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Foreword
SECTION 1 The 75 th Ranger Regiment has been continuously engaged in combat operations since the beginning of the Global War

on Terrorism. Since Oct 2001, the Regiment has remained the standard for prehospital care. Ranger medics continue to
be at the cutting edge of battlefield medicine driving changes to TCCC. Given the Ranger mission, life-threatening injuries
will still be encountered as we continue prosecuting our nation’s enemies.
Though we have lost too many Ranger brethren, executing the fundamentals of the unit’s casualty response and medi-
cal programs has produced astounding results. Based on the principles that have evolved in the last two decades, the 75 th
Ranger Regiment’s standard of medical care is zero preventable battlefield deaths. This hallmark is a direct result of the
mastery of the medical fundamentals of individual Rangers, Ranger leaders, and Ranger medical personnel.
The success of Ranger medicine is the success of the 75 th Ranger Regiment. The Ranger First Responder, Advanced
Ranger First Responder, Ranger Medic, and Ranger leaders integrate casualty scenarios into battle drills. Preventing death
does not depend solely on the Ranger Medic but on the effectiveness of the Ranger team to respond to a fallen comrade.
The chain of survival starts in training and allows for both success of the mission and care for the casualty.
“Mastery of the Fundamentals” is and always has been a standard to live by within the 75 th Ranger Regiment. The
mastery of casualty response and medical skills at all levels has saved numerous Ranger lives. Rangers are continuously
self-critical and use every training or real casualty scenario to improve themselves. The unit also looks for emerging tech-
nology and techniques and swiftly adapts them to the combat environment.
The foundation of the unit’s medical programs remains based on the integrated tenets of Tactical Combat Casualty
Care (TCCC), innovative medical planning, and casualty response training for Ranger leaders, and when employed to their
fullest, saves lives on the battlefield. Through the continuous evolution of our training and equipment programs, the Regi-
ment will always strive to be the tip-of-the-spear for developing the battlefield medicine standard of care for the Infantry
and Special Operations communities.
The 75 th Ranger Regiment and Ranger Medical Team will continue to hold true the Ranger Creed and the unit charters
and complete any mission placed before it.
I will never leave a fallen comrade…

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