"Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of my Ranger Regiment."
— Volunteering

January 1, 1970

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Command Sergeant Major Neal R. Gentry, first line of the "Ranger Creed," finalized and adopted at Fort Stewart, Georgia in 1974. Today, it is memorized by all aspiring and serving members of the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment and at the U.S. Army's Ranger School; neither institution has ever accepted anyone but a volunteer.