19th Special Forces Group

19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
19th SFG(A) beret flash
Founded5 July 1942
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeSpecial operations
Role
Size4 battalions
Part of1st Special Forces Command and various state national guard commands
Motto(s)Anything, Any Place, Any Time
EngagementsWorld War II[2]

Global War on Terrorism

Commanders
Current
commander		COL Brian Pazzaglia[5]
Insignia
Former 19th SFG(A) recognition bar, worn by non-special operations qualified soldiers—in lieu of a beret flash—from the 1960s to 1984[6]
Background trimming
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) Distinctive Unit Insignia, worn by all SFG(A)s and 1st SFC(A)
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by all 1st SFC(A) units
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The 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (19th SFG) (A) is one of two National Guard groups of the United States Army Special Forces. 19th Group—as it is sometimes called—is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, information operations, counterproliferation of weapon of mass destruction, and security force assistance.[7] Headquartered in Bluffdale, Utah, with detachments in Washington, West Virginia, Ohio, Rhode Island, Colorado, California and Texas, the 19th SFG(A) shares responsibility over Southwest Asia with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and the Pacific with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne).[8][9][10] Company A, 2nd Battalion is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots.

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  2. ^ The First Special Service Force in the Italian Mountains. https://arsof-history.org/articles/v5n2_better_country_page_1.html , https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1344&context=cmh
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  4. ^ Druzin, Heath (7 January 2016). "Green Beret killed in Afghanistan was new father". Stars and Stripes. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) welcomes new leadership, Utah National Guard Official Department of Defense Website, by SGT James Bunn, dated 19 September 2019, last accessed 15 November 2022
  6. ^ Rottman, Gordon L. (2012). US Army Special Forces, 1952-84. London: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1782004462. OCLC 813846700. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Army Special Operations Forces Fact Book 2018". SOC.mil. 2017. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016.
  8. ^ FM 3-05: Army Special Operations Forces (PDF), US Department of the Army, September 2006, archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2008, retrieved 7 June 2008
  9. ^ "FM 3-05.102 Army Special Forces Intelligence" (PDF). US Department of the Army. July 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  10. ^ Joint Publication 3-05.5: Special Operations Targeting and Mission Planning Procedures (PDF), Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1993, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2008, retrieved 13 November 2007