Exclusive: Army Special Forces command disbands elite units | SOFREP
In a historic decision for the Special Forces community, the Crisis Response Force (CRF) companies are going to be disbanded and their operators and equipment redistributed to the force.
CRF companies are an elite cadre of Green Berets who specialize in Direct Action (DA), Counterterrorism (CT), and Hostage Rescue (HR) missions. Each Special Forces Group (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th) has a CRF company, and they are considered to be the strategic reserves of each combatant command in case of an emergency around the world. CRF used to be called Commander's-in-extremis (CIF) companies.
SOFREP has learned that the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) in conjunction with the 1 st Special Forces Command (1 st SFC) have decided to disband the CRFs because they are said to be underutilized and because of a lack of operators.
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David Maxwell reports, member of FDD, Foundation for Developing Democracies, follow on twitter.
