This episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast features a conversation with Col. Curt Taylor, commander of the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade. The unit was formally activated in May, and he shares his perspective on everything that goes into creating such a unique organization. He also describes how SFABs recruit and select officers and noncommissioned officers for the advising mission, and what role advising has in an era of great-power competition.
National security professionals often conceptualize a continuum of conflict as a framework to understand the wide variety of ways in which conflict can manifest...
Recently, large numbers of Russian military forces have been moved to areas near Russia's border with Ukraine. This has set off a wave of...
This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Matt Larsen, known in many corners of the Army as the father of the...