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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Army Ranger Tab Subdued OD Green Patch$9.95The Ranger Tab was created in 1950, during the Korean War, and its first version was black and red and spelled out RANGERS. It was adapted from the traditional Ranger scroll to recognize the men who...$9.95 -
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Army Airborne Rocker Blue Field Patch$9.95U.S. Army Airborne rocker patch - 'Blue Field with While Letters"$9.95 -
5th Special Forces Group GRAW Patch Hook Backed$11.95Two lines of stitching tell you what this is: 5TH SFG GRAW across the top tab, and GHOSTS on the scroll under a tan skull. GRAW is stitched as a four-letter acronym and GHOSTS as a nickname, and...$11.95 -
6th Army Patch Alamo Scouts$13.95Two Alamo Scouts teams went ahead of the 6th Ranger Battalion at Cabanatuan in January 1945, and two of their men set up an observation post a few hundred yards from the Japanese guard posts while...$13.95 -
1st Airborne Special Operations Command Patch$9.95U.S. Military 1st Airborne Special Operations Command Obsolete Patch$9.95 -
2nd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment Beret Flash Patch$9.95On 6 June 1944, Dog, Easy and Fox Companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion went up the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc under Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder, about 40 minutes behind schedule after a navigation error...$9.95 -
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5th Special Forces Group Flash With Crest Patch$9.95US Army 5th Special Forces Group Flash Patch with Crest SFG$9.95 -
Mountain Goats of Afghanistan Desert Patch$9.95A desert shield with an image of a goat with an M-1 50 Cal strapped to a goat standing on a mountain top with the words "U.S. MOUNTAIN GOATS OF AFGHANISTAN"$9.95 -
20th Special Forces Group Crest Red 20 Patch$9.9520th Special Forces Group Crest with red numeral "20" patch - "DE OPPRESSO LIBER"$9.95 -
3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment Beret Flash with Crest Patch$9.95The four colors in the shield at the center of this flash, blue, white, red and green, were four of the six combat teams of Merrill's Marauders in Burma. The 75th Ranger Regiment traces its line to...$9.95 -
Sniper Team Kosovo Force Patch One Shot One Kill$13.95United States Army Sniper Team Kosovo Force Patch One Shot One Kill - Black Background with skull and crossbones with two crossed yellow rifles detailed in black and the words "One Shot - One Kill -...$13.95 -
3rd Special Forces Group Flash Patch With Crest$9.95US Army 3rd Special Forces Group Flash Patch with Crest SFG$9.95 -
Son Tay Raider Special Forces 1952-Current Patch$9.95Son Tay Raider Special Forces 1952-Current Military$9.95 -
11th Special Forces Group Alpha Patch$9.95United States ARMY 11th Special Forces Group Alpha Military Patch "TRAIN ADVISE ASSIST"$9.95 -
8th Special Forces Group Flash Patch$9.95In 1967 a mobile training team from the 8th Special Forces Group trained the Bolivian Ranger Battalion that captured Che Guevara that fall. That single mission says a lot about the group behind this...$9.95 -
ODA -153 Patch - Version A$9.95United States ARMY ODA -153 B Co 2nd Bn 1st Special Forces Group Military Patch Mountain Operations Skull with Ram's Rack VERSION A$9.95 -
ODA 5th Special Forces Group Iraqi Freedom Patch$9.95In the predawn hours of March 20, 2003, Special Forces A-teams from the 5th Special Forces Group were already inside Iraq, sent across ahead of the main assault to put eyes on the ground. That is the...$9.95 -
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Special Forces Korea Flash Patch$13.95Special Forces Detachment Korea has been called the longest serving U.S. Special Forces unit in the world, and this is the flash its Green Berets wore. The gold field and black border are the colors...$13.95 -
Wolf Brigade Counter Assault Afghanistan Patch SMP$10.95United States ARMY Wolf Brigade counter Assault Afghanistan Military Patch SMP$10.95 -
20th Special Forces Group Airborne Flash Patch$9.95The 20th Special Forces Group has been a National Guard Green Beret group since 1961, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and this light blue and red flash is the one its qualified soldiers wear on...$9.95 -
Airborne Mike Force Patch Vietnam$9.95US Army Airborne Mike Force Patch Vietnam - white background with gold an red diagonal strips with a detailed green and gold dragon breathing fire in the center.$9.95 -
Airborne SOC Fort Bragg Theater Of Operation Patch$9.95United States Army Airborne Special Operations Command Fort Bragg Theater Of Operation Patch$9.95 -
ODA-3221 Patch Hook And Loop$9.95United States ARMY Co B 2nd Battalion 3rd Special Forces Group Operational Detachment Alpha ODA-3221 Patch - CAT A - Hook And Loop$9.95 -
12th Special Forces Group With Crest Flash Patch$9.95US Army 12th Special Forces Group Flash 1972-Present military patch$9.95 -
7th Special Forces Group with Crest Large Patch$9.95The 7th Special Forces Group traces its lineage to the 1st Special Service Force, the Devil's Brigade of World War II, and its soldiers call their group the Red Empire. The red on this patch is the...$9.95 -
Special Operations Command Patch Pacific$9.95Special Operations Center, Pacific Command was established November 1st 1965. Headquartered in Okinawa, the unit provided unconventional warfare task force support for operations in Southeast Asia$9.95 -
Special Operations Diving Supervisor Badge Patch$9.95Special Operations Diving Supervisor Badge Military Patch - Silver with black detailing$9.95 -
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20th Airborne Special Forces Group Afghanistan Patch$9.95US 20th Special Forces Group Airborne Unit in Afghanistan patch - "DE OPPRESSO LIBER"$9.95 -
5th Special Forces Group Crest OD Green Red 5 Patch$9.955th Special Forces Group Crest OD green version with numeral "5" patch - "DE OPPRESSO LIBER"$9.95 -
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1st Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment Flash with Crest Patch$9.95Count the colors on this flash: green, blue, red, khaki, orange and white. That is six, and Merrill's Marauders, the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), went into Burma in 1944 as six combat teams...$9.95 -
1st Special Forces Group Patch Flash 1961-1963$9.95US ARMY 1st SPECIAL FORCES GROUP PATCH FLASH 1961-1963 SFG$9.95 -
5th Special Forces Group Flash With Crest Small Version Patch$9.955th Special Forces Group With Crest patch - "Flash Small Version"$9.95 -
6th Special Forces Group Flash Patch With Crest$9.956th Special Forces Group Flash Patch with Crest SFG$9.95 -
Special Forces Group Wings Parachute Oval Patch$13.95Special Forces Group Wings Parachute patch - "OVAL"$13.95