Army Rangers vs. Navy SEALs

Do you know the difference between the U.S. Army Rangers and Navy SEALs? For starters, they are two of America’s most elite and capable special operations units. Both the Army Rangers and Navy SEALs bring something unique to the table in the world of special operations.

While at a first glance, the differences between Army Rangers and Navy SEALs might seem pretty apparent. But the more you look into these two SOF communities, it becomes very easy to see what separates an Army Ranger from a Navy SEAL. If you’re interested in learning more about the differences between Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, as well as their history, capabilities, and training, watch this video!

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[GeneralDischarge]

Which one is your favorite - Army Rangers or Navy SEALs?

[joeseph]

Both are tremendous units with very different missions. People should stop treating both like a sports team.

[lindseyormsbee]

That advice at the end is invaluable. Take a calculated risk, just don't quit. That really sums it up because the selection process is designed to do just that, make you quit.

[mannyrockwell]

*”One’s harder to get into, the other is harder to stay in.”*

[ThethDon]

My dad is a U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret. Still scared of him, but he’s a badass.

[Aetch]

The ending is not wrong. My Dad was medically rolled out of buds after a shoulder injury and was in limbo for a while. They wanted him to try SWCC but that never happed. It took a while but eventually he became an electronics technician and 9 years after he joined the Navy all together, he became a Seabee.

[alexisvelez]

There is no direct action force more capable and scalable than the 75th Ranger Regiment, they even have their Tier 1 RRC unit, but regular Rangers can be deployed from squads of 8 or 9 up to 1, 500 a battalion, Rangers in Afghanistan in a single deployment killed or captured more than 1, 500 terrorists. Neither joining the devgroup with normal seals nor together can they kill that many insurgents in one deployment, in the end I'm just saying that each unit is unique and the best at what it does.

[nubbletv]

My big brother was 2nd Batallion 75 Rangers, went in at 17 and went straight to Georgia after basic.

[kpkp-hchq]

As a former 2nd bat Ranger we encouraged professionalism and modesty. My experience with SEALs indicated that wasn't as strongly emphasized.

[easternhistorian]

one is in the army the other is in the navy

[nikopawlowic]

If you want something done quietly but have promising book deals, send in the SEALS, if you want something done by professional "Make that guy dead and don't talk about it", send in the rangers.

[JoeFrohlich]

I had a friend in college who was a UDT. This was back in the 1970's. He told me a little bit about what they did on D-day.

[Blkkato]

I was in the Army from 80s to 90s I was a sniper but not Ranger. Ive seen 3 training exercises that involved both seals & rangers. Also there's 2 types of Rangers, there's the lone guy who completes ranger school and wears a tab then there's a guy who belongs to a Ranger battalion. The 1 who belongs to the Ranger Battalion is on par with anybody including Seals. A unit from a Ranger Battalion can pretty much hold their own against a seal team. Even water operations, Rangers do that as well. When I saw them do joint training exercises you couldnt tell the difference - The marines [Raiders]have specialized units that are just as good also they were there competing. These exercises happened in Alaska, Panama, and California. The exercise in Alaska the Seals made a grand entrance, The Army & Marines repelled out of a Huge Helicopter but the seals came out of nowhere on a rubber raft onto the beach.

[aarondavila]

A force recon/raider vs rangers would be a dope video

[formwiz]

The Ranger tradition begins with King Philip's War under Benjamin Church, who used the notation, "This day ranged _ miles". One of his men killed King Philip of the Wampanoag Indians.

[deathfire]

Army cooks vs Navy cooks. Who cooks the better and healthier food.

[SNAKEEATER]

Comparing Rangers and SEALs is like comparing football players to rugby players. Different skill sets for different missions.

But I’ve seen and worked with both. Rangers carry a higher caliber of competence and professionalism than SEALs.

Fight me.

[shanejeanfaivre]

Army Rangers aren't Always writing books and making movies and they're the ones who help Navy SEAL's who seem to always be in some type of trouble after they've finished their training which lasts significantly longer than Ranger training

[richardkim]

Basically SEALs do sneaky behind the enemy shit while Rangers have the ability to do that but their main focus is head to head and direct combat.

[johnnichols]

Rangers and Seals have different missions. However, during the GWOT every military branch commander wanted a piece of the pie. For the most part, Navy and Marines should not have been so involved in land warfare occupation in the Middle East. But it obviously happened. Just food for thought