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Assets and Capabilities
DOD Civil Affairs
January 30th, 2012
Kenneth Shedarowich, LTC, SP, USAR
The MHS: Healthcare to Health
USACAPOC (A)
Has no real or apparent
conflicts of interest to report.
Conflict of Interest DisclosureKenneth Shedarowich, LTC, USAR
DOD Civil Affairs Assets
Army– Active component / Reserve component
Navy– Active component / Reserve component
Marine Corps– Active component / Reserve component
Air Force – Active component
ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active Component– United States Special Operations Command
(USASOC)• Two Brigades (BDE) 95th and 85th
– Generalized Civil Affairs Operators• Officer (38A)• Enlisted (38B)
– Airborne-qualified
ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active Component (continued)– Civil Affairs elements can be rapidly deployed
worldwide– No functional specialties– Can serve as the core of a Joint Civil-Military
Operations Task Force (JCMOTF)– Organizations supported by AC CA
• Special Operation Forces (SOF) - 95th BDE• General Purpose Forces (GPF) – 85th BDE
ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
Reserve Component United States Army Civil Affairs and
Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC (A))
• 4 CACOMs• 2 POGs
– Generalized and functional specialty civil affairs operators
– Limited airborne capabilities
ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
Reserve Component (continued)– Functional Specialties(Civilian acquired skills)
• Rule of law• Economic stability• Infrastructure • Governance• Public health and welfare• Public education and information
ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
Reserve Component (continued)– Psychological Operation Groups (POGs)
• 2nd POG and 7th POG• Military Information Support Operations (MISO)
– Organizations supported by RC CA and POGs
• GPF• SOF (select BNs and Groups)
NAVY CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active/Reserve Component– Marine Civil Affairs and Security Training
Command (MCAST)• Active: 17 (5) person Maritime Civil Affairs Teams• R/C: 15 (5) person Maritime Civil Affairs Teams
– MCAST’s mission is to:• Assess, plan and execute civil affairs activities in a
maritime operational environment
– Cultural and Language training• Mission specific
NAVY CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active/Reserve Component (continued)– Maritime specific functions:
• Commercial port operations• Harbor and channel construction and maintenance• Marine and fisheries resources• General CA functions & functional specialties
– Organizations Supported• GPF• SOF (Maritime focus)
MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active/Reserve Component– Two Active Civil Affairs Groups (CAG)
• Operators work as secondary mission
– Two Reserve Civil Affairs Groups (CAG)• Operators work as primary mission
– Generalized Civil Affairs Operators• Officers (0530)• Enlisted (0531)
MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active/Reserve Component (continued)– Rule of law– Economic stability– Infrastructure – Governance– Public health and welfare– Public education and information
MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active/Reserve Component (continued)– Perform general purpose and functional
specialty missions according to their 7 Mission Essential Tasks (METELs)
– METELs• MET 1: PROVIDE FORCES (MAGTF) • MET 2: PROVIDE FORCES
(REGIMENT/BATTALION)• MET 3: FACILITATE POPULACE AND
RESOURCE CONTROL
MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
Active/Reserve Component (continued)– METELs (continued)
• MET 4: FACILITATE FOREIGN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• MET 5: FACILITATE NATION ASSISTANCE• MET 6: MANAGE CIVIL INFORMATION• MET 7: FACILITATE SUPPORT TO CIVIL
ADMINISTRATION
– Organizations supported • Marine Expeditionary Forces
AIR FORCE CIVIL AFFAIRS
Medical Regional Health Specialty Team– One Officer / One Enlisted– Specialties
• In-depth strategic health policy and interagency (IA) planning to military and non-military operations
• Language, cultural insight and specific AOR health sector information
• Peacetime and wartime support• Security-Stabilization-Transition-Reconstruction
Operations
AIR FORCE CIVIL AFFAIRS
Medical Regional Health Specialty Team– Organizations Supported:
• AFFOR• JTF HQS• SOF• GPF
DOD CIVIL AFFAIRS ASSETS
Utilization of civil affairs assets:– Understand Geographic Combatant
Commander’s intent– Joint CA assets may be better than utilizing
only one service component– Integration of MISO assets increase success
of Civil-Military Operations (CMO)
DOD CIVIL AFFAIRS ASSETS
Utilization of civil affairs assets (continued)– Plan exit strategy for CA assets– CMOs are driven by environment
• Peacetime• Contingency• Wartime