{"id":24426,"date":"2022-02-14T14:51:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/14\/heres-the-gear-security-advisors-have-and-need-for-far-flung-global-missions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:20:21","slug":"heres-the-gear-security-advisors-have-and-need-for-far-flung-global-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/02\/14\/heres-the-gear-security-advisors-have-and-need-for-far-flung-global-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s the gear SFAB teams require for far-flung global missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army\u2019s Security Force Assistance Brigades have a unique mission<\/a> that falls somewhere between conventional soldiering and the decades-long work of foreign internal defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An SFAB soldier\u2019s gear <\/a>needs to mirror that blended mission, with some elements<\/a> of conventional units but with the likelihood they could be in an unsupported location far from the main force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And each SFAB is now regionally aligned with its own geographic combatant command, meaning the range of weather, terrain and technology needed varies widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army Times spoke with Security Force Assistance Command officials about those needs recently, and previously covered a 2021 industry day in which the heads of all things gear for SFABs laid out what they think these units need now and in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that event, officials said the SFABs would receive the Next Generation Squad Weapon<\/a> when fielded, the Enhanced Night Vision Device-Binocular<\/a>, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle<\/a>, Squad Multi-Purpose Equipment Transport<\/a>, as well as both long and short-range reconnaissance assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\t