Video by Sgt. Joseph Knoch | 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade | 02.10.2023
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christian Araza grew up in a small town in the Philippines. Recently, a mission to the Philippines as part of his duties with the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade brought him back and led to an emotional reunion with his grandmother Julie Flores....
Video by Sgt. Joseph Knoch | 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade | 11.16.2022
The history of the newly formed SFAB Brown Beret began when Gen. Mark Milley selected a beret in the style of the Royal Anglian Regiment and further linked the beret to the color of mud, symbolic of the tactical training Advisors do, shoulder-to-shoulder with allies and partners....
Video by Maj. William Leasure | 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade | 04.02.2021
Capt. Matt Orders, Team Leader, Team 5111, 1st Battalion, 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade, discusses his experiences with 5th SFAB and Exercise Black Marlin, a recent training engagement with the Maldives National Defense Force in Maafilaafushi, Maldives in March, 2021. Orders previously participated in engagements in Fiji and in Thailand prior to his employment in the Indo-Pacific......
Video by Spc. Patrick Daly | 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade | 09.26.2020
Constructing an exercise designed to stress Advisors across a continuum of conflict is a necessary criterium when preparing Soldier for the modern battlefield. Working from competition to crisis to conflict, 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Curtis Taylor discusses Vanguard Focus from Yakima, Washington. Vanguard Focus was the 5th SFAB's Culminating Training Event at......
Video by Spc. John Weaver | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.16.2019
Soldiers of the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade conducted a beret donning ceremony in front of “The Infantryman” memorial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 16, 2019....
Courtesy Video | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 01.19.2018
On this look around the Air Force Ohio ANG Airmen support theater security in Estonia, combat aviation advisors are authorized to wear a brown beret, and virtual reality is used in an adaptive flight training study. Hosted by SSgt Nicholas Koetz....
Video by Airman 1st Class Edward Coddington, Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Curtin and Airman 1st Class Caleb Pavao | 1st Special Operations Wing | 01.06.2018
CAA's are proud to wear the Brown Beret on AFSOC installations.
