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CATR Post #9 – What ideas do you have for Civil Affairs training during a weekend Battle Assembly?
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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…
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CATR Post #8 – Response to CATR Post #7: A Civil Affairs writing story from a civilian partner.
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4-minute read By Mr. Ryan McCannell 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…
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CATR Post #7 – What interested you in writing about Civil Affairs, and would you recommend it to others?
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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…
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CATR Post #6 – What is the biggest thing you’ve learned about Civil Affairs?
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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…
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CATR Post #5 – What is Civil Affairs? (Part 2-Telling the Civil Affairs Story)
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By Col. (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…
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CATR Post #4 – What is Civil Affairs? (Part 1-A History)
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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…
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