[1] Fifth SFAB received four Starshield systems on 1 October 2023, for use in Indo-Pacific Command (IndoPacom)'s Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC).

The original Military Assistance Training Advisor (MATA) course was established in 1962 as part of the U.S. Army Special Warfare School.

Instructors were Special Forces NCOs who were trained in conducting Foreign Internal Defense (FID) missions.

One notable feature of the school was the “MATA Mile” – a running course through the woods alongside Gruber Road at Fort Bragg.

Volunteers undergo a week-long assessment and selection program at Fort Moore, GA which evaluates a candidate's physical fitness, decision-making, problem solving, and communications skills as well as their ethics and morals.