[8] Bilingual 1st Special Forces Group personnel were on hand to assist the JGSDF in creating their Table of Organization and Equipment (TO&E).

[13] On page 14 of the January–March 2014 edition of「Special Warfare[14]」, authorized official bimonthly publication by the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and Fort Bragg, the U.S. Army Green Berets 1st SOG(A) and the JGSDF SOG conduct a bilateral exercise "Silent Eagle," each fall at JBLM in Washington State.

[15] In 2016, the SFGp was placed on standby during the 42nd G7 summit in case their assistance is required to back up the Special Assault Team and the Anti-Firearms Squad.

[16] On page 83 of the October–December 2017 edition of「Special Warfare[14]」, authorized official bimonthly publication by the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and Fort Bragg, the strongest relationship and history between the U.S. Army Green Beret 1st SOG(A) 1st Battalion stationed in Okinawa, and the SFGp, as well as the training conducted by the former USPACOM subordinated Green Berets CRF(Crisis Response Force) and JGSDF SFGp at Joint Combined Exchange Training(JCET) in Camp Narashino and Okinawa on various missions, including direct action(DA), hostage rescue(HR), urban movement and mobility on rotary wing and vehicle platforms.

[23] On August 23, 2021, more than a dozen personnel, along with 100 JGSDF personnel, were deployed in 「Evacuation of Japanese Nationals and Others from Afghanistan」[24] In August 2022, Joint counter-terrorism exercise「Exercise Dusk Samurai 2022」with the Australian Army 2nd Commando Regiment at Sydney Parramatta, Australia, was posted on the Australian Department of Defence (Australia) official website.

[33] On March 16, 2023, Posted on the JGSDF official website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter that the SFGp and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (Green Berets) conducted field training in United States in January to February 2023.

[38][39][40][41] On April 25, 2023, SFGp operators were deployed to Sudan alongside CRR soldiers to help Japanese and foreign nationals leave the country due to fighting between RSF and Sudanese military units.

[43] SFGp operators are required to study English in order to be bilingual, although they are trained to learn other languages like Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

[47] Like the Special Forces of other countries, not only those listed here, but also all kinds of domestic and foreign small arms and equipment that are neither distributed nor disclosed to the general public are selected from catalogs and test samples for government agencies that are not open to the public, and are rumored to be procured in secret and in abundance through the ample budget or secret funds of the Japanese government.

The SFGp has access to equipment used by the JGSDF, such as the Komatsu LAVs and Toyota Koukidoushas for transport and reconnaissance use.

[56] As part of regulating and protecting the identities of the various soldiers serving in the unit, their faces are hidden in balaclavas and cannot be revealed except with authorization from their commanding officers.