Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 October 2016
3d Special Forces Group
1st Special Forces Regiment
- Constituted 5 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, Second Regiment, 1st Special Service Force, a combined Canadian-American organization
- Activated 9 July 1942 at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana
- Disbanded 6 January 1945 in France
- Reconstituted 15 April 1960 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion (organized 21 May 1943), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
- Activated 5 December 1963 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- (Organic elements constituted 18 February-1 September 1964 and activated 10 March-25 September 1964)
- Group inactivated 1 December 1969 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- (Former Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion, withdrawn 3 February 1986, consolidated with former Headquarters and Headquarters Companies, 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th Ranger Infantry Battalions, former Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Companies, 2d Infantry Battalion, and Headquarters, 75th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters, 75th Ranger Regiment – hereafter separate lineage)
- Activated 1 July 1990 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Aleutian Islands
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1995
- 1st Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014
- Company B, 1st Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUL 2011-FEB 2012
- 2d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2004-2006
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
- Company B, 2d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IRAQ 2007
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL IRAQ 2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ NOV 2010-JUN 2011
- 3d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014-2015
- Company C, 3d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR 2011-JAN 2012
- 4th Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOUTHEAST AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered EASTERN AFGHANISTAN 2012
- Company C, Support Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN MAY-NOV 2014
- Company D, Support Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN NOV 2013-APR 2014
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History