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19th Special Forces Group

19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

The 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is one of two Army National Guard Special Forces groups. It was allotted to the Army National Guard in 1961 and traces its heritage to the First Special Service Force of World War II. The group is headquartered at the Staff Sgt. Aaron Rhett Butler Special Forces Readiness Center at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah, with subordinate battalions spread across several western states, and it operationally aligns under 1st Special Forces Command.

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Key facts

Branch
Army
Command
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), U.S. Army Special Operations Command (Army National Guard)
Role
Army National Guard Special Forces group that provides citizen-soldier Green Berets to augment active-duty special operations missions.
Established
1961
Home station
Camp Williams (Bluffdale), Utah
Type
Special operations

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Common questions

What is 19th Special Forces Group?
Army National Guard Special Forces group that provides citizen-soldier Green Berets to augment active-duty special operations missions.

What military branch is 19th Special Forces Group in?
19th Special Forces Group is a unit of the U.S. Army.

Who commands 19th Special Forces Group?
19th Special Forces Group operates under 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), U.S. Army Special Operations Command (Army National Guard).

Where is 19th Special Forces Group based?
19th Special Forces Group is headquartered at Camp Williams (Bluffdale), Utah.

When was 19th Special Forces Group established?
19th Special Forces Group was established in 1961.

Is 19th Special Forces Group a special operations unit?
Yes. 19th Special Forces Group is a U.S. special-operations unit.

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