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Special Forces Groups
Currently there are only two reserve component Special Forces
Groups - both are in the Army National Guard. The 19th Special
Forces Group is headquartered in Utah and the 20th Special
Forces Group is headquartered in Alabama. Both NG SF groups have
battalions and companies in several states across the country.
In the late 1960s through the mid 1990s there were two Army
Reserve Special Forces groups. The 11th and 12th Special Forces
Groups were based in several states with hqs in Maryland and
Illinois respectively. The two USAR SF groups were
disestablished in 1994 with several companies transferring to
the 19th and 20th Special Forces Groups.
The 11th and 12th SF groups reported directed to the 97th and
86th Army Reserve Command. Beginning on December 1, 1989, the
11th and 12th SF Groups came under the control of the United
States Army Reserve Special Operations Command (USARSOC). On
November 26, 1990 USARSOC was redesignated as the Army Civil
Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC). The
reserve SF groups were aligned under the U.S. Army Special
Forces Command (USASFC) and all Civil Affairs and PSYOP units
under the USACAPOC as part of "The Total Army" concept.
Through the 1950s into the mid 1960s there were many
'official' and 'unofficial' Special Forces groups and
detachments found throughout the Army Reserves and Army National
Guard.
Most of the reserve component Special Forces groups were
formed up in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Many of these
groups were not fully filled with personnel - some containing
only a company. Most of these RC groups were deactivated in
1966.
Army Reserve Special Forces Groups
300th FD Operational Detachment
301st FD Operational Detachment
302nd FD Operational Detachment
303rd FD Operational Detachment
2nd Special Forces Group
9th Special Forces Group
11th Special Forces Group
12th Special Forces Group
13th Special Forces Group
17th Special Forces Group
24th Special Forces Group
Army National Guard Special Forces Units
101st Special Forces Operational Detachment (FC)
102nd Special Forces Operational Detachment (FB)
16th Special Forces Group [1]
19th Special Forces Group
20th Special Forces Group
21st Special Forces Group
"Unofficial" SF Groups, [2]
4th Special Forces Group
14th Special Forces Group
15th Special Forces Group
18th Special Forces Group
22nd Special Forces Group
23rd Special Forces Group
Footnotes
[1] Based on a post by Chapter 68 of the Special Forces
Association (West Virginia) the 16th Special Forces Group HQs
was located in West Virginia.
http://www.sfachapter68.org/?q=node/4
[2] "Unofficial" SF groups were never officially activated
within the U.S. Army. They were either in the U.S. Army Reserve
or U.S. Army National Guard - without any U.S. Army
authorization or oversight. The activation and deactivation
dates of these groups are unavailable.
References
Forker, Jeff, "25 Special Forces Groups", The Drop,
pages 32-36,Summer 2020
http://www.viewmycatalog.com/SFA-2Q2020-Drop/index.html
Kane, Michael A., A Partial History of ARNG Special
Forces, SCRIBD, November 1, 2009.
https://www.scribd.com/document/23795898/A-Partial-History-of-ARNG-Special-Forces
RAND Corporation, National Guard Special Forces:
Enhancing the Contributions of Reserve Component Army Special
Operations Forces, Technical Report, 2012, PDF, 87 pages.
Page 49 provides a brief history of the early reserve component
Special Forces groups.
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2012/RAND_TR1199.pdf
GAO, Special Operations Forces: Force Structure and
Readiness Issues, Government Accountability Office, March
24, 1994, PDF, 58 pages.
https://www.gao.gov/products/NSIAD-94-105
USAJFKSWCS, "Reserve Component Special Operations Forces",
Special Warfare Magazine, March 1992.
https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_8280.pdf
Morgan, LTC Wayne, USA, Reserve Component Special Forces
Integration and Employment Models for the Operational Continuum,
U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA, 1992, PDF, 59 pages.
https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a251195.pdf
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