In 2017, the U.S. Army established Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) to organize, train, equip, and advise foreign security forces. Tom Spahr spoke with two former SFAB commanders, Dustin...
Jonathan Post
Jonathan Post is a colonel in the U.S. Army. He was commissioned from the United States Military Academy in 2002 and served as a Field Artillery officer in the 173rd Airborne Brigade before being selected for Special Forces training in 2006. He earned his Green Beret in 2008 and served in various command and staff positions with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from 2008 – 2017. He was then assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command’s Interagency Task Force – National Capital Region, where he served as a liaison to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York City, as the Director of Operation Gallant Phoenix, and as the Commanding General’s representative to the Department of State. His most recent assignment was Commander, 1st Infantry Battalion, 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade in Fort Cavazos, Texas.