3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
1st Special Forces
5 December 1963 Activated
Fort Bragg, NC
18 February 1964 Personnel Transferred from the 1st, 7th, 5th and Training Groups (Airborne) to make up the 3rd SF Group, giving the Group the Colors for its Flash
Yellow from the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Red from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Black from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
White from Special Forces Training Group Group (Airborne)
1 December 1969 De-Activated
Fort Bragg, NC
1990 Activated
(Personnel Transferred from the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Special Special Forces Group
and Training Group to make up the 3rd Group.)
Fort Bragg, NC
(The 3rd was Activated at the same time as Special Forces Command)
1991 Headquarters and the 1st Battalion were
Forward deployed to Saudi Arabia
1991 Operations
Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation of Kuwait
Defense of Kuwait
October 1991 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Activated at Fort Bragg, NC
1992 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Activated at Fort Bragg, NC