On July 30, 2021, a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA) assigned to 1st SFG (A) and approximately 80 members with JGSDF conducted bilateral operations in Guam as part of Defender ...

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group put their knees in the breeze with Soldiers from Japan Ground Self Defense Force's 1st Airborne Brigade (第1空挺) Jan. 8 at Camp ...

The Japan Ground-Self Defense Force’s (JGSDF) Special Forces Group (SFG) conducted a capability demonstration in front of both the Japanese and Australian prime ministers on 18 January, aimed at ...

In an announcement on Mar. 21, JGSDF Chief of Staff Gen. Yasunori Morishita stated that the 7th Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment was established and the Western Area Special Forces has been ...