This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-96.1 Security Force Assistance Brigade September 2020, provides techniques for the security force assistance brigade (known as SFAB) to conduct security force assistance (SFA). ATP 3-96.1 provides techniques for leaders who plan, prepare, execute, and assess SFAB operations. The information in this Army techniques publication is consistently reviewed and analyzed against real-world observations of the SFAB.
The principal audience for ATP 3-96.1 is the commanders, staffs, officers, and noncommissioned officers of the brigade, battalions, and squadron, and advisor teams within the SFAB. The audience includes the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command institutions and components, the United States Army Special Operations Command, and joint and Army commands that employ the SFAB in conventional operations. The publication serves as an authoritative reference for personnel developing doctrine, materiel, institutional and unit training, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the SFAB.
ATP 3-96.1 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. Terms for which ATP 3-96.1 is the proponent publication (the authority) are italicized in the text and are marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. Terms and definitions for which ATP 3-96.1 is the proponent publication are boldfaced in the text. For other definitions shown in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition.
ATP 3-96.1 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.