{"id":16902,"date":"2021-03-01T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/01\/security-force-assistance-brigade-wants-a-third-of-its-members-in-indo-pacific-at-all-times\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:41:51","slug":"security-force-assistance-brigade-wants-a-third-of-its-members-in-indo-pacific-at-all-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/03\/01\/security-force-assistance-brigade-wants-a-third-of-its-members-in-indo-pacific-at-all-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Security force assistance brigade wants a third of its members in Indo-Pacific at all times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade<\/a> plans to keep one-third of the unit\u2019s roughly 820 soldiers spread across the Indo-Pacific region<\/a> at all times, while the rest of the brigade prepares for missions at their home station of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now, the \u201cfirst one-third is in their \u2018mission window,\u2019 and they\u2019re in the process of deploying,\u201d said Brig. Gen. Curt Taylor, 5th SFAB commander, during a recent telephone call with reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisers are broken down into small teams of four to 12 soldiers, led by an Army captain who has experience helming company-size formations. The teams will stay deployed to the region for approximately six months at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe believe that building trust over time with the armies of the Pacific will lead to greater access, presence and influence,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWe have a pretty robust exercise schedule throughout the Pacific that our conventional forces have been involved in for a long time. As our role has evolved, we\u2019ve become an essential precursor to those exercises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SFAB teams were already on the ground in Thailand and Indonesia in the final months of last year. In February, SFAB personnel also took part in Yudh Abhyas<\/a>, a U.S.- Indian military exercise involving 500 troops from both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\t