Retired U.S. Army Maj. Larry Moores received the Silver Star Medal on March 25, over three decades after he fought in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, as a member of Task Force Ranger.

On Oct. 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger became embroiled with Somalia militiamen in an overnight gun battle, the intensity of which was likened, at the time, to the most intense firefights in Vietnam.

MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart were Army Delta Force operators who gave their lives during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia on Oct. 3, 1993. As members of Task Force Ranger, they ...

Then-President Bill Clinton deployed Task Force Ranger to Mogadishu in the summer of 1993 to capture Somali warlord Mohammed Farah-Adid. The task force was comprised mainly of Rangers from the 3rd ...

Those 19 fallen Task Force Rangers,” said Huff. “The best way to honor their legacy is to say their names, think about them and their families just like we do with the contemporary generation.” ...

The Somalia intervention started in 1992 at the behest of the United Nations to halt fighting among clans and to ... Mr. Clinton dispatched a Special Operations unit called Task Force Ranger, ...

The Senate Services Committee last Thursday selected Task Force Somalia as the group toward which proceeds from the Cause Dinner will go, according to Committee co−Chair Jeremy Zelinger, a junior.