Army Redesignates Unit for Jungle Warfare Training in Panama

Army redesignates unit for jungle warfare training in Panama

The Army’s focus on the Western Hemisphere is beginning to show in how it’s reorganizing the forces it sends abroad. Earlier this week the Army redesignated a brigade formerly used to advise partner forces in Afghanistan as the Army Security Cooperation Group - South, a Georgia-based unit intended to anchor security cooperation with Panama and lead jungle warfare training under the newly established Western Hemisphere Command. “We are now charge…

Army unit created for Afghanistan will now run jungle school in Panama

The former 1st Security Forces Assistance Brigade has a new mission as the U.S. government shifts its focus to the Western Hemisphere.