The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) derives its lineage from two units of World War II fame -- the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the First Special Service Force ("The Devil’s Brigade").

William Howard) Members of the Legion — the US Army’s 5th Special Forces Group — threw it back to the group’s Vietnam War days with an unusual and outrageously cool choice of uniform ...

The 2023 U.S. Army Special Operations Command Best Combat Diver Competition has ended, and two Green Berets from 5th Special Forces Group took first place. For the first time, the three-day ...

After his service in Vietnam, Jakovenko returned to 5th Special Forces Group at then-Fort ... Jakovenko retired from the Army in 19990 as sergeant major for the U.S. Army Western Command Special ...

At the time of the fight, Davis was serving as the commander of Alpha Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group ... said Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Roberson, the deputy commander of US Army Special ...

(WKRG) — WKRG and parent company Nexstar will air a special report marking the end of U.S ... 5th Special Forces Group. By 1965, he would be at a remote camp, about 60 miles north of Saigon in ...

In 1993, he transferred to U.S. Army Special Forces, serving in numerous command and staff positions within the 5th Special Forces Group ... of military service in Vietnam as a combat medic.

These special operators — Green Berets from 5th ... plagued U.S. forces since at least Vietnam and dragged on through the decades-long war in Afghanistan. Three big areas unique to Army special ...

US Army Special Operations Command held its ... taking the first three spots, with a team from 5th Special Forces Group in first place, a 2nd Special Warfare Training Group team in second, and ...