Army Special Forces patches: the arrowhead, the group flashes and the crests of the Green Berets. The 10th Special Forces Group was activated at Fort Bragg in June 1952 under Col. Aaron Bank, and every group today wears the same shoulder patch.
That arrowhead was approved in 1955. The arrowhead stands for the craft of the Native American scout, the dagger for unconventional warfare, and the three lightning bolts for getting in by air, land or sea. Here you will find patches for the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 10th Groups, the National Guard’s 19th and 20th, groups that have since been inactivated, and the Vietnam-era projects.
Special Forces Patch FAQ
What does the Special Forces patch mean?
The arrowhead stands for the skills of the Native American scout, the upturned dagger for unconventional warfare, and the three lightning bolts for getting in by air, land or sea.
What is a beret flash?
The cloth shield sewn on the green beret. Each Special Forces group has its own colors, so the flash tells you which group a soldier belongs to.
Which Special Forces groups are active today?
The 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 10th Groups on active duty, and the 19th and 20th in the Army National Guard.
When did the Army authorize the green beret?
In 1961. The Special Forces tab followed in 1983.
How fast do orders ship?
Orders ship by the next business day, Monday to Friday.
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Special Forces Group Crest Patch$9.95The crossed arrows and the fighting knife on this crest both trace back to the First Special Service Force of World War II, the crossed arrows from its collar brass and the knife from its V-42...$9.95 -
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan Round Patch$14.95CJSOTF-A was formed on March 15, 2002, out of Task Force K-Bar in the south and Task Force Dagger in the north, and it ran special operations in Afghanistan from Bagram for the next twelve and a half...$14.95 -
Airborne Basic Jump Wings Badge Patch$13.95United States Army Airborne Basic Jump Wings Badge patch$13.95 -
1st Battalion 10th Special Forces Group Germany Beret Flash Patch$9.95The black, red and gold stripe across this flash is the German flag, and it belongs to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, the battalion that stayed in Germany. When most of the 10th Group...$9.95 -
MACV-SOG Studies and Observations Group Vietnam Patch$11.95Spelled out, MACV-SOG was the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group, a plain name for a joint special operations task force that ran missions into North Vietnam, Laos...$11.95 -
Army Ranger Tab Black and Gold Patch$9.95The Ranger tab goes on the upper left sleeve and stays there for the rest of a soldier's career, and the way to earn it is to finish Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia. The tab was created in...$9.95 -
SOCOM Special Forces Command Patch$9.95Born from the lessons of countless unconventional battles, the United States Special Operations Command—SOCOM—was created to unite America’s most elite warriors under one flag. Established in 1987,...$9.95 -
Air Assault Wings Badge Patch$13.95Maj. Jack R. Rickman drew the Air Assault Badge in 1971 while serving with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, and he never earned the badge himself. The design borrows from the Parachutist Badge...$13.95 -
Task Force Troy Counter Improvised Explosive Device Patch$13.95United States ARMY Task Force Troy Counter Improvised Explosive Device Military Patch OIF OEF ACU$13.95 -
1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta SFOD-D Patch Black$13.95The shape is the name: a black triangle, the Greek letter delta, for 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. The Army established the unit on November 19, 1977, under Colonel Charles...$13.95 -
Special Forces Patch Crest De Oppresso Liber Patch$9.95US Army Special Forces Crest De Oppresso Liber Patch - Green and white background with yellow detailing and a black and yellow special forces crest in the center.$9.95 -
Army Airborne Rocker Gold Letters Patch$9.95The Army's Airborne tab is a 2 1/2 inch arc worn right on top of the shoulder patch, and it tells everyone in the formation that the unit jumps. On the XVIII Airborne Corps patch it is a blue arc...$9.95 -
D Company 1st Battalion 5th Special Forces Group Ghost Recon Color Patch$13.95The flash on the skull's green beret is black edged in white, the flash the 5th Special Forces Group wore from 1961 to 1963 and again from 1985 until the Vietnam-era striped flash came back in 2016...$13.95 -
US Army Special Forces SSI Patch$9.95Introducing the US Army Special Forces SSI Patch, a symbol of honor, valor, and elite military service within the United States Army. This intricately embroidered patch showcases the distinctive...$9.95 -
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Army Special Forces Rocker Gold Letter Patch$13.95Army Special Forces rocker patch - "Gold Letter with Blue Field"$13.95 -
5th Special Forces Group Vietnam Flash with Crest Patch$9.95The yellow band and three red stripes across this flash were worn by the 5th Special Forces Group from 1963 until 1985, and on 23 March 2016 the group put them back on its berets. The stripes follow...$9.95 -
Special Forces Black Ops Patch - DE OPPRESSO LIBER$13.95The flash on this skull's beret carries a diagonal yellow stripe with red stripes, the Vietnam-era pattern of the 5th Special Forces Group, and anyone who wore it knows exactly where that puts the...$13.95 -
7th Special Forces Group Flash Patch With Crest$9.95The 7th Special Forces Group traces its line to the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, First Regiment of the 1st Special Service Force, the combined Canadian and American outfit activated at Fort William...$9.95 -
US Army SERE School Patch Survival Evasion Resistance Escape$9.95Army SERE training is taught at the Colonel James "Nick" Rowe Training Compound at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, named for a Special Forces officer who spent 62 months as a prisoner of the Viet Cong...$9.95 -
Special Forces Group Medic Red Cross Patch De Oppresso Liber$13.95US Army Special Forces Group Medic Red Cross Military Patch De Oppresso Liber$13.95 -
10th Special Forces Group Flash Patch With Crest$9.95The 10th was the first Special Forces Group, activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in June 1952 under Colonel Aaron Bank. In November 1953 the 10th split in two. Half went to Bad Tolz and...$9.95 -
Airborne Basic Jump Wings Badge 5 inch Patch$10.95Captain William P. Yarborough designed the parachutist badge in 1941, and the War Department approved it that March. The Army's first paratroopers were still being trained when the wings were drawn...$10.95 -
Special Operations Terminal Attack Controller Patch$13.95SOTACC is the Special Operations Terminal Attack Controller Course, taught at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, for special operations troops who will control aircraft from the ground. A joint terminal...$13.95 -
Air Assault Military Tab$9.95Every Air Assault class at Fort Campbell ends the same way, with a 12-mile foot march in full gear that has to be finished in under three hours. Before that comes Day Zero, an obstacle course and a...$9.95 -
20th Special Forces Group Airborne Flash Patch With Crest$9.95A Green Beret wears his group's flash with rank on it if he is an officer and with the crest on it if he is enlisted, and this one is set up the enlisted way. The flash is the 20th Special Forces...$9.95 -
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US Army Special Forces SSI Patch - Special forces Tab Patch$11.95Introducing the US Army Special Forces SSI Patch with Special Forces Tab, a powerful symbol of courage, expertise, and specialized military service. This intricately embroidered patch captures the...$11.95 -
7th Special Forces Group Crest Red 7 Patch$9.95The 7th Special Forces Group traces its lineage to the 1st Company, 1st Regiment of the First Special Service Force, raised at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana, on July 9, 1942. The Force was...$9.95 -
SFODA Delta Team Patch$14.95The gold triangle on this patch is the Greek letter delta, and one side of it snaps into a lightning bolt before the shape closes. Run a white dagger straight through it, set the whole thing on...$14.95 -
US Special Forces Recon Rocker OD Patch$9.95They belong to the quiet edge of the battlefield—the soldiers who move ahead of the main force, deep into hostile terrain, where information is scarce and danger is certain. The U.S. Special Forces...$9.95 -
1st Special Forces Group Beret Flash With Crest Patch$9.95This is the 1st Special Forces Group beret flash with the Special Forces crest worn at its center, the way an enlisted Green Beret of the group wears it on his beret. On the beret, soldiers and NCOs...$9.95 -
Special Forces Skull With Viper And Green Beret Patch$9.95The upturned dagger running through this skull reads as a nod to the blade at the center of the Special Forces arrowhead, the Fairbairn-Sykes knife of the British Commandos and the OSS. Wrap a viper...$9.95 -
HALO Special Forces Military Freefall Patch$13.95The freefall wings were first submitted as a design in March 1983 by Sergeant First Class Gregory A. Dailey of Special Forces ODA-552, eleven years before the Army approved them for wear. Approval...$13.95 -
5th Special Forces Group Crest De Oppresso Liber Patch$9.95The crossed arrows on this patch were the collar device of the First Special Service Force in World War II, and the blade between them is the fighting knife that unit carried. The two were joined...$9.95 -
Tactical Tracker OD Rocker Patch$9.95A tracker reads what everyone else walks past: a heel print in soft ground, a bent blade of grass, a twig snapped the wrong way. Trackers call that evidence spoor, and learning to read it takes time...$9.95 -
US Special Forces Sniper Rocker Black With Gold Patch$9.95The Army trained its snipers for World War II without any sniper course at all, and its first sniper school ran only from 1955 to 1956 at Camp Perry, Ohio, before it was dropped. After that, every...$9.95 -
11th Special Forces Group Flash Patch With Crest$9.95The crossed arrows on this crest go back to the collar brass of the First Special Service Force in World War II, and the dagger is that force's fighting knife. Special Forces joined the two under a...$9.95 -
Air Assault Wings Badge Patch Subdued$9.95The shape in the middle of the Air Assault Badge is the nose of a UH-1 Huey seen head on, and the bar across the top is its rotor blade standing in for a wing. Maj. Jack R. Rickman of the 101st...$9.95 -
Recon Rocker Black with Gold Patch$9.95On 1 February 1969 the Army reorganized its long range reconnaissance patrol units in Vietnam as lettered Ranger companies of the 75th Infantry. Those small, heavily armed teams worked far past...$9.95 -
Army Engineers Sapper Tab Red Patch$9.95The Army authorized the Sapper Tab for permanent wear on June 28, 2004, nineteen years after the first 18 students finished the Sapper Leader Course. Before that date a graduate carried the course in...$9.95 -
10th Special Forces Group Crest Green 10 Patch$9.95When the 10th Special Forces Group stood up at Fort Bragg in June 1952 under Colonel Aaron Bank, its job was Europe, and Europe is still its job. The group was built for unconventional warfare behind...$9.95