Lineages and Honors Information
Special Forces
Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 July 2019
7th Special Forces Group
1st Special Forces Regiment
- Constituted 5 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, First 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 Company A, 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion (activated 19 June 1942), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
- (Organic elements constituted 20 May 1960)
- Consolidated 6 June 1960 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 77th Special Forces Group (constituted 16 September 1953 in the Regular Army and activated 25 September 1953 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces (organic elements concurrently activated)
- (Former Company A, 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion, withdrawn 3 February 1986, consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment – hereafter separate lineage)
- Group redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 7th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Aleutian Islands
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Panama
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2011-2012
- 1st Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered HELMAND PROVINCE 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- 2d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2016
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Company A, 2d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOUTHEAST AFGHANISTAN AUG 2010-APR 2011
- 3d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1985-1986
- Company A, 3d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN AUG 2010-APR 2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN SEP 2014-APR 2015
- Company B, 3d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IRAQ 2007
- Company C, 3d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1995
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007-2008
- Support Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2004-2005
- Company D, Support Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN FEB-JUL 2016
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History