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CATR Post #36 – What is the role of Civil Affairs in large-scale combat operations? (Part 9a – Protection of Civilians and Civilian Objects)
11-minute read [Updated with Responses from Teammates on 10 August 2026.] Introductory Note from the Team Chief: Due to the length of CATR #35, we decided to break this post,…
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CATR Post #35 – What is the role of Civil Affairs in large-scale combat operations? (Part 8 – CA and MG operations in the Pacific Theater.)
20-minute read Our posts so far have focused primarily on civil affairs (CA) and military government (MG) operations in the North African Campaign and the European Theater of Operations (ETO)…
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CATR Post #34 – What is the role of Civil Affairs in large-scale combat operations? (Part 7 – CA and MG in stability operations.)
13-minute read Doctrinal definition of stability operations. According to Army Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations, “A stability operation is an operation conducted outside the United States, in coordination with other…
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CATR Post #33 – What is the role of Civil Affairs in large-scale combat operations? (Part 6 – CA and MG in defensive operations.)
10-minute read Doctrinal definition of defensive operations. According to Army Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations, “A defensive operation is an operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, and develop…
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CATR Post #32 – What is the role of Civil Affairs in large-scale combat operations? (Part 5 – CA and MG in offensive operations.)
13-minute read First, the Origin of the Question. Before going any further, I must come clean. The true origin of this series of posts on the role of CA in…
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CATR Post #31 – What is the role of Civil Affairs in large-scale combat operations? (Part 4 – Fixing the Civil Affairs problems of North Africa.)
8-minute read Looking past North Africa. We noted in CATR #29 that President Roosevelt initially intended that civilian, not military, officials manage civil affairs in liberated and occupied countries in…
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