10th Special Forces Group

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10th Special Forces Group was the first field-deployed unit of United States Army Special Forces, commanded by COL Aaron Bank and assigned to the United States European Command, based at Bad Tolz, Germany, The Group remains deployed in Europe, now near Stuttgart, with its home base at Fort Carlson, Colorado.

When it deployed to Europe in the 1950s, it was primarily expected to run stay-behind guerilla networks in Soviet-occupied territory. Many of its soldiers were emigres from the Soviet satellite countries, qualifying for U.S. citizenship under the Lodge Act, and providing a deep reserve of language and area expertise.

It operated in northern Iraq during the Iraq War, under United States Central Command.

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