1st Special Forces Group (United States)

1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
1st Special Forces Group beret flash
Active	24 June 1957 – 28 June 1974 4 September 1984 – present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Army
Type	Special Operations Forces
Role	Primary tasks: Unconventional Warfare (UW) Foreign Internal Defense (FID) Direct Action (DA) Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Special Reconnaissance (SR) Counter-Terrorism (CT) Information Operations (IO) Counterproliferation of WMD (CP) Security Force Assistance (SFA)
Size	4 Battalions: One at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan, three in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Part of	1st Special Forces Command
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Motto(s)	First in Asia
Engagements	Vietnam War War on Terror Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Inherent Resolve Operation Freedom's Sentinel Siege of Marawi
Insignia
Former 1st SFG(A) recognition bar, worn by non-Special Forces qualified soldiers—in lieu of a beret flash—from the 1960s to 1984
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by all 1st SFC(A) units

The 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (1st SFG) (A) is a unit of the U.S. Army Special Forces operating under the United States Pacific Command. It is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions throughout the Indo-Pacific Command area of operations: 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.