Robert James Miller was a United States Army Special Forces soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the War in Afghanistan.
Robert J. Miller in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor posthumously to Phil and Maureen Miller, the parents SSG Miller on October 6, 2010.
Image: Flickr The U.S. Army Medal of Honor, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller (6) (cropped)
3rd Special Forces Group (United States)
The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) – abbreviated 3rd SFG(A) and often simply called 3rd Group – is an active duty United States Army Special Forces (SF) group which was active in the Vietnam Era (1963–69), deactivated, and then reactivated in 1990. 3rd Group is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, information operations, counterproliferation of weapon of mass destruction, and security force assistance. The 3rd SFG(A) was primarily responsible for operations within the AFRICOM area of responsibility, as part of the Special Operations Command, Africa (SOCAFRICA). Its primary area of operations (AO) is now Africa as part of a 2015 SOCOM directive but 3rd Group has also been involved in the Caribbean and the Greater Middle East. The 3rd SFG(A) has seen extensive action in the War on Terror and its members have distinguished themselves on the battlefield in Afghanistan.
Current structure of the 3rd SFG(A)
Members of ODA 3336 in Afghanistan's Shok Valley
Medals awarded to 3rd SFG (A) operators.
One of the 3rd SFG(A) operators used an URG-I variant M4A1 carbine with a black Magpul STANAG magazine during training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California in 2019.