7th Special Forces Group (United States)
| 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) | |
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7th Special Forces Group beret flash
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| Active | 1942–45 {disbanded} 1960 – present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Army
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| Type | Special operations force |
| Role |
Primary tasks:
Other roles:
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| Garrison/HQ | Eglin AFB |
| Nickname(s) | Green Berets, Quiet Professionals, Soldier-Diplomats, Snake Eaters, Bearded Bastards |
| Motto(s) | De Oppresso Liber |
| Engagements |
Vietnam War |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Col. Michael Ball |
| U.S. Special Forces Groups | |
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| Previous | Next |
| 6th Special Forces Group | 8th Special Forces Group |
Primary tasks:
Other roles:
Vietnam War
Operation Urgent Fury
Operation Just Cause
War on Terror
The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is an operational unit of the United States Army Special Forces activated on 20 May 1960. It was reorganized from the 77th Special Forces Group, which was also stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Its purpose is to conduct guerrilla operations and train friendly governments' armed forces in the South, Central, and North America as well as the Caribbean. 7th Special Forces Group participated in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada in 1983, as well as in Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989. The 7th SFG has, like all the SFGs, been heavily deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the War on Terrorism.
The 7th SFG(A) traces its lineage to the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Service Force, which was established on 9 July 1942 at Camp William Harrison, Montana. The unit was a combined Canadian-American commando unit, designed to conduct raids against Germany's fledgling nuclear capability in northern Europe. However, it was relocated to the Aleutian Islands to fight the Japanese. Upon the successful completion of the Aleutian campaign, the SSF was transferred to the European theater of operations. The unit earned the nickname "The Devil's Brigade" for fighting with distinction in Italy and Southern France. It was disbanded in France in 1945, and reactivated in Fort Bragg on 10 November 1953 as the 77th Special Forces Group.
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