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The 12th Special Forces Group was a U.S. Army Reserve Group
located in the central region of the United States. It had
battalions and companies located in several states. [1]
The 12th Group was originally constituted on July 5, 1942 in
the United States Army as the 6th Company, 2d Battalion, First
Regiment, 1st Special Service Force, a joint Canadian-American
organization formed in World War II.
The 12th SFG(A) was activated on March 24, 1961. The
headquarters was first located in Chicago. On January 19, 1964
it was moved to Oak Park, Illinois and then later, on September
1, 1970, to Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Basing. The group headquarters was based in
Illinois with outlying battalions and companies in several other
states.
Deactivation. The 12th SFGA, along with the
11th SFGA, was deactivated in 1995 as a cost cutting measure.
Many of the Soldiers of both reserve groups would join either
the
19th or 20th Special Forces Groups of the U.S. Army's
National Guard.
References
Read about the history of early reserve component Special
Forces groups and units.
https://www.specialforceshistory.info/groups/reserve-component-special-forces-groups.html
Websites about 12th SFG(A)
Facebook - 12h Special Forces Group (Airborne)
https://www.facebook.com/12thSpecialForcesGroupAirborne/
Wikipedia - 12th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Special_Forces_Group
Footnotes
[1] In 1966 the 12th Group was expanded when it absorbed the
17th Special Forces Group
headquartered in Seattle, Washington, as part of an Army
reorganization.
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