Civil Affairs Capabilities and Deployment CPT Marshall Sybert Civil Affairs Information Brief Civil Affairs Capabilities and Deployment CPT Marshall Sybert

Civil Affairs Information Brief Purpose To provide a general overview of the Capabilities and Employment of the Civil Affairs.

Civil Affairs Information Brief References FM 41-10, Civil Affairs Operations, FEB 2000 U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command http://www.soc.mil/usacapoc/capoc_default.htm Global Security / Civil Affairs http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/ca-psyop.htm

Civil Affairs Information Brief Outline Purpose References History Organization Units Capabilities Functions Mission Activities Deployment Summary Questions

Civil Affairs Information Brief History - Branch traces back to expansion of the War Department during WWII - AUG 1955, CA Military Government Branch became the USAR Branch - OCT 1959, became CA Branch - CA Regiment established in 1987 - Falls under USACAPOC / USASOC

Civil Affairs Information Brief History Continued - Numerous Operations and Missions - Panama - Southwest Asia - Somalia - Haiti - Bosnia / Kosovo - Afghanistan / Iraq

Civil Affairs Information Brief Civil Military Operations The activities of a commander that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relations between military forces, government and non government civilian organizations and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostile area of operations in order to facilitate military operations and consolidate and achieve U.S. objectives.

Civil Affairs Information Brief Organization - Supports SOF and Conventional Forces at Tactical, Operational, and Strategic Levels - Most CA force is in USAR (96%) - 1 Active CA BN, with 6 companies - 4 Reserve CA Commands, 7 Reserve CA BDEs, 24 Reserve CA BNs

Civil Affairs Information Brief CA Units SOCOM USACAPOC (Abn) CACOM X CA BN II CA BN (SO) CA BDE Number varies based on CACOM = Active Component = U.S. Army Reserve

Civil Affairs Information Brief CA BN (USAR) II CA BN I I I CA HHC CA CO CA Functional Specialty CO CATA

Civil Affairs Information Brief CACOM Capabilities - Train, equip, mobilize, and deploy - Provide information to intelligence systems - Provide information on cultural considerations - Provide a CA plans, programs, and policy team - Provide technical expertise in 16 CA specialties - Provide liaison with GOs, NGOs, and IOs - Establish a CMOC as required

Civil Affairs Information Brief Capabilities - Primary function is to support CMO - Area Expertise, assigned regions - Language Experts - CA Generalists - CA Functional Specialists, 16 skills

Civil Affairs Information Brief Capabilities - CA Generalists - Work at the tactical or operational level (large city or local region) - Active CA Battalion (Fort Bragg) - Reserve CA Battalions

Civil Affairs Information Brief Capabilities - CA Functional Specialists - Work at the operational and strategic level (national or regional level) - Reserve CA Brigades and Commands

Civil Affairs Information Brief CA Functions Public Administration Public Communication Public Education Public Health Public Transportation Public Works and Utilities Dislocated Civilians Environmental Management Economic Development Food and Agriculture Legal Systems Civil Information Civilian Supply Cultural Affairs Property Control Emergency Services

Civil Affairs Information Brief Civil Affairs (CA) Activities Activities performed or supported by CA: Embrace the relationship between military forces and civil authorities in areas where military forces are present, and Involve the application of Civil Affairs functional specialty skills, in areas normally the responsibility of civil government, to enhance the conduct of civil-military operations.

Civil Affairs Information Brief Civil Affairs Activities (Missions) - Foreign Nation Support - Populace and Resource Control - Humanitarian Assistance - Military Civic Action - Emergency Services - Support to Civil Administration

Civil Affairs Information Brief Deployment - CMOC (Civil Military Operations Center) - Coordination Center between Military forces and populace, GOs, NGOs, and IOs - JCMOTF (Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force - Not a CA Organization, made up of two or more services

Civil Affairs Information Brief Summary History Organization Units Capabilities Functions Mission Activities Deployment

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