12th Special Forces

The 12th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was a unit of the United States Army Special Forces, established in 1960 as part of the Army Reserve. During the Cold War, the unit was primarily tasked with unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, and serving as a rapid deployment force within Europe under NATO commitments. The 12th Special Forces Group conducted extensive training exercises and maintained readiness for potential operations behind enemy lines. The unit was inactivated in 1995 as part of a post-Cold War force reduction, with its lineage and traditions preserved among Army Reserve Special Forces units.