The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (2nd SFAB) is a security force assistance formation - a

Security Force Assistance Brigade A Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) (pronounced ) is a specialized United States Army unit formed to conduct security force assistance (SFA) missions: to train, advise, assist, enable and accompany operations with allied and partner nati ...

- of the United States Army. It is based in

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, North Carolina, under the

Security Force Assistance Command The Security Force Assistance Command (SFAC) is a division-level command element for the United States Army's new security force assistance brigades (SFAB). These units' core mission is Security force assistance to conduct training, advising, ass ...

Formation

The 2nd Brigade was established on 29 November 2018, upon return of the

1st Security Force Assistance Brigade The 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (1st SFAB) is a security force assistance brigade of the United States Army. It is based at Kelley Hill in Fort Benning, Georgia and is under the command of Colonel Christopher S. Landers and Command Serg ...

from Afghanistan; the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade was scheduled to rotate in Afghanistan in Spring 2019, with assistance of some elements of the 1st SFAB. According to Army officials, the 2nd SFAB was to report to its first combat training centre rotation in January 019as a culmination of its ongoing training. According to the United States Army, Security Force Assistance Brigades are the dedicated conventional organizations for conducting security force assistance around the world. Each SFAB would have a regional focus and its capabilities would enable it to perform with minimal cultural and regional orientation. Soldiers of the Brigade underwent training for a month at Fort Benning with the Military Advisor Training Academy, before receiving additional training in foreign languages, foreign weapons, cultural mediation, culture and other fields.

Composition

Each Security Force Assistance Brigade consists of about 800 senior and noncommissioned officers. According to Drew Brooks from The Fayetteville Observer, members of the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade are picked on voluntary basis among the best soldiers of other units across the Army. While not all personnel in the Brigade are meant to be advisors, all personnel are meant to be able to deploy. According to Special forces-related website SOF News, the Security Force Assistance Brigade requires over seventy different military occupational specialties, including infantry, medics, intelligence analysts, logistics.

Structure

The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade consists of 800 troops, and is based on the

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(BCT) organizational model, consisting of the Brigade headquarters and of related Battalions. Each Battalion in turn provides the combat advisor teams, the operational units of a Security Force Assistance Brigade. Each combat advisor team is a small unit, consisting of about 12 troops per team, although additional soldiers may be assigned or attached to a combat advisor team in order to provide force protection.

Garrison

According to

officials, the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade could be housed in space previously used by the inactivated

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. The 2nd SFAB provided maintenance assistance to artillery units of the Afghan Army in late 2019-early 2020 to help maintain their 1960-vintage Soviet D-30 122mm howitzers.

References

*{{cite web, last=Clapp , first=Christian , title= Sustaining Fires: 2nd SFAB advisors help ANA improve maintenance program , url=https://www.army.mil/article/231677/sustaining_fires_2nd_sfab_advisors_help_ana_improve_maintenance_program , publisher=United States Army, date=January 16, 2020 Brigades of the United States Army Military advisory groups Military units and formations established in 2018