[6] The FSSR was created due to a growing need to counter the Hukbalahap guerrillas with a force trained in small unit actions.

[8] During the Cold War, the FSRR provided training for prospective commandos of the Royal Laotian Army.

[6] The Scout Rangers participated in the December 1989 coup attempt against the administration of Corazon Aquino.

[9] Led by then Captain Danilo Lim, Major Abraham Purugganan and Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Galvez, some 2500 Rangers took over Makati in the most destructive coup attempt against the Aquino administration[10] which left hundreds of civilians and soldiers dead, and hundreds more injured.

[13] Scout Ranger training has made the distinction that a graduating class must undergo an actual combat mission.