Special operations Counter-terrorism Direct action
Size
One battalion
Part of
United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF)
Garrison/HQ
MOD St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom[2]
Engagements
War on Terror • War in Afghanistan • Iraq War
Military unit
The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a special forces unit of the British Armed Forces. The SFSG was formed officially on 3 April 2006 to provide support to the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment on operations. It is a tri-service unit, composed of the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), a company of Royal Marine Commandos (F Coy), and a flight (platoon) from the Royal Air Force Regiment.[4]
The SFSG also acts as the hunter force during the SERE phase of the UKSF Selection; in addition, the SFSG also has a rotating company group trained in Counter Terrorism (CT) to support the on-call SAS or SBS squadrons on CT rotation.[5]
^Neville, Leigh, The SAS 1983-2014 (Elite), Osprey Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1472814037 ISBN 978-1472814036,p.60-61
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^"Force Protection". RAF Regiment. Royal Air Force. 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^Neville, Leigh, The SAS 1983-2014 (Elite), Osprey Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1472814037 ISBN 978-1472814036, p.6,p.56-59
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