2027 The 75th Anniversary Campaign
A $3 Million Campaign to Build Permanent Support for the Special Forces Regiment.
The Gathering
In June 2027, the Regiment, families, and supporters gather in Colorado Springs to mark 75 years of Special Forces. A weekend of remembrance and celebration, anchored by the 75th Anniversary Golf Tournament and the black-tie Regimental Ball at The Broadmoor.
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The Campaign
The most ambitious initiative in the Green Beret Foundation’s history. $3 million over 19 months. Every dollar advances two enduring purposes: building permanent capacity through a family of Special Forces Group funds, and sustaining the core mission of the Foundation across the entire Regiment.
The first generation built the Regiment. Our generation must build the Foundation worthy of it.
Where the Mission Goes to Work
The Nation’s only VA-accredited Veteran Service Officer program dedicated exclusively to Special Forces, plus the Next Ridgeline Program for life and leadership after service.
Concierge navigation and expedited access to world-class brain health care, including our partnership with Home Base at Mass General, for the wounds of service no one can see.
Scholarships, caregiver assistance, spouse initiatives, family resilience programs, and Gold Star Family engagement for the people standing behind the warrior.
Immediate financial assistance when hardship threatens stability, and a path to long-term independence and confidence.
Rapid, flexible support when casualties occur, families face tragedy, or disaster strikes. The Foundation moves fast when the community needs it most.
When a Green Beret or family faces the unexpected, the answer is never “there is no program for that.” The answer is: we are here.
The story of Special Forces began with the Originals of 10th Group in 1952 and grew across the world and across generations. Each Group built its own history, identity, and legacy of service. The campaign honors those legacies through a family of dedicated funds. Give to the Group whose legacy means the most to you, or to the campaign as a whole.
1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Honoring a legacy of service and partnership throughout the Indo-Pacific and the generations who carried the 1st Group legacy forward.
3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Honoring the warriors and families of 3rd Group and a legacy forged through operational service across generations.
5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Honoring the Legion and the Green Berets whose service shaped some of the most consequential chapters in the modern history of Special Forces.
7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Honoring the Red Empire and its enduring legacy of partnership and unconventional warfare throughout the Western Hemisphere and beyond.
10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Honoring the birthplace of the Regiment and the Originals whose vision in 1952 created a force that would shape American national security for generations.
19th & 20th Special Forces Groups (Airborne)
Honoring the Army National Guard Green Berets whose citizen-warrior service remains integral to the strength and readiness of the Regiment.
Wherever a Green Beret served, whenever he served, and whichever flash he wore, an enduring institution should stand behind him and his family.
Heritage
“De Oppresso Liber”: To Free the Oppressed
The Army Special Forces are established. 10th Special Forces Group stands up at Fort Bragg, the first of the Regiment.
President Kennedy authorizes the Green Beret as official headgear.
Green Berets formed the core of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group, the joint task force that ran cross-border reconnaissance and unconventional warfare missions across Southeast Asia.
Green Berets helped in the 1989 operation to remove Manuel Noriega from power in Panama. Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group seized the Pacora River Bridge during Operation Just Cause, stopping Panamanian Defense Forces from reaching Panama City.
The insertion into Afghanistan after the attacked on the world trade center - Their mission was to work with Afghan Northern Alliance forces to overthrow the Taliban. The best-known team, ODA 595, joined General Abdul Rashid Dostum’s fighters in northern Afghanistan. They traveled through mountainous terrain on horseback, built a partnership with the Afghan forces, and called in U.S. airstrikes against Taliban positions. Together with other U.S. special operations teams and Afghan allies, they helped capture Mazar-i-Sharif in November 2001.
Green Beret Foundation established to serve those who serve in silence. More than $35 million invested in the Special Forces community since.
75 years on. The Regiment gathers in Colorado Springs, and a family of Group funds carries the legacy forward.
The Originals built the standard the entire Regiment lives by. Seventy-five years on, 10th Group still carries that legacy forward every single day.
Commander, 10th Special Forces Group
What began with a handful of men in 1952 became the foundation of American Special Forces. This campaign honors every Group that carried the standard forward.
Chairman of the Board, Green Beret Foundation
This campaign builds permanent support for every Special Forces Group and every generation of Green Berets, while ensuring the GBF can maintain and scale our support of all generations of Green Berets and their families. That’s a promise worth keeping.
President & CEO, Green Beret Foundation
Sponsorship
Six sponsorship tiers. Each one builds permanent support for the Special Forces Group funds and the core mission of the Green Beret Foundation.
$250,000
3 Foursomes (12) · 3 Tables (30) · Limited
$125,000
2 Foursomes (8) · 2 Tables (20) · Limited
$75,000
2 Foursomes (8) · 2 Tables (20) · Limited
$52,000
2 Foursomes (8) · 1 Table (10) · Limited
$25,000
1 Foursome (4) · 1 Table (10) · Limited
$12,000
1 Foursome (4) OR 1 Table (10) · Limited
4 player spots in the Golf Tournament, program listing, and post-round dinner.
Table of 10 at the Regimental Ball, program listing, and podium recognition.
Single seat at the Regimental Ball with dinner and full program access.
Single player spot in the Golf Tournament, post-round dinner included.
All sponsorships tax-deductible. Green Beret Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Press
The Green Beret Foundation has launched The Originals Fund, a dedicated initiative supporting all generations of 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) soldiers and families. The yearlong campaign aims to raise $1.775 million ahead of the Group’s historic 75th Anniversary Gala…
Purchase Capability Pending. If interested in donation, table or foursome please contact Jennifer Thompson at jennifer@greenberetfoundation.org