1st Special Forces Groups (Airborne)

The 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), or 1st SFG(A), was activated on June 24, 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as one of the original Special Forces units. It was later stationed in Okinawa, Japan, establishing its focus on operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the Vietnam War, the 1st SFG(A) conducted critical unconventional warfare, training indigenous forces and conducting direct action missions. After a brief deactivation in 1972, the unit was reactivated in 1984 at Fort Lewis, Washington, where it continues to play a vital role in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command missions, counterterrorism, and humanitarian operations worldwide.