3rd Ranger Battalion (Provisional) (organized 21 May 1943 in North Africa), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 3rd Ranger Battalion. Redesignated 1 August 1943 as Company A, 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion. Disbanded 15 August 1944. Reconstituted 25 October 1950 in the Regular Army as the 3rd Ranger Infantry Company. Activated 28 October at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 1 August 1951 in Korea. Redesignated 24 November 1952 as Company A, 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion. Consolidated 15 April 1960 with the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 1st Special Service Force (activated 9 July 1942), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces. Withdrawn 14 December 1960 from the Regular Army and allotted to the United States Army Reserve (organic elements concurrently constituted). Group activated 1 March 1961 with headquarters at Jacksonville, Florida. Headquarters and Headquarters Company inactivated 15 April 1963 at Jacksonville, Florida (organic elements inactivated 21 January 1966). Former Company A, 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion, withdrawn 3 February 1986, consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (remainder of 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces – hereafter separate lineage). Honors Campaign participation credit Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for EL GUETTAR Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SALERNO Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for POINTE DU HOC Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SAAR RIVER AREA Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MYITKYINA Valorous Unit Award for BINH DUONG PROVINCE Valorous Unit Award for MOGADISHU Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969–1970 Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969–1970 Notable 3rd Battalion alumni General Stanley A. McChrystal, former commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Joint Special Operations Command. Served as the 3rd Ranger battalion liaison officer in September 1985, commander of A Company in January 1986, served again as battalion liaison officer in May 1987, and battalion operations officer (S-3) in 1988. Colonel Danny McKnight, 3rd Ranger Battalion commander during the Battle of Mogadishu. Colonel Michael D. Steele, B Company Commander, 3rd Ranger Battalion during the Battle of Mogadishu. Steele Led his company as