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CATR Post #22 – What was the reception at your first Civil Affairs unit like? (Part 2)
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7-minute read Reporting back to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) (96th CA Bn (Abn)). The CA Course ended on 21 August 1992, a Friday. My orders required me to…
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CATR Post #21 – What was the reception at your first Civil Affairs unit like? (Part 1)
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5-minute read There are actually two parts to this story for me – one before attending the CA Course and one after. This is part 1. Enroute from Schweinfurt, Germany,…
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CATR Post #20 – What was your Civil Affairs Course like?
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7-minute read Class composition. I don’t remember much about signing in on Sunday, 12 July 1992, but I do recall that our class included captains, majors, and one lieutenant colonel…
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CATR # 19 – What is the difference between Active Component (AC) and U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) Civil Affairs forces?
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15-minute read The original question. In September 2025, in response to CATR #13, Major John McElligott sent the Civil Affairs Team the following questions: Do you think the [special operations…
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CATR Post #18 – Did you go through Civil Affairs Assessment and Selection (CAAS)?
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5-minute read Assessment and selection for Regular Army civil affairs units. CAAS did not exist in 1992 when I was in the Regular Army and chose civil affairs as a…
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CATR Post #17 – Night thoughts of a Civil Affairs officer downrange in 2004
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3-minute read The following piece was written by Major (Retired) Tom Kinton, a civil affairs officer and Veteran with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He told me, “I did…
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