Civil Affairs
The primary mission of Civil Affairs is to conduct civil-military operations. Civil Affairs Soldiers are responsible for executing 5 core CA tasks. These include Civil Information Management, Foreign Humanitarian Assistance, Nation Assistance, Population Resource Control and Support to Civil Administration. Some sub tasks to these core tasks include identifying non-governmental and international organizations operating in the battlespace, handling refugees, civilians on the battlefield, and determining protected targets such as schools, churches/temples/mosques, hospitals, etc.
Civil Affairs units are the field commander's link to the civil authorities in that commander's area of operations. The Soldiers make up teams which interface and provide expertise to the host nation government. USACAPOC(A)'s civil affairs Soldiers are particularly suited for this mission since they are Army Reserve Soldiers with civilian occupations such as law enforcement, engineering, medicine, law, banking, public administration, etc.
Civil Affairs Soldiers have been integral to U.S. peacekeeping operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, Bosnia and Kosovo, among others. Tactical Civil Affairs teams go out and meet with local officials, conduct assessments and determine the need for critical infrastructure projects such as roads, schools, power plants, clinics, sewer lines, etc., and check up on the status of the project after construction by a local company has begun.
Unit | Unit Insignia | Commander | Headquarters | Subordinate Units |
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350th Civil Affairs Command | Brig. Gen. Mark McQueen | Pensacola, Florida |
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351st Civil Affairs Command | Brig. Gen. Stephen K. Curda | Mountain View, California |
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352nd Civil Affairs Command | Brig. Gen. Edward G. Burley | Fort Meade, Maryland |
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353rd Civil Affairs Command | Brig. Gen. Daniel R. Ammerman | Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York |
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