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| 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:7th_Special_Forces_Group.svg) 7th Special Forces Group beret flash | |
| Active | 1960—present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Type | Special operations force |
| Role | Primary tasks:
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| Size | 4 battalions |
| Part of | &sq=&lang=&file=File:SpecialForces_Badge.svg){kind=icon} 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) |
| Garrison/HQ | Eglin AFB |
| Nickname(s) | Green Berets, Quiet Professionals,[1] Soldier-Diplomats, Snake Eaters, Bearded Bastards[2] Red Empire[3] |
| Motto(s) | "De Oppresso Liber",[1] Spanish motto, "Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea," which translates as "Whatever, Whenever, Wherever."[4] |
| Engagements | Vietnam War Operation Urgent Fury Salvadoran Civil War Operation Just Cause War on Terror |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | COL Pat Nelson |
| Insignia | |
| Former 7th SFG(A) recognition bar, worn by non-special operations qualified soldiers—in lieu of a beret flash—from the 1960s to 1984[5] | &sq=&lang=&file=File:US_Army_7th_SFG_Recognition_Bar.svg) |
| 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by all 1st SFC(A) units | &sq=&lang=&file=File:United_States_Army_Special_Forces_SSI_(1958-2015).png) |
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The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7th SFG) (A) 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 Liberty, North Carolina. 7th 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 weapons of mass destruction, and security force assistance.[6] The 7th SFG(A) spends much of its time conducting foreign internal defense, counter-drug, and training missions of friendly governments' armed forces in South, Central, and North America as well as the Caribbean. 7th SFG(A) participated in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada in 1983, and in Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989. The 7th SFG(A) has, like all the SFGs, been heavily deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the War on Terror.[7] The 7th SFG has lost more SF soldiers in the Global War on Terrorism than any other SFG.
- ^ a b Stanton, Doug (24 June 2009). "The Quiet Professionals: The Untold Story of U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Most Popular E-mail Newsletter". USA Today. 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Red Empire welcomes familiar face to take command". US Army. 19 June 2017.
- ^ "7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) changes command". NWF Daily News. 18 July 2019.
- ^ US Army Special Forces 1952–84, Bloomsbury Publishing, by Gordon L. Rottman, dated 20 September 2012, ISBN 9781782004462, last accessed 29 March 2019
- ^ Army Special Operations Forces Fact Book 2018 Archived 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, USASOC official website, dated 2018, last accessed 28 July 2019
- ^ "7th SFG". 7th Special Forces Group webpage. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2007.