SFA Chapter 90_Richard L. Ferguson Memorial Chapter

02/14/2025

Registration is now open for our spring golf tournament

Chapter XC of The Special Forces Association is hosts two golf tournaments each year benefiting our Troops and their families.

12/05/2024

5 December 1971, L Co, 75th Rangers, 101st Airborne Division, was deactivated at Hue, Vietnam. https://www.75thrra.org/vietnam-units/ -75

12/05/2024

5 December 1963, Operation ‘Ruby’, a 6-man CIA-Vietnamese team parachuted into Ha Tinh, North Vietnam to perform reconnaissance and intelligence collection.

12/05/2024

5 December 1963, 3rd Special Forces Group was first activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The four colors of the quadrants of 3rd Group's beret flash are derived from the flashes of the pre-existing SF units from which 3rd Group's members were initially drawn. These colors are: yellow (1st SFG (A)), red (7th SFG (A)), black (5th SFG (A)), and white (Special Forces Training Group (A)).

12/05/2024

5 December 1944, the First Special Service Force was deactivated. Its final formation at Villanueve-Loubet, near Menton, France.

11/21/2024

21 November 1970, Operation ‘Ivory Coast’, a group of 56 U.S. Army Green Berets conducted a helicopter assault into the Son Tay prisoner of war camp located near Hanoi, North Vietnam. The raiders were selected from among the 6th and 7th Special Forces Groups at Ft. Bragg, NC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivory_Coast https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/1195raid/

11/20/2024

20 November 1969, O Co, 75th Rangers, 82d Airborne Division, was deactivated in Vietnam. https://www.75thrra.org/vietnam-units/ -75
https://arsof-history.org/articles/24apr_forgotten_ranger_company_page_1.html

11/20/2024

20 November 1969, the Second Field Force Vietnam Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) Company, later D Co, 75th Infantry (Ranger) was activated in Vietnam. https://www.75thrra.org/vietnam-units/ -75

11/20/2024

20 November 1950, the 8th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. It received cold-weather and mountain training at Camp Carson, Colorado. On 5 March 1951 it deployed to Pusan, South Korea and was attached to the 24th Infantry Division. https://arsof-history.org/articles/v6n2_rebirth_of_rangers_page_1.html

11/20/2024

20 November 1950, the 7th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. After training it remained at Fort Benning to conduct additional Ranger courses.

11/20/2024

20 November 1950, the 6th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. On 7 February 1951 deployed to Kitzingen, West Germany and was attached to the 1st Infantry Division. https://arsof-history.org/articles/v6n2_rebirth_of_rangers_page_1.html

11/20/2024

20 November 1950, the 5th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. It received cold-weather and mountain training at Camp Carson, Colorado. On 5 March 1951 it deployed to Pusan, South Korea and was attached to the 25th Infantry Division. https://arsof-history.org/articles/v6n2_rebirth_of_rangers_page_1.html