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U.S. Army Special Forces
Organization. Currently there are five active duty Special Forces groups and two National Guard groups. The 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 19th, and 20th.
All told, there are probably over 7,000 active duty 18 series positions in the U.S. Army between the groups, staffs, and commands. This includes the five active groups, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS), 1st Special Forces Command, United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), training centers like JRTC, USSOCOM, and the theater special operations commands (TSOCs).
The structure of the groups differ from active and guard. The active groups have four battalions (as of 2026, 2 line companies per bn) and Multi-Domain Company (MDO).
MDO Company. The Multi-Domain Company brings enablers to the Special Forces Group. MDO is the Department of Defense (DoD) concept for countering near-peer adversaries - as in China and Russia - across the domains of land, sea, air, space, and cyber.
References
History of Special Forces
https://www.specialforceshistory.info/
Special Forces Training
https://specialforcestraining.info/
Special Forces Association
https://teamhouse.specialforcesassociation.org/
Timeline History of the Green Berets. Christopher Klein provides a historical timeline of U.S. Army Special Forces - from their founding in 1952 to the end of the GWOT era. "How Green Berets Became the US Army's Elite Special Forces", History.com, November 7, 2023.
"The Evolution of the Special Forces (SF) Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA)", arsof-history.org, Veritas, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2023.
"The Special Forces Patch - History and Origins", arsof-history.org, Veritas, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2007.
News Articles about Special Forces by SOF News
https://sof.news/?s=special+forces
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