U.S. Army Civil Affairs and the Fate of Reserve Special Operations Forces in Support of Current and Future Operations

Abstract

Since the late 1980's soldiers holding the Civil Affairs (CA) specialty have been the most heavily mobilized and deployed element of the United States Army Reserve. This community currently supports operations in five different hazardous duty areas around the world and the current operations tempo does not appear to be abating any time soon. The Army has come to a strategic crossroad concerning one of its most utilized assets. The Army must decide how to support future operations when those service members who have been mobilized for the maximum time allowed by law are needed again. This paper will describe the CA mission its deployment history over the past 15 years and CA's current deployment. Additionally the current CA manpower crisis will be analyzed and recommendations offered for continuing support to military operations around the globe.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423315

Entities

People

  • R. C. Brewer

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Civil Affairs
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • Psychological Operations
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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