2/19th SFG Special Forces Basic Combat Course - Support 2022

Combat proficiency in the U.S. Army is defined by three basic principles: shoot, move and communicate. Although very elementary ideas, the mastering of these concepts takes years of tireless training.
West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Bn., 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (2/19th) attended Special Forces Basic Combat Course - Support (SBBCS) at Fort Harrison, Mo., July 19-28, 2022, to ramp their execution of these basics to a whole new level while building trust and camaraderie with Special Operations Forces (SOF) serving in the unit.

Most special operations require non-SOF assistance. This is why support Soldiers in the 2/19th’s 528th Forward Support Co. (Airborne), Company E Forward Support Co., and Company C are empowered to operate at a specialized level when joining the unit.

When deployed worldwide, 2/19th operators must be able to trust in their support personnel. SBBCS builds that trust between the groups because most of the training was taught by the 2/19 operators themselves. This has a two-fold benefit of also making the SOF Soldiers more effective teachers (a role they hold in joint and hostile environments).

While conducting SBBCS, the 2/19th also completed a series of other trainings that honed their warrior tasks and unique skill sets as airborne Soldiers.

Being brilliant at the basics makes 2/19th Soldiers operators lethal assets with SBCCS, the rest of the unit is now one step closer to that benchmark of lethality, as they continue to master their combat efficiency as Soldiers of the West Virginia Army National Guard.