1st_Special_Forces_Command_(Airborne)

1st Special Forces Command (Airborne)

1st Special Forces Command (Airborne)

Division-sized component of US Army Special Operations Command

The 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) is a division-level special operations forces command within the United States Army Special Operations Command.[7] The command was first established in 1989 and reorganized in 2014 grouping together the Army Special Forces (a.k.a. "the Green Berets"),[8][9][10] psychological operations, civil affairs, and support troops into a single organization operating out of its headquarters at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.[2][11]

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Mission

The mission of 1SFC (A) is to organize, equip, train, and validate forces to conduct full-spectrum special operations in support of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Geographic Combatant Commanders, American ambassadors, and other governmental agencies. The new command includes all seven Special Forces groups (including the five active duty and two Army National Guard groups), two Psychological Operations groups, a civil affairs brigade, and a sustainment brigade. The Command has the ability to rapidly deploy a high-level headquarters to run sustained, unconventional campaigns in foreign theaters.[12][13]

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1st Special Forces Regiment

All seven Special Forces Groups were redesignated as part of the 1st Special Forces Regiment, and as such, were made part of its historical lineage, with all the campaign credits and battle honors that go with it. The Regiment is ceremonial, not operational.[16]

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References

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