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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.
Before joining the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Lazzaro was a star football player having won the Colorado State Championship in both 2013 and 2014 as part of the Pine Creek ...
The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was then split with the cadre that kept the designation 10th SFG deployed to Bad Tölz, Germany, in September 1953. The remaining part at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) formed the 77th Special Forces Group, which in May 1960 was reorganized and designated as today's 7th Special Forces Group. [36]
5th Special Forces Group – Headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The 5th SFG(A) is oriented towards the Middle East, Persian Gulf, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa (HOA), and is frequently tasked by CENTCOM. 7th Special Forces Group – Headquartered at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
"We deeply mourn the loss of U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Lazzaro of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)," Col. Patrick Nelson, 7th SFG(A) commander, said in a statement to the news site.
The former quarterback joined the Army after graduating from Central Michigan and became a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group. His father and grandfather also served in the ...
Meanwhile, as the 7th SFG(A) operations officer, Beckwith went to work revolutionizing Green Beret training. Special Forces at the time focused on unconventional warfare, and especially foreign internal defense: i.e. training indigenous personnel in resistance activities.
Staff Sgt. George L. Taber was struck by a fallen tree during a weather-induced pause on training at the U.S. Army's Ranger School.