First SFAB largely on target, but dearth of enablers presents challenge

By Courtney McBride / April 20, 2018 at 4:53 PM
The Army's first security force assistance brigade is "on the ground" in Afghanistan and providing support to local forces, but the service has yet to realize its goal of using the new units to free up brigade combat teams. Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, deputy chief of staff (G-3/5/7), told the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee April 19 that while the SFAB was originally scheduled to deploy in November 2017, it ended up doing so in February. This was a positive,...

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