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

CONCLUSION

Questions?