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10:56 AM5/26/2024

TAMALE, Ghana — The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (2nd SFAB) is playing a crucial role in African Lion 2024 by leading a comprehensive staff exercise (STAFFEX) in Ghana. The STAFFEX focuses on enhancing operational capabilities through rehearsing the military decision-making process.

4:28 PM2/24/2024

The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) Logistics Advisory Team (LCAT) 2610 is integral to the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa mission on the African continent. LCAT 2610 is nearing completion of a six -month deployment in Senegal, marked by significant accomplishments in advancing the United States' goal of building partner capacity on the continent.

2:12 PM5/27/2023

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Dumlao (third from left), a training advisor assigned to the Maneuver Company Advisor Team, 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade, looks on as members of the Tunisian armed forces familiarize themselves with the M3 Carl Gustaf during a class as part of African Lion 23, May 23, 2023, Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia. U.S. Africa Command is committed to sustained engagement with our African partners, and African Lion 23 is designed to prevent conflict while simultaneously ensuring that the U.S. military is prepared to respond to any crisis. Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in African Lion 23, U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual combined, joint exercise that will take place in multiple countries to include Tunisia from May 13-June 18, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. HollyAnn Nicom)

2:12 PM5/27/2023

BEN GHILOUF, Tunisia—Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in African Lion 23, U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual combined, joint exercise that will take place in multiple countries to include Tunisia from May 13-June 18, 2023.

4:26 PM5/26/2023

BEN GHILOUF, Tunisia, May 24 - When he initially joined in 2004, 17-year-old Chris Bowling enlisted in the infantry, wanting to serve his country following the tragedy of 9/11. Nineteen years later, U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Chris Bowling reflects on how his career took an unexpected turn when his then mentor joined the 3rd Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade, and took him with him.

12:12 PM2/22/2023

A team from the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade deployed to Kenya with their Djibouti Armed Forces partners as part of the U.S. Africa Command exercise Justified Accord, Feb. 13-23.

10:33 PM11/9/2022

The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade has a team in Djibouti to train with the Rapid Intervention Battalion of the Djibouti army.

1:04 PM9/20/2022

5:27 PM7/19/2022

Somali first responders extinguish fire on a Jubba Airlines aircraft July 18, 2022, at Mogadishu International Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia. Three U.S. Army 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade Soldiers out of Fort Bragg, N.C., helped first responders care for injured passengers. The Soldiers were conducting medical training with a platoon of Somalia’s Danab commandos when the aircraft crash-landed at Mogadishu International Airport at 10:30 a.m. While the Danab commandos rushed toward the scene to pull injured passengers from the aircraft, the three American SFAB team members established a triage station about 100 meters from the crash site and assisted local emergency responders to evacuate 16 injured passengers to nearby medical facilities. (U.S. Army photo)

5:27 PM7/19/2022

Somalia Danab brigade commandos climb a fence to get to a Jubba Airlines aircraft that crash-landed July 18, 2022, at Mogadishu International Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia. Three U.S. Army 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade Soldiers out of Fort Bragg, N.C., helped first responders care for injured passengers. The Soldiers were conducting medical training with a platoon of Somalia’s Danab commandos when the aircraft crash-landed at Mogadishu International Airport at 10:30 a.m. While the Danab commandos rushed toward the scene to pull injured passengers from the aircraft, the three American SFAB team members established a triage station about 100 meters from the crash site and assisted local emergency responders to evacuate 16 injured passengers to nearby medical facilities. (U.S. Army photo)

5:27 PM7/19/2022

Somalia Danab brigade commandos and other first responders rush to evacuate passengers from Jubba Airlines aircraft that crash-landed July 18, 2022, at Mogadishu International Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia. Three U.S. Army 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade Soldiers out of Fort Bragg, N.C., helped first responders care for injured passengers. The Soldiers were conducting medical training with a platoon of Somalia’s Danab commandos when the aircraft crash-landed at Mogadishu International Airport at 10:30 a.m. While the Danab commandos rushed toward the scene to pull injured passengers from the aircraft, the three American SFAB team members established a triage station about 100 meters from the crash site and assisted local emergency responders to evacuate 16 injured passengers to nearby medical facilities. (U.S. Army photo)

5:27 PM7/19/2022

Three 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade Soldiers out of Fort Bragg, N.C., were conducting medical training with a platoon of Somalia’s Danab commandos when a Jubba Airlines aircraft crash-landed at Mogadishu International Airport at 10:30 a.m. on July 18. While the Danab commandos rushed toward the aircraft to pull injured passengers from the aircraft, the three American SFAB team members established a triage station about 100 meters from the crash site and assisted local emergency responders to evacuate 16 injured passengers to nearby medical facilities.

11:17 AM3/7/2022

Two teams from 2nd SFAB will complete their six-month security cooperation rotation to Senegal over the next few weeks. They will be replaced by another two teams coming from the Fort Bragg, North Carolina based unit.

5:46 PM1/27/2022

Soldiers make the decision to serve in the military for a variety of reasons. For one noncommissioned officer out of Ft. Bragg, N.C., a decision to join the military over ten years ago has brought about opportunities to achieve a personal goal and passion to help others.

5:44 PM1/27/2022

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade stand for a group photo with members of the Ghana Armed Forces. 2nd SFAB soldiers assisted in a pre-deployment peacekeeping training held at the GAF Army Peace Operations Training School in Bundase, Ghana. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Fry)

5:44 PM1/27/2022

In January, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade out of Fort Bragg, N.C., attended and supported a new training program for Ghana Armed Forces in Bundase, Ghana, as GAF soldiers prepare for an upcoming peacekeeping mission.

11:27 AM1/12/2022

Members of the Armed Forces of Djibouti, Bataillon d’intervention rapide (BIR), stand in formation during a joint live-fire training with the Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Nov 10, 2021. The training included tactical combat casualty care techniques, live-fire drills, reconnaissance and radio training aimed to improve proficiency. The SFAB and BIR regularly train together to refine processes and strengthen integration among the joint partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)

8:22 AM7/14/2021

7:14 PM3/23/2021

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling listens to a briefing during this year’s senior leadership forum, conducted in Vicenza, Italy, on March 16-17, 2021. The forum is an annual event, held to encourage discussion among SETAF-AF's leaders and ensure they have the current, consistent and comprehensive information necessary to achieve the organization’s short- and long-term objectives. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher House)

3:25 PM3/18/2021

Deployed soldiers are recognized at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 12, 2021, for their immediate life saving response to a vehicle accident March 7, 2021.