Appendix 7 – Ranger Bar to the Special Service Medal

  1. The RANGER bar was created on 1 October 1999.
  2. As described in the regulations below, the RANGER bar recognizes an aggregate of four years of honourable service as a Canadian Ranger or Canadian Ranger instructor and the completion of at least three Ranger Patrol Exercises (see paragraph a.). There is no multiplying factor.
  3. The types of patrols eligible towards the SSM-RANGER are as follows:
    1. Types 1 and 2 patrols do not meet the criteria for the SSM-RANGER Bar;
    2. Types 3, 4, 5 and 6 patrols meet the criteria for the SSM-RANGER Bar.
  4. Eligibility for the SSM-RANGER includes Canadian Ranger instructors. All CAF members that have met the qualifying criteria as set out in paragraphs above qualify for the SSM-RANGER.
  5. All applications submitted for the SSM-RANGER shall be accompanied by the Canadian Army (CA) SSM- RANGER attestation form which can be obtained by contacting the CRPG or the CA DA Pers M/G1.

(Reprint of Order in Council PC 1999-1742 as amended by PC 2017-1738)

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, hereby:

  1. determines that an aggregate of four years of honourable service as a Canadian Ranger or Canadian Ranger instructor, performing the duties of providing a military presence in support of Canadian sovereignty including reporting unusual activities, collecting local data of significance to support military operations, providing local expertise, assistance and advice, as guide, and advisor, in search and rescue activities, and completion of a minimum of three Ranger Patrol Exercises, within Canada or its territorial and contiguous waters since 1947, is special service that merits recognition; and
  2. specifies that the Bar awarded with the Special Service Medal (SSM), representing the special service referred to in paragraph a. shall bear the word “RANGER”.

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