19th Special Forces Group

19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
	19th SFG(A) beret flash
Founded	5 July 1942
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Army National Guard;
Type	Special operations
Role	Unconventional Warfare (UW); Foreign Internal Defense (FID); Direct Action (DA); Counter terrorism (CT); Counterinsurgency (COIN); Special reconnaissance (SR); Information operations (IO); Counterproliferation of WMD (CP); Security Force Assistance (SFA); Hostage Rescue; Combat Search and Rescue;
Part of	1st Special Forces Command and various state national guard commands
Motto(s)	Anything, Any Place, Any Time
Engagements	Global War on Terrorism Iraq War; War in Afghanistan Operation Freedom's Sentinel; ;
Commanders
Current; commander	COL Brian Pazzaglia
Insignia
Former 19th SFG(A) recognition bar, worn by non-special operations qualified soldiers—in lieu of a beret flash—from the 1960s to 1984
Background trimming
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) Distinctive Unit Insignia, worn by all SFG(A)s and 1st SFC(A)
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by all 1st SFC(A) units

The 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (19th SFG) (A) is one of two National Guard groups of the United States Army Special Forces. 19th Group—as it is sometimes called—is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: 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. Headquartered in Bluffdale, Utah, with detachments in Washington, West Virginia, Ohio, Rhode Island, Colorado, California and Texas, the 19th SFG(A) shares responsibility over Southwest Asia with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and the Pacific with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne). Company A, 2nd Battalion is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots.

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