Today in SF History: January 6

Today in Special Forces History:

1991: TF PROVEN FORCE activates in Turkey. This force was based around elements of the Eurocentric 10th Special Forces Group and Special Operations Command Europe. 

1961: 24th Special Forces Group (USAR) organizes. This is one of many short-lived SF Groups in the reserve components. In the end, only the 11th and 12th would remain in the USAR and the 19th and 20th in the National Guard. The 11th and 12th were disbanded in 1994 as part of Clinton Administration defense cuts. 

1945: 1st Canadian-American Special Service Force disbands. 

source: The Special Forces Regimental History Calendar, 1993. Special Forces Historical Society Research Organization, Seminole, FL, 1993. (privately printed)

The SFHS in turn credits the Office of Command Historian, USASOC, Fort Bragg, NC. 

The same information, uncredited, is online here. 

Many online sources and SF-community sources are being used to expand these posts. The online sources will be linked in the text.