The 1st Special Service Forces (1stSF) was founded on November 15th 2002 as an ultra-realism clan for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault named after the famed World War II unit. 1stSF was founded on the principles of real life war making. Many of its early members were ex-service men and ex/current law enforcement agents. Each member had a love for world war two and tactical game play and all came with ideas on how to make it better. 1stSF is one of the oldest and most popular world war two gaming clans on the net.

The 17 Schultzstaffel (17thSS) was started also in 2002 but the exact date is unknown. The 17thSS was started as a small group of people dedicated to the tactical cause and brought their own flavor into it. They were a relatively unknown team until the time they met the 1stSF. During the year 2003 the teams decided that since they loved playing with each other so much why not merge. The two groups merged in April of 2003 to form the 1stSF/17thSS. The clans name was later shortened to 1stSF/SS.

1stSF/SS is neither an Allied or Axis team and prefers to cater to both. The 1stSF/SS have a strict rank and file system based on that of the U.S. military and follow the same rules and guidelines of organization and discipline.

The 1stSF/SS is also the grandfather of the KRM, PRM and WRM realism mods for MohAA, CoD, Cod:UO and CoD 2.

Today the 1stSF/SS stands at 60+ dedicated family members and prides itself on its heritage, excellence and prestige. Currently the 1stSF/SS actively participates in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). Also, the clan actively participates in other challenged scrimmages with other tactical realism clans.

The future is undecided on which direction this family will take but one thing is certain it’s going to get there.

The Real World War II Units:

1st Special Service Force was a unique joint formation of Canadian and American troops assigned to perform sabotage operations during World War II. Simply named "special forces" to conceal its "commando" or "ranger" purpose, this unit later gained fame as the "Devil's Brigade". It was at Anzio that the enemy dubbed the 1st Special Service Force as the "Devil's Brigade." The diary of a dead German soldier contained a passage that said, "The black devils (Die schwarze Teufeln) are all around us every time we come into the line." The soldier was referring to them as "black" because the brigade's members smeared their faces with black boot polish for their covert operations in the dark of the night.Highly successful in its many missions in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), the 1SSF was disbanded in 1944 (or Jan 6, 1945 according to the U.S. Army) when it was decided that this special force was no longer required. The success, esprit and discipline of the 1SSF became the template for building modern Special Forces world wide.

17 Schultzstaffel was the 17.SS Panzergrenadier-Division "Gotz von Berlichingen" (GvB). This Waffen SS unit was created in Southern France in October 1943. By this time in the war high casualty rates had forced the SS to drop their strict adherence to "racially pure members". This unit was made up of training and replacement personnel and of "less desirable" Balkan Germans. By mid 1944 the GvB was in combat in Normandy, grossly undermanned and under equipped. Savaged by fighting and near constant retreat the division surrendered to U.S. forces near Achensee on May 7, 1945.