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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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CATR #16: What challenges and successes have you experienced as a CA planner?
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By COL (R) Patrick Pascall 7-minute read My background. I was commissioned into Armor in 1993, commanding Abrams M1A1 tanks and learning the fundamentals of maneuver warfare. Three years later,…
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CATR Post #15 – Why did you choose to work in Civil Affairs?
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5-minute read The Berlin Wall came down. On November 9, 1989, the people of Berlin breached and ultimately tore down the wall that had divided their city since 1961. I…
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CATR Post #14 – What did you know about Civil Affairs before you became a CA officer/NCO?
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7-minute read Civil affairs in early military training. When I was a cadet at the United States Military Academy, military history courses focused on encounters between armed adversaries on battlefields…
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