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| 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)[1] | |
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| Active | August 26, 2011 – present |
| Country |  United States of America |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Role | Psychological operations |
| Size | 1,070 |
| Part of |  1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Liberty, North Carolina |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Robert Cusick |
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| 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by all subordinate units[2] | .png) |
| Former combat service identification badge |  |
The 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) or 8th POG(A) is one of the United States Army's active Psychological Operations units alongside the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne). The unit was activated August 26, 2011. The activation ceremony was held on Meadows Field at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command headquarters. Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland, Jr., served as a host. The 8th Group assumed responsibility for the 1st, 5th and 9th Psychological Operations battalions.[3] The unit is based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina and is a part of the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne).
As of June 2015, both the 4th POG(A) and the new 8th POG(A) are operational. However, the group's former parent unit (originally envisioned as a Brigadier General-level command) known as Military Information Support Operations Command (MISOC) (Airborne) and created at the same time as 8th MISG, in 2011, enjoyed only a very brief operational existence before being dissolved in 2014. The MISOC(A) exists now only as a historical footnote. The 4th POG(A) and 8th POG(A) were subsequently reassigned under the newly established 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) (SFC(A)), under U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC).[4] 8th POG(A) along with 3rd POB(A) and 9th POB(A) are slated for deactivation in fiscal year 2026.[5]
- ^ The Army's psychological operations community is getting its name back, Army Times, by Meghann Myers, dated 6 November 2017, last accessed 4 March 2018
- ^ 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) award ceremony, 8th POG(A)'s official Facebook page, dated 9 July 2018, 9 July 2019
- ^ 8th Military Information Support Group (Airborne) activated at Fort Bragg
- ^ USASOC Headquarters Fact Sheet Archived 2016-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, from the USASOC official website, last accessed 8 October 2016
- ^ DOD. "Evaluation of the DoD Military Information Support Operations Workforce (DODIG-2024-068)" (PDF). Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General. DOD. Retrieved 21 August 2024.