Press Release
Epping, N.H., (September 30, 2025) – SIG SAUER® is proud to announce its continued support of the Three Rangers Foundation’s Mogadishu Mile. The 5th annual event will be held at the SIG SAUER Academy (233 Exeter Road, Epping, NH) on October 4th from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
The Mogadishu Mile is the Three Rangers Foundation’s annual commemoration of Task Force Ranger and remembrance of the fallen Warriors of Operation Gothic Serpent. The primary objective of the operation was to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid, leader of the Somali National Alliance who was wanted by the UNOSOM II in response to his attacks against United Nations troops.
On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia, and engaged with Somali militiamen in an intense overnight gun battle. Using rocket-propelled grenades, Somali militiamen shot down two US Blackhawk helicopters, shifting the US raid into a rescue mission. When the relief convoy arrived on the morning of 4 Octoberthere was only enough room in the armored vehicles for the fallen and severely wounded. The remainder of Task Force Ranger maneuvered a mile on foot under relentless attack from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire – this relatively short but lethal distance became known as “The Mogadishu Mile.”
Join SIG SAUER in honoring the heroic actions of Task Force Ranger by completing a commemorative one-mile run through the SIG SAUER Academy campus. The run can be completed with or without incorporating obstacle course elements. This remembrance event is open to all ages and abilities and does not require registration.
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