{"id":47465,"date":"2022-11-09T18:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/09\/long-term-assistance-command-to-oversee-training-mission-with-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:38:45","slug":"long-term-assistance-command-to-oversee-training-mission-with-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2022\/11\/09\/long-term-assistance-command-to-oversee-training-mission-with-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term assistance command to oversee training mission with Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pentagon is standing up a new command devoted to helping Ukraine<\/a> win its war against Russia. It will oversee not only the billions of dollars in aid that the country has received, but the ongoing U.S. training mission with Ukrainian troops, according to the announcement Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 300-person Security Assistance Group-Ukraine will take over the job that the XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters<\/a> recently turned over in Germany, the Defense Department\u2019s policy chief<\/a> told reporters Tuesday at a Defense Writers Group event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he wouldn\u2019t call it a \u201cpermanent\u201d command, Colin Kahl said, it signals a transition to a more \u201cenduring capability\u201d beyond the crisis response model from the XVIII Airborne Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a training mission with Ukraine before the war, right? So, the commitment to Ukraine is not new,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, really, we just see this as a continuation of what we\u2019ve been doing with the Ukrainians since 2014. It got dialed up as a consequence of Russia\u2019s further invasion of Ukraine back in February, but, really, it\u2019s kind of just institutionalizing what we\u2019ve been doing since then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kahl declined to say whether a three-star general would be appointed to lead the command, a move the New York Times reported Friday, but the mission had previously been overseen by a three-star, Lt. Gen. Christopher Donaghue, the corps\u2019 commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\t