Afghan War Blog

1st SFAB HQs company after uncasing colors ceremony at Advisor Platform Lightning. (photo by Maj Matthew Fontaine, 1st SFAB, Mar 18, 201...

Advisors using translation kits (photo by Afghan GMIC July 13, 2017) Reporting on the 'Train, Advise, and Assist' Mission.  ...

207th Corps - Afghan National Army Reporting on the 'Train, Advise, and Assist' Mission.  The renewed emphasis and modest i...

Members of the TAAC-West Police Advisor Team (PAT) train female police in Herat province. (photo by RS HQs, 10 July 2017). Reporting o...

A U.S. medical advisors discusses medical evacuation procedures with Afghan counterpart in OCC-R South (RS photo) Reporting on the ...

An Intel Advisor Mentoring ANDSF Reporting on the 'Train, Advise, and Assist' Mission.  The renewed emphasis and modest increas...

The 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) has been officially established. It will soon be on its way to Afghanistan. The Army...

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) battle tracks with a soldier from the 215th Corps at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. (p...

The Annotated Bibliography for Resolute Support has been updated and posted. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) missio...

Photo: ANA Soldiers from the 215th Corps conduct CASEVAC training at the Helmand Regional Military Training Center (RMTC) on Camp Shorab...

HIMARS firing in Afghanistan in support of ground troops. (Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey) Mari...

Members of 1st SFAB conducting a meeting with 'Afghan counterparts' during advisor training at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Photo fro...

One of the principal threats to a U.S. military advisor providing training, advise, and assistance to a foreign military force comes from th...

Soldiers of 1st SFAB fire 9 mm pistols during training (photo credit below) In 2012 the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)...

New Years Resolutions for Terrorism.  Anthony H. Cordesman offers us some advice on how to contain terrorism. Read "New Year's ...

2nd Brigade Combat Team (Strike) of the 101st Airborne Division will return to Afghanistan for another deployment. They recently deployed to...

The Army has decided not to shut down the 162nd Brigade at Fort Polk. The 162nd is the training brigade responsible for training up the Sec...

A video entitled Functionally-based Security Force Assistance (SFA) by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The briefing is...

4th BCT, 101st Airborne Division recently completed its tour as a Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) in Regional Command East (RC Eas...

Patriot Brigade Soldiers in language training class preparing for SFAAT mission in Afghanistan (photo SSG Kulani Lakanaria Feb 2013) T...