Following the September 11 attacks , members of the 1st SFG ( A ) were quick to answer President George W. Bush 's call to action , deploying individual soldiers to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and deploying back-to-back battalion rotations to the Republic of the Philippines . Starting in February 2002 , elements of the 1st SFG ( A ) deployed to conduct unconventional warfare in the Southern Philippines by and with the Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP ) in order to assist the Government of the Philippines ( GOP ) in the destruction of terrorist organizations and the separation of the population from terrorist organizations
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
1st Special Forces Group (United States)