The 8th Psychological Operations Group or 8th POG is one of the United States Army's active military information support operations units alongside the 4th Psychological Operations Group. The unit was activated August 26, 2011. The activation ceremony was held on Meadows Field at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Fort headquarters. Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland, Jr., served as a host. The 8th Group assumed responsibility for the 1st, 5th and 9th Psychological Operations battalions. The unit is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and is a part of the 1st Special Forces Command. As of June 2015, both the 4th POG and the new 8th POG are operational. However, the group's former parent unit known as Military Information Support Operations Command and created at the same time as 8th MISG, in 2011, enjoyed only a very brief operational existence before being dissolved in 2014. The MISOC exists now only as a historical footnote. The 4th POG and 8th POG were subsequently reassigned under the newly established 1st Special Forces Command , under U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
Campaign participation credits
The unit has not participated in any military campaigns yet.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group, 8239th Army Unit.
Consolidated 21 February 1955 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Battalion and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Battalion; concurrently reorganized at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Psychological Warfare Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion.
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Psychological Operations Battalion.
Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1995 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Psychological Operations Battalion.
Redesignated 30 December 1975 as the 5th Psychological Operations Group; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and activated at Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Psychological Operations Group
Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Redesignated 18 November 2003 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Psychological Operations Battalion, withdrawn from the Army Reserve, and allotted to the Regular Army
Battalion activated 16 October 2004 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
9th POB(A) – (Tactical)
This is the Tactical PSYOP element and supports ground commanders in the planning and production of MISO programs.
Constituted 14 April 1952 in the Regular Army as the 9th Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company, Army.
