1st Special Forces Group (United States)
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The 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (1st SFG) (A) is a unit of the U.S. Army Special Forces operating under the United States Pacific Command. It is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions throughout the Indo-Pacific Command area of operations: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, information operations, counterproliferation of weapon of mass destruction, and security force assistance.[3][4][5]
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1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) | |
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Active | 24 June 1957 – 28 June 1974 4 September 1984 – present |
Country | United States of America |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Special Operations Forces |
Role | Primary tasks:
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Size | 4 Battalions: One at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan, three in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington |
Part of | 1st Special Forces Command |
Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Lewis-McChord |
Engagements | Vietnam War War on Terror |
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Former 1st SFG(A) recognition bar, worn by non-Special Forces qualified soldiers—in lieu of a beret flash—from the 1960s to 1984[2] | |
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by all 1st SFC(A) units |
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