Milley: SFABs could be used to 'rapidly expand' force

By Ashley Tressel / January 22, 2018 at 1:29 PM
The Army is well on its way to developing the security force assistance brigades it needs by 2019, which will prepare the service for a quick expansion of the force in case of an emergency, according to Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley. "Something could happen, someday, where the president or Congress says 'Hey, you need to rapidly expand,'" he said Jan. 17 during a breakfast in Arlington, VA, explaining the need for SFABs as a ready-made leadership structure, as...

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