Security Force Assistance FM 3-071 Author:Department of the Army Army doctrine defines security force assistance (SFA) as the unified action to generate, employ, and sustain local, host-nation, or regional security forces in support of a legitimate authority. This manual clarifies what U.S. units and individual advisors must understand to work "by, with, and through" their foreign counterparts. It provides... more » commanders, staffs, and advisors with a common conceptual framework to conduct SFA across the spectrum of conflict. It addresses SFA at operational and tactical levels. Chapter 1 focuses above the brigade combat team. Chapters 2 through 6 focus on the brigade combat team level. Chapters 7 through 10 focus on the individual advisor. The appendices discuss Army special operations, legal and media issues. (Originally published by the U.S. Army)« less