U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) | Fort Liberty, North Carolina
Cpl. Thomas Doles, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), reflects on his experience during the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Military Competition (CIOR MILCOMP). This competition is an annual reserve military competition with NATO member states and other participating nations with 34 countries in total, representing 1.3 million reservists. The MILCOMP, which has been held since 1957, is a military pentathlon testing service members in pistol and rifle marksmanship, land and water obstacles and orienteering.
Behind the curtains. We are Soldiers, trained by Soldiers. Every single Soldier is taught by another who went before them. It is an honor for us to serve. It is also an honor to mentor those who serve. The world and warfare has evolved. Information is weaponized. Maneuvering the battlefield becomes more complicated everyday and the demands for civil-military operators and information capabilities increase. To prepare for the challenge, we rely on previous real-world experience as well as challenging simulated environments, such as the National Training Center. Designed to portray near-peer threats that include conventional forces, insurgents, criminal activity, humanitarian crisis and civilians on the battlefield. Designed for Soldiers to win, to fail, to learn, to grow, and to focus. Designed to build cohesive teams and develop talented leaders. Designed to strengthen U.S. forces. U.S. Army trainers responsible for overseeing information related capabilities including Information Operations, Civil Affairs, Psychological Operations and other capabilities are consolidated under the “Ghost Team” at NTC. If you are interested in becoming an Observer, Coach / Trainer for Ghost Team email ntc.ghostteam@gmail.com
Maj. Gen, Jeffrey C. Coggin relinquished USACAPOC(A) command to Major General Isaac Johnson Jr. while Command Sgt. Maj. Peter Trotter transferred responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Benedict, Saturday, August 13, 2022. Maj. Gen. Michael D. Roache, the Chief of Staff, United States Army Reserve, officiated the Change of Command ceremony and Maj. Gen. Darrell Guthrie officiated the retirement ceremony for Coggin. The Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command is manned, trained, and equipped to provide operational forces with critical capabilities found nowhere else in the Army or joint force. Organized with four Subordinate Civil Affairs Commands, two Psychological Operations Groups and a Theater Information Operations Group and a Headquarters Company, each stood with their Unit Colors on the parade field.
Soldiers from the 301st Information Operations (IO) Battalion validated their skills and their ability to work as a cohesive team during their July Training Readiness Exercise (TRX). The TRX is the organization’s last internal validation before IO Soldiers begin their mobilization process to ultimately impact the information battlespace across various theaters of operation. Capt. Iva Brown explains what is expected from Information Operations planners and who is likely to succeed in this cognitively challenging career choice.
The 360th Civil Affairs Brigade is conducting Operation Viking Exercise, the only joint task force exercise in the Continental United States at Joint Base Cape Cod, July 17-31, 2022. Operation Viking is a high-intensity exercise including range training, mission-essential civil affairs training, and very ambitious airborne operations.
The U.S. Army Reserve’s U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) and 824th Quartermaster Company partnered with Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to conduct a non-tactical airborne operation with allied jump masters in order to maintain proficiency and earn foreign jump wings, Fort. Bragg North Carolina, Dec. 13-15, 2021. (U.S. Army video by Cpl. Genesis Miranda)
Shaping civil considerations through simulation: 353rd CACOM participates in Austere Challenge 2024
Veebel Kaur Jars, a training non-commissioned officer with the 61st Combat Support Services, 1st Infantry Brigade of the Estonian Defense Forces (left), and Staff Sgt. Joseph Nuttall, a civil affairs sergeant with the 353rd Civil Affairs Command (right) discuss similarities between civil affairs (CA) and civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) during exercise Austere Challenge 24 here on March 13, 2024. Exercise Austere Challenge 24, a command post exercise (CPX) focused on training combatant command coordination, U.S. interagency, and integration amongst the U.S., NATO, Allies, and partners in planning across multiple domains.
March 18, 2024 - Battlefields come in many different forms. Whether it's within a mountainous countryside or on a 15-inch computer screen, decisions will be made, setting off a chain of events. This sequence of events can either garner...

Learning from past, striving for CHANGE
U.S. Army Civilian Shylon Green was the Fort Hunter Liggett Black History Month speaker and is shown speaking with a participant after event, February 22, 2024. He has been working at FHL since 2011 and is the Antiterrorism Officer. He enjoys the close-knit environment at FHL and says, “It’s a family here. We really do care for each other.” (Amy Phillips)
March 8, 2024 - Shylon Green, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, shares his journey from being the only black kid in the neighborhood and facing racism, struggling to find himself as a young adult, joining the military, and a very dark...

SETAF-AF Civil Affairs serves Sunson: strengthening health, harnessing hope
Pictured left to right, U.S. Army Spc. Nathaniel McKinnon, civil affairs specialist, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Julian Holman, civil affairs team sergeant and U.S. Army Maj. Jennifer Stachura, civil affairs team lead, pose for a photo with Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and Ghanaian civilian medical providers prior to a medical civil action program (MEDCAP) at Sakpegu Primary School in Sunson, Ghana, Feb. 9, 2024. The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs team in Ghana partnered with the GAF to provide de-wormer and personal hygiene products to Sunson community members as part of the MEDCAP.  SETAF-AF Civil Affairs teams specialize in fostering cooperation and building relationships between military forces and civilian populations in Africa. Through a variety of programs, including MEDCAPs, these teams deliver essential services, conduct humanitarian assistance, and implement development projects aimed at improving living conditions and promoting stability in the region. Their efforts underscore the U.S. commitment to supporting African communities, enhancing mutual understanding, and contributing to long-term peace and security across the continent.
March 8, 2024 - The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs Team, alongside the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and supported by Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) funds, recently spearheaded a...

353rd Civil Affairs Command leaders honor fallen PsyOp Soldier
Brig. Gen. Dean Thompson, commanding general of the 353rd Civil Affairs Command and Command Sgt. Maj. Clifford Lo visited the 326th Strategic Dissemination Company last week to meet the Soldiers, complete a ruck march and pay respects to a fallen Soldier.
Feb. 9, 2024 - The commanding general and command sergeant major of the 353rd Civil Affairs Command visited the 326th Strategic Dissemination Company last week to meet the Soldiers, complete a ruck march and pay respects to a fallen...

U.S. Army bolsters Polish army cadet development in Torun
U.S. Army Maj. James Porch, civil liaison team leader for Poland and soldier assigned to U.S. Army Reserve unit 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, cuts a ribbon on a plaque at a secondary school in Torun on Jan. 31, 2024. U.S. Army soldiers and Polish military cadets participated in a dedication ceremony honoring U.S. Army war hero Staff Sgt. Michael H. Olllis. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Karen Sampson)
Feb. 2, 2024 - U.S. Army Soldiers supporting U.S. Army Garrison – Poland and V Corps joined Polish army cadets in leadership development at their secondary school, Jan. 31, 2024.During the visit, they held a ceremony dedicating a plaque to...

Promotion celebrates excellence in uniform, school administration
Brig. Gen. Dean Thompson speaks to journalists at Eagles Landing Middle School in McDonough, Georgia on January 25, 2024. He was there to promote the school’s principal, Malik Douglas, to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. “By virtue of being the principal of a large middle school and now being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Malik Douglas has demonstrated that gifted citizen soldiers can enjoy great success in both their military and their civilian careers by serving in U.S. Army Reserve units, such as the 353rd Civil Affairs Command,” said Thompson, commander of the 353rd Civil Affairs Command. “The U.S. Army’s Civil Affairs soldiers, like Lt. Col. Douglas, are the ones to whom the U.S. government entrusts its most complex civil-military missions that require empowering local populations and community-building, which is a similar function to what Dr. Douglas does here at Eagle’s Landing Middle School.” 



U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Brett Walker, Public Affairs Officer for the 353d CACOM
Jan. 31, 2024 - School principal, doctor in education, family man, and now lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army – Malik Douglas can do it all. Yesterday, January 25, 2024, Douglas pinned on his new rank in front of his wife, school...

Total Army approach to Yama Sakura 85
U.S. Army Col. Jeffery Schwab, the deputy commander of the 364th Civil Affairs Brigade, speaks during a civil affairs working group in Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 6, 2023. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific's Operation Pathways, the 43rd iteration of Yama Sakura exercise, YS 85, is the first U.S. Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Army command post exercise based in Japan. Participants from the JGSDF and the Australian Army train together with Soldiers of the U.S. Army I Corps, 7th Infantry Division, 11th Airborne Division, U.S. Army Japan, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army National Guard in a Joint environment to strengthen multi-domain and cross-domain interoperability and readiness to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elijah Magaña)
Dec. 15, 2023 - A U.S.-Japan-Australian trilateral command post exercise, Yama Sakura 85 (YS 85), commenced as the largest iteration in its 42 years of history. As the rising sun emerges on the horizon, service members from each nation are...

Power in team building: Civil affairs command hosts NCOPDS Session
New York, NY - The 353rd Civil Affairs Command, a U.S. Army Reserve unit out of Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island, hosted 18 soldiers during a non-commissioned officer professional development system session here on December 2, 2023. The NCOPDS session allowed senior enlisted leaders within the command to participate in team building activities and share best practices to approve systems and processes within their respective unit elements. 

(U.S. Army Photo By Sgt 1st Class Gregory Williams/Released)
Dec. 15, 2023 - “If anybody has found the magic sauce, please share it with us because we haven't found it yet,” Command Sgt. Maj. Clifford Lo, senior enlisted advisor for the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, said as he sat looking outside of a...

Annual symposium bridges gaps across components, commands
U.S. Army Reserve, National Guard and U.S. Army V Corps senior leaders pose for a photo in front of V Corps Headquarters before the second annual Reserve Component Symposium in Fort Knox, Kentucky, Dec. 2, 2023. The second annual Reserve Component Symposium provided an ideal opportunity for commanders of relevant U.S. Army Reserve formations, state adjutants general, deputies and key staff to discuss challenges, opportunities, lessons-learned, and tactics, techniques and procedures with V Corps and U.S. Army Europe and Africa senior leaders and key advisors. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Javen Owens)
Dec. 8, 2023 - Around 40 V Corps, National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders converged at “Victory Corps” Headquarters here Dec. 1-2 for a dynamic discussion of issues confronting Reserve Component organizations serving in the...

Army Reserve civil affairs Soldiers deploy to Africa, strengthen partnerships
Capt. Dominique Mosbly, U.S. Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs Team 21 Chief provides a Ghanaian youth with a personal hygiene product at a school in Northern Ghana. Team 21 coordinated with the Ghanaian Armed Forces to deliver multiple donations of personal hygiene products to children at several local schools in Northern Ghana during their deployment to Africa in support of SETAF-AF. The 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, part of the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, assisted with the coordination and execution of multiple civil-military events during their 9-month deployment to Africa in support of SETAF-AF. (Photo courtesy of 412th Civil Affairs Battalion.)
Dec. 4, 2023 - In an effort to strengthen partnership and promote stability across the African continent, U.S. Army Reserve civil affairs Soldiers have embarked on a series of nine-month rotations, deploying in support of U.S. Army Southern...

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Maj. Gen. Isaac Johnson, Jr.
Commanding General, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (ABN)
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Brig. Gen. James P. Sanders
Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)
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Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel F. Benedict
Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (ABN)
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