 In early November, CTF 4–2 arrayed its four maneuver battalions, military intelligence battalion, brigade support battalion, Afghan National Security Forces Assistance Teams – composed of soldiers from 4–2 SBCT; the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard; and the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii National Guard – and numerous other military and Department of State organizations across twenty-one pieces of tactical infrastructure.The brigade attached its cavalry squadron to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division in Zabul province.4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Manchu, operated in the western portion of Panjwa’i district, known as the "Horn of Panjwa’i".