1st Special Forces Group (United States)
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.
| 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) | |
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1st Special Forces Group beret flash | |
| Active | 24 June 1957 – 28 June 1974 4 September 1984 – present |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Special Operations Forces |
| 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 |
| Motto(s) | First in Asia |
| 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 | |
| 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by all 1st SFC(A) units | |
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