{"id":41385,"date":"2020-05-29T17:53:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/29\/final-sfab-activates-with-upcoming-missions-in-asia-as-army-plans-a-pacific-pathways-restart\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:25:54","slug":"final-sfab-activates-with-upcoming-missions-in-asia-as-army-plans-a-pacific-pathways-restart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/05\/29\/final-sfab-activates-with-upcoming-missions-in-asia-as-army-plans-a-pacific-pathways-restart\/","title":{"rendered":"Final SFAB activates with upcoming missions in Asia, as Army plans a Pacific Pathways restart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/05\/22\/the-army-is-planning-a-mass-recruiting-drive-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army chief of staff<\/a> and the service\u2019s Pacific-based regional commander hope to complete the remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/04\/02\/pacific-pathways-in-thailand-ongoing-amid-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Pathways exercises <\/a>they have scheduled for the year. The training missions were halted amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/23\/soldiers-fears-grow-as-commanders-train-through-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/235906\/chief_of_staff_foresees_greater_army_commitment_in_indo_pacific?fbclid=IwAR1qztSHAdPZERC0HgJpheN2wxrag4l-k5wmKTo1TRRZjxgKXasvUynpp1w\" target=\"_blank\">two generals<\/a> said May 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a week later, the Army\u2019s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade out of Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, also activated and announced that it will begin a series of six-month deployments to the Indo-Pacific region following a certification event in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith today\u2019s activation of 5th SFAB, the Army can make good on its promise to align each SFAB with a Geographic Combatant Command \u2014 and 5th SFAB will align with United States Indo-Pacific Command,\u201d said Army Forces Command leader Gen. Michael Garrett during a ceremony Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said in a release that the 5th SFAB has hired 90 percent of its required troops. The brigade was also the last of the Army\u2019s six planned SFABs to activate. The milestone comes as the Army tries to not just restart its Pacific Pathways series of exercises, but also expand them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur intent is to get back with these exercises as soon as the conditions allow,\u201d said Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville during a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/235906\/chief_of_staff_foresees_greater_army_commitment_in_indo_pacific?fbclid=IwAR1qztSHAdPZERC0HgJpheN2wxrag4l-k5wmKTo1TRRZjxgKXasvUynpp1w\" target=_blank>Indo-Pacific land power conference<\/a> that included representatives from 20 armies in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/05\/28\/army-sfab-troops-will-be-dispatched-to-colombia-next-month\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SFAB-live-fire.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army SFAB troops will be dispatched to Colombia next month<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The team will work with local units in areas designated by the Colombian government as \u201cpriority areas,\u201d SOUTHCOM officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said earlier this year that he wants to send U.S. troops to Asia for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/02\/20\/soldiers-will-spend-longer-deployments-in-asia\/\" target=_blank>two to three months longer than past Pacific Pathways<\/a> rotations and have the exercises involve more countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last U.S. soldiers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/04\/15\/soldiers-return-early-from-southeast-asian-exercises-over-covid-19-concerns-with-more-adjustments-expected\/\" target=_blank>25th Infantry Division to participate in Pacific Pathways<\/a> departed Thailand in April, several weeks earlier than planned, to get ahead of the growing coronavirus pandemic in the region, unit officials said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThings will normalize,\u201d said Army Pacific commander Gen. Paul LaCamera during the land power conference last week. \u201cWe will either return to a normal or adapt to a new normal, but either way we will figure it out as a team of allies and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pacific Pathways iteration that returned a few weeks early was the first of the year. The second iteration start date was intended to coincide with Exercise Balikatan 2020 in the Philippines on May 4. However, that was cancelled in late March by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An exact date for the 5th SFAB\u2019s Pacific mission hasn\u2019t yet been released. 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