The Army will close two specialized units that train allied forces, in order to shuffle experienced soldiers to traditional formations.

WASHINGTON -- Preparing for high-end warfare against a peer adversary and growing partner capacity are two missions that require two distinct approaches, according to Brig. Gen. Brian Mennes ...

Advisors at the 5th SFAB train to serve on small teams in environments with little to no immediate support. During Exercise Lethal Vanguard, the training demanded that Advisors be flexible ...

Advisers from 5th SFAB are running through a training exercise designed around defending a notional Pacific nation from an invasion.

Even with that important role, the 5th SFAB may face deeper problems among its leadership. Following Chung's dismissal, Col. Tony Braxton is serving as acting commander.

On his first visit to a new SFAB in Afghanistan, the Army secretary is gathering lessons learned.

The 5th SFAB did not make a senior leader available for an on-the-record interview ahead of this story's publication. Chung did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

The 1st SFAB’s mission is a critical one: to build the capacity and readiness of Afghan security forces rather than simply annihilate insurgent groups like the Taliban and ISIS.

Col. Meghann Sullivan, commander of the 5th Brigade Engineer Battalion at the 5th SFAB, has been under investigation over an alleged pattern of assault and harassment against the men under her ...

Additional stationing of 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigades at Fort Hood, Texas; the 4th SFAB at Fort Carson, Colo., and 5th SFAB at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. SFABs are specialized units ...

Soldiers in the SFAB are combat advisors trained to accomplish theater security objectives by “training-advising-assisting-accompanying-enabling” allied and partnered indigenous security forces.