by findingDulcinea Staff. On Aug. 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating one of the most significant government programs in American history.
Army creates Security Force Assistance Brigade and Military Advisor Training Academy at Fort Benning. The Department of the Army announced today the creation of a new type of organization designed to focus on security force assistance, as well as an academy that will train soldiers assigned to these specialized units.
Special Forces grew out of the establishment of the Special Operations Division of the Psychological Warfare Center, activated at Fort Bragg, N.C., in May 1952. The Army allocated 2,300 personnel slots to be used to stand up the first SF unit when the Ranger companies fighting in the Korean War were disbanded.