Youji Itami, a lazy otaku in the JSDF who somehow managed not to wash out of Ranger training and finished second-to-last in his cohort solely by virtue of the guy above him getting injured. That said, he does have his badass moments.

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', [[ChuckNorris of course.]]

* Steve Rogers (AKA CaptainAmerica) served in a Ranger unit during WW2.
* BadAss superspy NickFury was an Army Ranger during WorldWarII.

* In ''CompanyOfHeroes'', the Ranger squad is the most powerful infantry squad the Americans get and is good at killing infantry and armor. Their only competition is the Airborne units, British commandos, and German Knight's Cross Holders.

* The Highland Raiders from {{Drowtales}}. The various Sarghress units are mostly among the best in the business in their chosen field. The highland raiders may not excel as a group in any specific field, but they compensate by doing a bit of everything for long periods of time. Including expeditions to the surface, where they will suffer from {{mana}} deprivation if they stay too long and are too few.
* ''QuentynQuinnSpaceRanger'' features quite a group of {{Badass}}es.

* Philippine Army Scout Rangers aka the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment. They're a special forces unit, created by Rafael M. Ileto after the Alamo Scouts and the American Rangers since he had served with the American military against the Japanese in the Pacific War. The Regiment is highly known in Asia for their experience in fighting against the communist New People's Army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front with the Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf.

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has Rangers, a troop choice for the [[OurElvesAreBetter Craftworld Eldar]]. They're Eldar who have decided to leave the ultra-regimented [[GenerationShips Craftworlds]] to seek excitement and adventure out in the galaxy. Between their highly accurate long rifles, their ability to traverse difficult terrain easily, and skills at infiltration and survival, the Rangers make for excellent scouts, assassins and guerilla fighters, and they will often return to their home craftworlds to aid them and fight for them. There is also an elite version of the Ranger, the Pathfinder, Rangers who have been Rangers for so long that they will never willingly return to their craftworlds and have centuries of experience; just small groups of them have been known to harass and stall entire [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]] columns, [[BadassArmy exacting devastating tolls on their numbers, supplies and morale while receiving very few casualties themselves]].

* Irish myth (and perhaps a speck of reality) gives us the ''fianna'', wandering knights who lived of the land during the summer but were sheltered by lords in exchange for protection in the winter. The Irish Army Rangers get their nickname from these guys.

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Obviously]], the Rangers of the ''RangersApprentice'' series.

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* ''Radio/TheLoneRanger''

* DawnOfWar: Eldar Rangers, the "invisible sniper" type that does huge morale damage.

* The term "ranger" derives from authorized hunters, game wardens, and foresters of royal hunting grounds going back to at least 15th century England, from whom units of elite infantrymen were raised. The same concept gave rise to terms like chasseur, jaeger, cacciatore, and others (most of which mean "hunter") which are used for elite light infantrymen, including special forces, in various other European countries. (see the Swedish example above)

* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'' is set in a future where Texas is independent again. The Texas Rangers are the national police force, including on Texas's offworld enclave. One published adventure, called ''Ranger'', deputizes the PCs into the Rangers to deal with a difficult alien species.