▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁troops ▁being ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁M 1 ▁Gar and ▁and ▁M 2 ▁Car bine ▁rif les . ▁They ▁were ▁author ized ▁two ▁vehicles : ▁an ▁M 3 8 ▁Je ep ▁and ▁an ▁M 3 5 ▁ 2 ½ ▁ton ▁cargo ▁tr uck . ▁Over all , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁heavily ▁armed ▁than ▁both ▁the ▁E ighth ▁Army ▁R anger ▁Company ▁and ▁standard ▁inf antry ▁companies . ▁Like ▁the ▁other ▁number ed ▁R anger ▁companies , ▁its ▁organization ▁called ▁for ▁ 5 ▁officers ▁and ▁ 1 0 7 ▁en list ed ▁men . ▁ ▁The ▁troops ▁for ▁the ▁R anger ▁company ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁Air bor ne ▁qualified , ▁so ▁the ▁R anger ▁Training ▁Center ▁heavily ▁rec ru ited ▁troops ▁from ▁the ▁ 8 2 nd ▁Air bor ne ▁Division ▁and ▁ 1 1 th ▁Air bor ne ▁Division ▁who ▁had ▁already ▁completed ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁Air bor ne ▁School . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁this , ▁only ▁one ▁R anger ▁operation ▁in ▁the ▁conflict ▁ever ▁required ▁an ▁air bor ne ▁landing . ▁They ▁initially ▁wore ▁a ▁black ▁and ▁gold ▁scroll ▁as ▁a ▁shoulder ▁sle e ve ▁ins ign ia , ▁but ▁that ▁ins ign ia ▁was ▁later ▁red es ign ated ▁the ▁R anger ▁Tab ▁and ▁the ▁R angers ▁adopted ▁a ▁black , ▁red ▁and ▁white ▁scroll ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁uno fficial ly ▁worn ▁by ▁R anger ▁Batt al ions ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁Korea , ▁the ▁unit ▁took ▁to ▁the