It is not the first time when the uncertainties create additional pressure on personnel and has negative influence on the climate within the brigade. The ABCT experienced the same situation during the deployment to Afghanistan. The Army decision to align two battalions with Security Force Advisor Team (SFAT) mission just prior to Mission Readiness Exercise (MRE) required the leaders to rethink combat organization. It was mentioned in the report of a Center of Army Lessons Learned (CALL) that many key leaders and Soldiers were aware of the strain between the SFAT mission and the combat role of the
