text: Security Cooperation in the Competition Continuum
  SC in Conflict
  Situation: A year after the previous crisis ended, Hegemonia, sensing a distracted
  U.S. presence, chooses to strike and their forces invade Banderia. U.S. policymakers
  commit to U.S. combat forces in the defense of Banderia.
  SFAB: The SFAB immediately executes its contingency plan to embed large numbers
  of SFA teams across the Banderian military, pulling and consolidating available
  security force advisor teams from other SFABs. Rapidly deploying into Banderia and
  embedding with Banderian units, they begin conducting advise, support, and liaison
  missions.
  Banderian Forces: Banderian conventional and special operations forces with
  embedded U.S. advisors engage in delaying actions with Hegemonian forces
  supported by U.S. joint enablers, while U.S. ground forces conduct RSOI. U.S. senior
  advisors embedded at the ministry of defense level set conditions for combined
  command and control of a multinational coalition while the U.S. joint task force
  headquarters conducts RSOI.
  Command and Control: A combined command structure is established with a heavy
  reliance on SFA liaison teams. Two digital liaison detachments are activated and also
  fall in on the partner nation headquarters. SFAB elements establish a digital liaison
  detachment-like capability with other partner nation headquarters.
  Executive and Generating Force: As the conflict draws out, a need is identified for
  additional SFA forces, particularly at the executive and generating force levels. The
  existing SPP relationship is leveraged and multiple executive level advisors are
  activated from the partner state.
  Training: Facilities are established in both Banderia and an adjacent friendly country
  to train Banderian forces on additional U.S. provided equipment that is rushed to the
  country under a new congressional authorization. SFAB forces are part of this
  authorization, but the level of the SFA required exceeds their capacity, requiring
  additional conventional forces to execute SFA.
  Building Partner Capacity: The embedded advisory forces and the forces conducting
  training and equipping out of contact are able to create enough capability and capacity
  in the Banderian military that Hegemonian forces are defeated and forced to withdraw.
  Unfortunately, in the process there is significant damage to Banderian infrastructure
  with large numbers of internally displaced people and a general humanitarian crisis.
  Consolidating Gains: As U.S. forces withdraw at the end of the conflict, there is a
  clear need for significant continued SFA activities as part of post-conflict stabilization.
  Joint and Army planners at the theater level anticipated this need and projected
  adequate numbers of follow-on forces to conduct stability activities. As the environment
  returns to competition with Hegemonia short of armed conflict, U.S. forces are able to
  consolidate the gains they made through the defeat of Hegemonia. This consolidation
  of gains not only occurs in Banderia, but also with other partners and potential partners
  in the region who are now alerted to Hegemonian aggression and therefore eager to
  align themselves with the United States, creating additional SFA requirements and
  opportunities for the region.