Ranger

Ranger most often refers to:

• 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
• Ranger (character class), a class that appears in many different role-playing games

Ranger or Rangers may also refer to:

Culture

Publications

• Ranger's Apprentice, a series of novels by John Flanagan
• Ranger (magazine), a former British comic magazine

Fictional entities

• Rangers (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero team
• Ranger (Babylon 5), a fictional class of warriors that play a prominent role in the science fiction television series
• Ranger (Middle-earth), a fictional group by the Dúnedain of the North and South in the third age
• 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, formed from the assimilated vigilantes of the Nevada Desert Rangers.
• The Rangers, in Poul Anderson's The Corridors of Time
• A Ranger, in Warcraft III

Other uses in culture

• Rangers (band), a Czech pop folk and country band
• Ranger: Simulation of Modern Patrolling Operations, a board game
• Power Rangers, an American franchise built around a live action children's television series
• Ranger (film), a 1997 Indian Malayalam film

Law enforcement/paramilitary

United States

• Arizona Rangers
• California Rangers
• Colorado Mounted Rangers
• New Mexico Mounted Patrol
• New York State Forest Rangers
• Texas Ranger Division

Elsewhere

• Newfoundland Rangers, a former Canadian police force
• Pakistan Rangers, a Pakistani paramilitary force

Military

Asia

• Ranger Courses, Commando training courses ot the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
• 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, called Thai Rangers
• Vietnamese Rangers, a unit of the South Vietnamese Army
• Lebanese Commando Regiment, an elite light infantry and a special forces regiment in the Lebanese Armed Forces

Europe

• Army Ranger Wing, the elite special operations forces of the Irish Defence Forces
• 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment, a Ranger type infantry regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain combat
• Rangers Battalion, based in Macedonia in 2004
• 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 (British regiment), a volunteer unit of the British Army, originally formed in 1860
• 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

North America

• Rogers' Rangers, an 18th-century predecessor to several modern Ranger companies

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
• 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
• Hawk Mountain Ranger School, a ground search and rescue school within the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
• 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
• Missouri Rangers, a 19th-century militia created during War of 1812
• Oregon Rangers, a 19th-century militia
• Terry's Texas Rangers, a Confederate Army unit in the Civil War
• United States Mounted Rangers
• Whitcomb's Rangers, a Continental Army unit in the Revolutionary War

Places

United States

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

Other places

• Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia
• Ranger College, Texas

Scouting

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

Sports

Football

• Rangers F.C. (disambiguation)
• Queens Park Rangers F.C., based in London, England
• Swope Park Rangers, based in Kansas City, Missouri; that began play in 2016 as the reserve side for the Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City
• München Rangers, an American football team from Munich, Germany

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

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

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)

Professional wrestling

• Ranger Ross (born 1959), American professional wrestler

Rugby

• Broughton Rangers, a British rugby league team
• Waitakere Rangers, a New Zealand rugby team

Other sports

• Dandenong Rangers, an Australian women's basketball team
• New Cross Rangers, a British speedway team
• Rangers Sports Events (Lebanon), sports events organized yearly by the Rangers Regiment of the Lebanese army

Transportation

Air

• Ranger/Fairchild Engines, a former aircraft engine company
• Parker 2nd Ranger, a motorglider
• RUAG Ranger, a Swiss unmanned air vehicle
• Vashon Ranger R7, an American light-sport aircraft design

Land

• 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

• 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 Yachts, an American sailboat manufacturer

Other uses

• Ranger (surname), a list of people
• Black Rock Ranger, a volunteer mediator at the Burning Man festival
• Ranger (file manager), a free text-based file manager for Unix-like systems
• Ranger (ride), a type of inverted pendulum ride
• Colorado Ranger, a horse breed
• Royal Rangers, a Christian youth movement
• As-Saaffat ("The Rangers"), 37th sura of the Qur'an
• Ranger program, a series of American unmanned Lunar space missions

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Ranger
• All pages with titles beginning with Rangers
• All pages with titles containing Ranger
• All pages with titles containing Rangers
• Power Rangers (disambiguation)
• Range (disambiguation)
• Texas Rangers (disambiguation)