1963 in Military History - Military Units and Formations Disestablished in 1963, Military Units and Formations Established in 1963 (Paperback)

Chapters: Military Units and Formations Disestablished in 1963, Military Units and Formations Established in 1963, 3rd Special Forces Group, Gurkha Independent Parachute Company, Gotlands Regemente, 8th Special Forces Group, 837th Air Division, 4310th Air Division, 4158th Strategic Wing, Ladakh Scouts, Gotland Brigade, National Service Regiment. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 3 Special Forces Group (Airborne) abbreviated 3rd SFG(A) and often called simply "3rd Group" is a U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) unit active in the Vietnam Era (1963-69) and reactivated in 1990. Its area of operations (AO) is now Sub-Saharan Africa 3rd Group was first activated on 5 December 1963 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The four colors of the quadrants of 3rd Group's distinctive unit flash derive from the flashes of the pre-existing SF units from which members were initially drawn. These colors are (clockwise from upper left): yellow (1st SFG (A)), red (7th SFG (A)), black (5th SFG (A)), and white (Special Forces Training Group (A)). 3rd Group had a Mideast and Africa orientation during the 1960s. The unit trained the armed forces of Mali, Iraq, Ethiopia, the Congo and Jordan in addition to supporting the Gemini 6 and 7 space shots. It also supported 5th Group operations in Vietnam, losing the 403rd Army Security Agency Special Operations Detachment and the 19th PSYOP Company to 5th Group in 1966. With the "vietnamization" of the conflict in Southeast Asia, 3rd Group was deactivated in 1969 and members transferred back to various other SF groups. 3rd Group was reactivated in 1990 and up until the mid 90s, was given responsibility of the Caribbean as well as the western part of Africa. At the time of the outbreak of the Persian Gulf War (August 1990), 3rd Group...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1164057