Posted on Jul 31, 2019
The Army's hyped advise-and-assist brigade couldn't actually find enough troops to advise and...
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The deployment of the first of the Army's specially-trained Security Force Assistance Brigades to Afghanistan in 2018 was supposed to be something of a moment of truth for a Pentagon stretched thin by the ever-expanding Global War on Terror.
But according to the US government's chief watchdog for the US military campaign, the units that were supposed to act as the tip of the spear for the Army's newfound emphasis on "advise-and-assist" missions have a major problem: They simply can't find enough soldiers to get the job done.
Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction's June 2019 report on security assistance efforts, SIGAR chief John F. Sopko stated that the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) that deployed in the spring of 2018 simply couldn't find enough experienced advisers to actually get the job done.
But according to the US government's chief watchdog for the US military campaign, the units that were supposed to act as the tip of the spear for the Army's newfound emphasis on "advise-and-assist" missions have a major problem: They simply can't find enough soldiers to get the job done.
Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction's June 2019 report on security assistance efforts, SIGAR chief John F. Sopko stated that the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) that deployed in the spring of 2018 simply couldn't find enough experienced advisers to actually get the job done.
The Army's hyped advise-and-assist brigade couldn't actually find enough troops to advise and...
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The soldiers are selected from conventional units. It’s force management feng shui
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The Army has a huge problem with recruitment across the board. We cannot fill the ranks we have yet we continue offering big bucks to bring in new people but fail at retaining our current force. I have NCO's that have yet to get any bonus because they keep moving the goal posts on them - it's very frustrating. For the Reserve and Guard side, it's even worse with retention. We're now expected to act like a AD unit with a 1/5th of the resources and we're continuously loosing talent.
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