from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. Subordinate units Gallery Notable soldiers Brigadier general Donald Blackburn, early commander of the 7th SFG Master Sergeant Tim Kennedy, MMA fighter and former 7th SFG soldier Sergeant Major Brendan O'Connor, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during Operation Kaika while serving with the 7th SFG. Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, Vietnam veteran and songwriter who served with the 7th Group as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant. Salder is known for his patriotic song, Ballad of the Green Berets. Colonel Arthur D. Simons, early officer of the 7th SFG, 1958 Major Lauri Törni, aka Major Larry Thorne, a former 7th SFG soldier who was killed on a 1965 covert MACV-SOG mission in Vietnam References 007 Special Forces 007 Military units and formations established in 1960