Security Force Assistance Brigade

And.

Then I actually came back from my second deployment with 5th SFAB, and I got pulled down to Black Horse to be the deputy commander for Black Horse down there.

So that was a great experience.

Got to see NTC on the backside.

And immediately the reconnaissance handover was a lot easier down to those platoons because they came in right before with you and they were part of your plan.

That's right.

And so, you know, as a Cav squadron, I'll say I've almost always served in a Cav squadron except for when I was an SFAB.

And so I really believe that Cav squadrons need to be able to fight for information.

Over my twenty-six years in the military, I had-- I've had several speaking engagements, but I could tell you with confidence that none of those match the level of importance to me as this one.

In twenty eighteen, while I was serving in the United States Army, I was assigned to the Security Force Assistance Brigade.

During our deployment to Afghanistan, our mission was to advise and accompany the Afghan National Army in the capital of Kabul.

The majority of our training included engineer operations.