Year: 2025

4-minute read According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History’s Branch Birthday page, the birthday of the Civil Affairs Branch is 17 August 1955.  That means that ten days…

8-minute read On 11 April 2025, MAJ Jake Nyquist, with the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion in Green Bay, WI, sent a note to the Civil Affairs Team Room asking the…

By Mr. Ryan McCannell 4-minute read Having worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Africa since 2004, I was moved to research and write about the evolution…

5-minute read How I got started. Early in my civil affairs career, I spent two separate tours as a CA doctrine development officer at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy…

7-minute read Interesting question. I would say the biggest thing I’ve learned about Civil Affairs (CA) over the years is that CA operations (CAO) are complex, often misunderstood, and not…

By Colonel (Ret.) Christopher Holshek 9-minute read. The Challenge As Dennis mentioned in CATR Post #4, the Hunt Report analyzed civil affairs (CA) during the U.S. occupation of the Rhineland…

29-minute read Okay, we deserved this.  A blog about civil affairs (CA) should probably begin with this question.  The ever-present elephant lurks in every room a CA Soldier enters and…

6-minute read One thing we know how to do in civil affairs, special operations, and the Army in general is to execute the PACE plan (or, as a buddy of…

7-minute read What is a team room? In the special operations forces (SOF) community, a team room holds special significance as a sacred space in which team members spend a…

We’re launching the Civil Affairs Team Room today to introduce our site.  This blog is intended to fill a gap in understanding the operations and profession of civil affairs that…