Career Progression Impact on Active and Reserve Component Civil Affairs Officer and Enlisted Soldiers as a Result of a Civil Affairs Capabilities Restructuring within the Army

Abstract

Past and future mobilizations and deployments have placed an immense strain on the current capabilities of the Army's Civil Affairs forces. This has resulted in a recognized need for additional Civil Affair structure and capabilities in the Army's Active Component. Since 96 percent of the Army's Civil Affairs structure and capabilities reside in the Army Reserve, the problems of access, operational tempo, and responsiveness have created a new requirement for additional Active Component Civil Affair structure and capabilities. Although the actual number of forces impacted is small in the grand scheme of things, it can provide a potential picture of how this type of low-density capability might be increased in future force structure efforts. Initially, the investigator had anticipated finding that this new requirement would have significant career progression impacts on both Active Component and Reserve Component Civil Affairs soldiers, officer and enlisted. Therefore, the study was designed to identify and assess the impacts, but the lack of documentation regarding clearly defined proposals and career progression models hampered both identification and assessment of how realigning a portion of Civil Affairs capabilities from the Reserve Component into the Active Component might affect career progression for Civil Affairs soldiers. As a result, the investigator concluded that the absence of formal information, discussion, and guidance regarding the alignment of capabilities is a clear indication that Civil Affairs, Active or Reserve Component, career progression has not attained the level of visibility and importance that it demands. (45 refs.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 18, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428667

Entities

People

  • Johnnie E. Edmonds

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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