20th Special Forces Group
The 20th Special Forces Group is one of two Army National Guard groups for the United States Army Special Forces. 20th Group—as it is sometime called—is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, information operations, counterproliferation of weapon of mass destruction, and security force assistance. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama and as part of the United States Southern Command has an area of responsibility covering 32 countries, including Latin America south of Mexico, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The area is shared with the Eglin Air Force Base-based 7th Special Forces Group, which is the active Regular Army Special Forces group responsible for the same region.Structure
The 20th Special Forces Group has battalions from Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, with detachments in Draper, Utah; Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina; New Milford, Pennsylvania; Camp Atterbury Indiana; Glen Arm, Maryland and Chicopee, Massachusetts. There is also a military intelligence company located in Louisville, Kentucky.
Following the start of the Global War on Terror the 20th has been actively deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world.
