I think that's interesting. A former public affairs ranger for the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, Peter Moon, used to say that the Americans have their special forces while we have our rangers, who are very special forces. He spoke about a visit of indigenous rangers from northern Ontario to Fort Knox and how much attention they gathered.
If I think once again about promoting the rangers, being that they are force-generated by the Canadian Army but force-employed as a Canadian Armed Forces capability means they have also participated in training and operations with Canadian special forces, such as in the balloon incident.
It's also important to see that elevating the rangers' profile and recognizing and celebrating their skills contributes to special forces and shows that they have a distinct and therefore very elite special skill set to operate in environments familiar to them.
