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al-Islam. The
Americans then led the Peshmerga against Saddam's northern Army. This effort kept Saddam's forces, including 13 Armored Divisions, in the north and denied them the ability to redeploy to contest the invasion force coming from the south. This effort likely saved the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of coalition service members.
1141:– Early 1960s commander and World War II OSS veteran captured by Germans during the Kasserine Pass battle. While a prisoner at the Stalag Luft III, he played a major role in the famed "Great Escape" as the prisoners' security Chief before American prisoners were transferred to a separate compound. Colonel Sage was portrayed by actor
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country as part of different special forces groups. During the
Vietnam War, detachments of 10th Group began training Middle Eastern special warfare forces. In Jordan, B Detachment established the first airborne school, and King Hussein attended the graduation parachute jump. In 1963, Company C of 10th Group trained 350 officers and
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allies. From 11 May 1983 to 25 October 1985, 10th Group deployed 17 Mobile
Training Teams (MTT) to Lebanon, to support the Lebanese Army. The teams created a training program for over 5,000 officers, NCOs, and soldiers, which included basic training sites, unit training, unit combined arms live fire
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Special Forces Course graduated in 1952 and the Group grew to 1,700 personnel. In September 1953, 782 members of the Group deployed to Germany and established the Group headquarters at Lenggries in Bavaria. An additional 99 personnel deployed to Korea where they were assigned to the 8240th
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semi-automatic rifle. During this era the 10th Group acted as the annual training (AT) host for its sister unit in the Army
Reserve, the 11th Group. ATs would typically take place during the summer months. As part of its AT support, the 10th Group ran a two-week Basic Airborne course for new 11th
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Vietnam, counter-insurgency became the primary focus of the Special Forces, rather than the traditional unconventional warfare. While the 10th SFG(A) was never deployed to Vietnam, the soldiers and officers assigned to it did rotate through the
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for valor were conferred for this engagement. These terrorists would have been part of the subsequent insurgency had they not been eliminated during this battle, which could be called the Tora Bora of Iraq. While several key leaders escaped into Iran, it was a sound defeat for al-Qaeda and Ansar
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was passed, which provided for the recruiting of foreign nationals into the United States military. It was originally planned that half of the members of the
Special Forces would be native Europeans. Many of the initial members of the 10th SFG(A) were Lodge Act recruits, who were strenuously
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799:, the MTT accompanied the SANG forces into battle, coordinated troop movements, called in airstrikes, and assisted with artillery fire support. Other elements of 10th Group deployed to southeast Turkey in support of operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The
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turned his attention to Iraq's
Kurdish minority, causing over half of a million Kurds to flee into the mountains on the Turkish-Iraqi border. Under the leadership of Colonel William Tangney, all three battalions of 10th Group were deployed to the area for
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published two articles about the unit, describing them as a "liberation" force designed to fight behind enemy lines. Pictures showed soldiers of the group wearing their berets, with their faces blacked out to conceal their identities.
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reported: "The 10th
Special Forces Group's penchant for secrecy is so exacting the base publicist didn't know the unit had gone to war until they were on their way home from Operation Desert Storm." Following the end of the Gulf War,
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The A-teams of 10th Group began exchange training with unconventional forces in friendly countries, including United Kingdom, Germany, France, Norway, Spain, Italy, and Greece. In the summer of 1960, 10th Group deployed to the
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of a guerrilla force fighting the socialist government in Yemen. Detachments also traveled to Iran to train the Iranian Special Forces, along with Kurdish tribesmen in the mountains of Iran. A-Teams also trained Turkish and
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Army Unit which was training anti-Communist North Korean partisans on the off-shore islands. The remaining personnel stayed at Fort Bragg where they formed the
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for four months to conduct disaster relief operations in June 1985. In 1986, a detachment of 10th Group trained the nucleus of the Nigerian Airborne forces.
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1854:"A firefight in the mountains: Operation Viking Hammer was one for the record books [excerpt from Masters of Chaos]"
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648:(redesignated as the 7th SFG in 1960). By the end of June 1952, the group had 122 officers and men assigned. Many had been
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The first public U.S. Army film describing the previously classified 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1959
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into Lebanon ended the program prematurely. An MTT from the 1st Battalion, Bad Tölz, Germany deployed to
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U.S. Special Forces: A Guide to America's Special Operations Units-The World's Most Elite Fighting Force
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in the command. Thorne is the only known Waffen-SS veteran to have been buried in
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The Green Berets: The Amazing Story of the U.S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit
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1307:"THE TROJAN HORSE BADGE Distinctive Identity for the 10th Special Forces Group"
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commander, as having "saved half a million Kurds from extinction".
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anti-Communist. Among the more notable of these men was Major
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groups from friendly countries in the 1960s, beginning with
1990:"Former Green Beret accused of spying on the US for Russia"
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1727:"The History of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)"
1282:"Maryland Soldier Killed by Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan"
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tribesmen. Units of the 10th SFG(A) have participated in
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1789:"Special Forces Support Pan Sahel Initiative in Africa"
1507:"10th Special Forces Group 1st Special Forces Regiment"
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1012:A 10th SFG (A) operator training Mali soldiers.
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1164:veteran who fought the Soviet Army during the
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2146:United States Army Center of Military History
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1388:United States Army Special Operations Command
1256:United States Army Special Operations Command
1226:United States Army Special Operations Command
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1505:Bowery Jr., Charles R. (October 3, 2016).
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1880:Tucker, Mike; Faddis, Charles S. (2009).
1448:"SOCom directive announces major changes"
867:Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara
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1756:"U.S. Pushes Anti-Terrorism in Africa"
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1417:"10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)"
1252:"10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)"
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2383:Special Forces selection and training
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1522:from the original on February 9, 2017
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951:Headquarters and Headquarters Company
35:10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
2119:Prior 10th SFG at GlobalSecurity.org
2076:States New Service (June 30, 2010).
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2024:. September 12, 2023. Archived from
1852:Robinson, Linda (October 10, 2004).
1824:RAF Mildenhall USAF official webpage
946:Current structure of the 10th SFG(A)
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368:10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
24:10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
2398:The Special Warfare Memorial Statue
1446:Naylor, Sean D. (August 28, 2009).
832:1st Belgian Para-Commando Battalion
612:The Big Picture, "Phantom Fighters"
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1754:Tyson, Ann Scott (July 26, 2005).
1515:US Army Center of Military History
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2193:United States Army Special Forces
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1988:Schogol, Jeff (August 21, 2020).
1818:Brewer, Dennis (August 1, 2006).
1764:. N'Djamena, Chad. Archived from
1699:U.S.A. Airborne: 50th Anniversary
1545:"Special Forces: The Early Years"
1290:. October 5, 2016. Archived from
1096:and was posthumously awarded the
996:A 10th SFG (A) operator using an
423:Special Operations Command Europe
372:United States Army Special Forces
2133: This article incorporates
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1795:. Timbuktu, Mali. Archived from
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1024:Training parachute jump in Mali.
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1347:US Army Special Forces, 1952-84
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511:10th Group began training with
128:Security Force Assistance (SFA)
2156:Defense.gov: Photo Essay Image
2111:10th SFG at GlobalSecurity.org
2022:"Astronaut Frank Rubio | NASA"
1577:Southworth, Samuel A. (2002).
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1078:- commander of 10th Group and
779:were known to attend as well.
276:, worn by all 1st SFC(A) units
107:Foreign Internal Defense (FID)
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957:1st Battalion – stationed at
913:, they organized the Kurdish
879:352d Special Operations Group
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2373:History of US Special Forces
1859:U.S. News & World Report
1178:Operational Detachment-Alpha
793:Saudi Arabian National Guard
589:veteran who was awarded the
212:Operation Freedom's Sentinel
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2403:America's Response Monument
2212:First Special Service Force
1344:Rottman, Gordon L. (1985).
1313:. Vol. 5, no. 4.
1182:Arlington National Cemetery
1100:for his actions during the
903:Special Activities Division
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122:Information Operations (IO)
116:Special Reconnaissance (SR)
104:Unconventional Warfare (UW)
16:US Army Special Forces unit
10:
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2393:Special Forces Association
1963:Special Operations Command
1734:Special Operations Command
1549:Special Forces Association
1305:Sacquety, Troy J. (2009).
1092:– Went on to service with
887:Operation Enduring Freedom
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432:In 2009, as part of a new
408:weapon of mass destruction
332:U.S. Special Forces Groups
152:1st Special Forces Command
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1703:Turner Publishing Company
1666:Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
1621:Pushies, Fred J. (2001).
842:, 10th Group deployed to
840:ethnic conflict in Rwanda
813:Operation Provide Comfort
646:77th Special Forces Group
490:77th Special Forces Group
412:security force assistance
355:12th Special Forces Group
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729:Pakistani special forces
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380:foreign internal defense
350:8th Special Forces Group
274:Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
2335:Reconnaissance Projects
2200:Historical predecessors
2078:"The Ideal Green Beret"
1697:Hagerman, Bart (1997).
911:Operation Viking Hammer
891:Operation Iraqi Freedom
2135:public domain material
1919:Woodward, Bob (2004).
1629:MBI Publishing Company
1390:. 2018. Archived from
1384:"ARSOF Fact Book 2018"
1222:"10th SFG (A) History"
1126:and helicopter pilot,
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875:Military of Mauritania
836:10th Mountain Division
828:Operation Restore Hope
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400:information operations
392:special reconnaissance
376:unconventional warfare
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47:19 June 1952 – present
2028:on September 12, 2023
1866:on November 13, 2011.
1660:Moore, Robin (2007).
1194:Sergeant First Class
1106:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
954:Group Support Company
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523:countries, including
404:counter-proliferation
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2047:Sage, Jerry (1985).
1927:Simon & Schuster
1830:on February 11, 2009
1558:on December 17, 2016
1325:on December 17, 2021
787:Following the Iraqi
2103:10th SFG at SOC.mil
1969:on November 4, 2014
1886:. Guilford, Conn.:
1761:The Washington Post
1743:on October 9, 2007.
1294:on January 5, 2022.
1187:Lieutenant General
1115:Lieutenant Colonel
1102:Battle of Mogadishu
444:in 1991 during the
257:Background trimming
2388:Special Forces Tab
1995:Task & Purpose
1421:GlobalSecurity.org
1124:lieutenant colonel
973:Stuttgart, Germany
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110:Direct Action (DA)
82:United States Army
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2378:De oppresso liber
2330:Green Light Teams
2088:on June 11, 2014.
2082:Highbeam Research
1352:Osprey Publishing
1232:on March 21, 2022
1174:Lodge-Philbin Act
1145:in the 1963 film
1108:in the 2001 film
1040:in September 2009
938:Subordinate units
709:newly independent
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1090:Gary Gordon
1076:Paris Davis
1038:Fort Carson
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733:Fort Devens
581:, a former
502:Fort Carson
494:Fort Devens
462:Afghanistan
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180:Engagements
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158:Garrison/HQ
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2352:MIKE Force
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1456:Army Times
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1203:References
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533:Yemen
434:SOCOM
416:EUCOM
311:–1984
187:Congo
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