Building on last year's discussion and the realization that Civil Affairs (CA) can help the Army to better understand strategic competition, this year's theme was "Building a . CA, with its extensive institutional training capacities and vast deployment experience, can share best practices and assist in building partner CIMIC capacities, given uneven training and deployment experience among allied civil-military forces. Expecting interoperability because of a task organization chart, at best, breeds animosity between units and, at worst, turns an ad hoc addition to the team into a liability. Capt. Yes, during training you will learn the language youre assigned, which could include Russian, French, Indonesian, and Spanish, multiple dialects of Arabic, Chinese-Mandarin, Persian-Farsi, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Brazilian Portuguese. This, after all, is the very basis of Putin's grand strategy: In his annual appeal to the Federal Assembly in December 2013, Putin formulated this independent path ideology by contrasting Russias traditional values with the liberal values of the West. This is key to success going forward. For civil reconnaissance, civil affairs forces could conduct operations to map civil institutions, gathering and tracking information on these key players and monitoring for changes over time. No PLA SOF units are known to be organized and tasked similar to U.S. Army Special Forces ("Green Beret") units. Such austere settlements range from mining outposts, not unlike those found in Svalbard, to potential logistical hubs supporting nascent northern sea lanes. A Civil Affairs team is a team unlike any other. Uniform and packing lists transform from questions of comfort to questions of survival. Civil Affairs Team 644, or CAT 644, from the TCMSE worked to partner CA forces with host nation militaries in the Levant region during its rotation from July 2011 to March 2012. The 95th Civil Affairs Brigade and its five subordinate battalions are all stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which is a rapidly deployable unit that only supports the Army Special Operations Command.Each of the five battalions is regionally aligned to one of the five U.S. combatant commands; SOUTHCOM, CENTCOM, EUCOM, AFRICOM and INDOPACOM. endobj Icelands coast guard is administratively a law enforcement agency and the nation lacks any other military branch. Huge institutional and operational cooperation and coordination gaps still need bridging. High north CATs provide the means to maintain access, presence, and influence in a region seeing increased Chinese interest and Russian posturing. From my understanding, if you try for SF twice and are Non-Select both times, then you are pretty much done from ever trying out again. As a NATO-accredited CoE, it supports its seven sponsoring nations,1 plus numerous contributing partners, NATO allies and customers, as directed by the CCoE coordinating committee. 0:56. 0000019325 00000 n Today, we know these activities as civil military operations, typically conducted by civil affairs forces. This can be overcome through deliberate training to a set standard across US Special Operations Command. 0000009275 00000 n In 2021, Italy is becoming a sponsoring nation, while Denmark and Slovenia are ceasing sponsorship. As a history and philosophy double major, his interests also meshed well with elements of the Civil Affairs mission. They are also well-positioned to liaise with them where necessary to gain additional insights to help U.S. forces achieve their objectives. Deployed and deployable U.S. troop formations, including CA, have a deficit of knowledge about the NATO Civil-Military Interaction (CMI) concept, CIMIC mandates to implement CMI, capabilities, and modus operandi in European NATO nations. NATO can little afford to waste further resources; this could help tip the scales back in its favor. Another consideration to explore is the application of civil affairs capabilities in irregular warfare, which can be a part of competition below armed conflict. These CATs will enhance persistent presence missions in mountainous or Arctic countries. endstream endobj 831 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[66 727]/Length 47/Size 793/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the United States Military Academy, Department of the Army, or Department of Defense. Skis, snowshoes, and dog sleds just seem too slow unless stealth is really required or there are IEDs planted which seem unlikely in an invading force. It must be paired with dedicated winter warfare training. Such training offers high north CATs a US-based opportunity to increase understanding of tribal governance within an advanced governmental structure. Academics. The real answer is that PSYOP/MISO (along with Civil Affairs) are designed as enablers for Third World Unconventional Warfare (UW) scenarios, aka the Green Beret mission. Civil affairs forces have potential uses in strategic competition that remain unexplored. The planned CCoE CA-CIMIC courses for 2021 form a promising start, but more is needed. As a result of this request, the synchronization project would officially fall under the purview of the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) J9 CIMIC Baseline Activities and Current Operations, nested in the synchronized approach with strategic partners in terms of interoperability. He charges them with maintaining regular and persistent engagements with the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. While this mandate falls under the purview of Special Forces, in many cases, it would be more resource-efficient and politically palatable to have special operations force civil affairs teams (CATs) expand the competitive space in the northern latitudes. The project officer is supported by a Soldier who serves at the 21st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), a U.S. two-star logistics command based in Kaiserslautern, Germany. This scenario could easily be adapted for a cross-functional team. : I am having a very hard time deciding between the two of these selections. (The 9% of the populations of the polar regions who are "indigenous" these folks cannot provide us with a way to stand against and "compete" with GEN Gerasimov's special operations forces, and his, their and Putin's mission and strategy that I have attempted to describe above.). x]r9}wTez"bz~I,A") $y9y zz~zMn|um^nm7jE~-|%|"BWEE.U,|W#EA|_("iH Z CA within U.S. Army doctrine structure is referred to as the capability which operates within the human domain. NATO CIMIC also claims to cover this domain. The CCoE director is engaging with key leaders of CA institutions in order to reenergize instructor exchanges such as the addition of a CA officer and a senior NCO to the full-time staff at the CCoE. All videos, podcasts, or any other media published or posted by CNA remain subject to our copyright and all applicable rights are reserved unless other ownership or license rights are acknowledged. Mountaineering experience significantly enhances existing CA missions, such as those in the Caucasus and Balkans. Thus, the movies of soldiers in white snowsuits attacking and shooting for what objectives remain elusive. See the Army University Press Sep-Oct edition of Military Review and, therein, the article " Russian New Generation Warfare: Deterring and Winning at the Tactical Level, by James Derleth). Combines Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training and focuses on combat tactics and reconnaissance, Learn to safely jump from an aircraft and how to conduct airborne military operations, Complete intense mental and physical conditioning to prepare for the Civil Affairs selection process, Find out if youre selected to join Civil Affairs based on your character, courage, commitment, and intellect, Learn the basic skills needed to lead small teams of Soldiers and the skills needed to advance to the rank of Sergeant, Study Army doctrine and conflict operations, field training exercises, organized problem-solving, and a foreign language, Get assigned as an enlisted Soldier to the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade at Fort Bragg; get assigned as an Officer to either the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade or the 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion at Fort Bragg, To become a Civil Affairs Medical Sergeant, youll attend 44 weeks of additional Special Operations Medic training, with an emphasis on trauma medicine field care. %PDF-1.4 % While NATO doctrine comes secondary to the doctrines of individual allied nations militaries, most do directly cite NATO CIMIC doctrine. Either integrated into a cross-functional team or as an independent element, training for the Arctic generates opportunities that offer a robust return on investment, both in strategic competition and during contingency operations. 0000000016 00000 n The second related and very critical mission is to analyze and maintain the civil COP, or what is important in the civil environment to the unit. Your email address will not be published. a. 3 0 obj q(8c4+oo*}%IW")qN1ePF1Vx+Ex.A% ?^b4|irp/N/+|(7ep#"#Ly~SHGK[dfyebSiTkY4S1h;fOA?qG8byUc>e4 C}~X6r5IsV|"y :=7;&2Jd=VlQy 3 8qiqtRCn$s"-i#jC$*&c^_-kblAFbtK|"c'qjqOlVn{*5_LqoqVgl. With the emerging hybrid threats in the Euro-Atlantic Area from Russia and their impact especially on eastern flank NATO Allies, NATO deployed battalion-sized eFP battle groupswith troop formations from Germany to Lithuania, from Canada to Latvia and from Great Britain to Estoniato instill confidence among these frontier states as well as deter further Russian aggression. endobj A hybrid solution to answer hybrid threats presents challenges in development, but, more than the rich legacy of interoperability that helped the NATO alliance to win the Cold War, it can revive NATOs generationally-forged community of democratic values. 6 Buddhika Jayamaha and Franky Matisek, Hybrid war: attacking the civil in civil society, The War Room,13 April 2018. This included reexamining defense funding by European nations and increased deployments of U.S. forces on European territory. Thank you!! This relationship has been extremely effective in building capacity and in demonstrating how CA and CIMIC can work in greater unison to achieve mission success. In 1633 and 1634 Samuel de Champlain wrote to Cardinal Richelieu of France. Together, these civil affairs forces support relationships with allies and partners through theater security cooperation, disaster response and . Military.com. However, the military strength of nations within NATO is not equal. This phenomenon occurs with other NATO Allies as well, but to a far lesser extent, as NATO doctrines are usually foundational for many of their ownincluding and especially CIMIC. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers work closely in partnership with other government agencies or the militaries of allied nations. ; not updated since. The notion that soldiers on foot would want to occupy snow and ice seems a bit awkward because what are they going to doguard polar bears? DA Pam 600-3 lists qualifications for entry and promotion in . This forward-stationed CA capability exists outside of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), or USACAPOC(A), and is made up of CA officers and NCOs who live and work in multiple countries within Europe and elsewhere outside the continental U.S. (CONUS). Curriculum sharing needs to be discussed, determined and programmed, as does the sharing of best practices such as analysis and assessment procedures, TTPs, engagement with civilian actors, etc. This is not the case now, as current allied military forces are operating in realms where they have functional authority and capability; U.S. planners have had to relearn, for example, how to obtain host-nation authorizations for movements under stringent Status of Forces Agreements rather than operating with relative independence. with Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations (PSYOP) lines of efforts. This is particularly true for some newer NATO members, former Warsaw Pact countries that have rebuilt their military forces for conventional threats and are now facing hybrid warfare. During pre-mission training and mission preparation, in addition to just getting to know each other, CA and CIMIC should be sharing reports, contacts, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and mission and area analyses for the benefit of a collective wider perspective. The role of Civil Affairs (CA) is to engage and leverage . If want after a time to go an then go, Go SF while you are young enough to do it. Delta operators during Operation Desert Storm. Ideal in countering this, CA and CIMIC are two very similar capabilities that operate within human domain, where they must assess and engage the same members of civil societies and establish robust and complex liaison networks. 0000010530 00000 n The CCoE has taken a mostly bottom-up approach in its U.S. CA and NATO CIMIC synchronization project; top-down procedures result in a long and arduous process. The critical factor for consideration is that training and deployment requirements are met simultaneously. Civil affairs specialists can quickly and systematically identify critical requirements needed by local citizens in war or disaster situations. Insurance in Japan, Manes, Alfred, January 1945. 0000061047 00000 n For many of those, who might be called social conservatives, Russia has become a more agreeable society, at least in principle, than those they live in. He holds a BA in international relations from Boston Universitys Pardee School of Global Studies, where the late professor Michael Corgan ignited his interest in all things Arctic. S 4^ 9 Department of the Army, Field Manual 3-57, Civil Affairs Operations (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, April 2019). In principle, NATO policy and doctrine serve as foundational references for allied interoperability within NATO. (NATO Standardization Office, 9 November 2018). Other NATO allies offer similar courses, and recently 10th Special Forces Group introduced a four-week Winter Warfare Course. How are the? The CAT was actively involved in the S-9 CIMIC daily line of work and took part in planning and operations. Their intelligence, interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and foreign language proficiency help sway opinions and actions of foreign governments, groups, and individuals. What, then, can we expect from civil affairs, given the typical use of these forces has been on remaking efforts like those in Afghanistan? The 21st TSC G9 has been active across the U.S. European Command AoR in building and maintaining relationships with NATO allies and partners. If CA does SFA as a core mission that's new. CA and CIMIC have been working together; but, as with any relationship where cultures and norms are different or not fully understood, stereotypes and misinformation exist. It depends on what kind of person you are. 0000001696 00000 n Be within the rank of private first class, specialist, sergeant, or staff sergeant, Meet Time-in-Service and Time-in-Grade requirements, Be eligible for a secret security clearance, Be eligible for a top secret security clearance, Have obtained the rank of first lieutenant or captain. Failure to invest in specialized skills severely inhibits full cross-functional team integration. In a day and age where special operations units have a growing presence in the . Other than building relationships that can be quickly leveraged in crisis and competition, this kind of inside knowledge is among the many values-added of in-theater CA forces. These missions provide the opportunity for CA units to cooperate and collaborate with CIMIC operators mostly on a tactical level, but not exclusively. Qatar (21-1112) - Temporary Relocation Transit Agreement. hb```f``03EY8ZN$[v&SPrs;hMFgIe+YRp5T*xHA tTqKMsj]xb[ZFG*!Ds(0^*@ ftgr{ g!!dlo]5gH|`c.F O~0o`q` `Zt&l,aMxoOZ$Aa Deployed and deployable U.S. troop formations, including CA . 0000006650 00000 n The S-9 had knowledge of and effected some coordination of CA and CIMIC LoEs elements in Baghlan, which, from an interoperability perspective, was considered very progressive. 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