3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group
The 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) was activated at Fort Lewis, WA on 04 March 1984.
Soldiers of the 1st Special Forces Regiment, Royal Thai Army, trained at Camp Pawai, Thailand, in May 1998, during Exercise Cobra Gold '98. Cobra Gold '98 is part of a continuing series of U.S.-Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand. The training included joint combined air, land and sea operations. Cobra Gold was the largest strategic mobility exercise involving the US Pacific Command forces during 1998. The Thai soldiers cross trained with US Army soldiers of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Wash.
