The 101st Airborne Division will help locals and regional allies fight jihadis in Somalia:
A few dozen troops from the 101st Airborne Division in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, arrived in Mogadishu on April 2 at the request of the Somali government, a U.S. military official told VOA.
The team is carrying out a train-and-equip mission that is expected to last through the end of September, according to the official.
This also helps our special forces who normally do jobs like that.
With special forces' direct action role in demand to fight terrorists, it is tougher to spare them for training. So regulars help the locals and help the special forces.
Of course, having our special forces do the training and advising makes the special forces better, too, in understanding the local environment and actors. So it shouldn't be an absolute substitution.
