May 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army's 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade will deploy an advisory team to Colombia June 1 to support counternarcotics cooperation with Colombian security forces, U.S. Southern Command announced Thursday.
The brigade will provide military support to U.S.-Colombia efforts by "training, advising and assisting host units with strengthening capabilities crucial to U.S.-Colombia enhanced counternarcotics cooperation," according to SOUTHCOM.