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USACAPOC(A) Best Warriors 2021
April 16, 2021 — The U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) hosted a three-day Best Warrior Competition (BWC), April 8 – 10, for noncommissioned officers and enlisted Soldiers drawn from units throughout the command to demonstrate their Warrior skills and compete for the trophy as the top USACAPOC(A) NCO and Soldier, as well as a spot at the U.S. Army Reserve BWC later this year... MORE

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Chacon, left, a civil affairs specialist with the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), is awarded a plaque from Command Sgt. Maj, Petter Trotter, the senior enlisted leader of United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), for being named NCO of the Year during the 2021 U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition at Fort Jackson, S.C., April 10, 2021. The USACAPOC(A) BWC is an annual competition that brings in competitors from across USACAPOC(A) to earn the title of “Best Warrior.” BWC tests the Soldiers’ individual ability to adapt and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events, testing their technical and tactical skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

Interagency virtual training for the Civil Affairs professional of tomorrow
April 14, 2021 — Various Soldiers within the civil affairs community from across the U.S. participated in the ‘Interagency in the Pacific’ virtual training conducted on March 20, 2021 focused on the economic, security, and structural environment of a country within the operational area... MORE

Civil Affairs Soldiers from across the U.S. participated in the ‘Interagency in the Pacific’ virtual training conducted on March 20, 2021. The training provided an understanding of how working together with U.S. government agencies can assist CA Soldiers in successfully accomplishing a mission by knowing the agencies within a government and what their roles are.

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers visit orphanage in Romania
March 30, 2021 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the Area Support Group-Black Sea Religious Services team, Civil Affairs Team 3231, 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, and the Red Cross, visited Little Rotterdam Placement Center in Constanta, Mar. 11, to play and spend time with children in need. Visiting the orphanage helps strengthen civil-military partner relations and extend a helping hand to the citizens of a host nation... MORE

Civil Affairs East Africa team teaches oral hygiene, preventative care
March 30, 2021 — U.S. Army Reserve personnel assigned to Civil Affairs East Africa Southern European Task Force Africa (CA-EA SETAF-AF) functional specialty team, in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducted multiple preventative oral hygiene demonstrations at the International School of Africa, Arta, Djibouti on March 23, 2021... MORE

U.S. Army Civil Affairs East Africa Southern European Task Force Africa (CA-EA SETAF-AF) functional specialty team members and students pose for a group photo at the International School of Africa, Arta, Djibouti, March 23, 2021. Members of the CA-EA FXSP team collectively spoke to more than 70 children at the school, reinforcing the focus on preventative oral health care.

Leading the future: Aggie gives back
March 25, 2021 — It’s not often that you discover an Army Colonel facilitating a round table discussion on “Sailing Uncertain Waters,” but that’s exactly where Col. M. Straus Scantlin, Director, Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG), U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) found himself Feb. 9-13, 2021. Scantlin, a Houston, Texas, native and self-proclaimed “Aggie,” was selected as one of a handful of facilitators for the 66th Annual Memorial Student Center Student Conference on National Affairs (MSC SCONA) at his alma mater, Texas A&M... MORE

USACAPOC(A) leverages real world experience for Civil Affairs money laundering training
March 1, 2021 — Leveraging the talent in the ranks of the 38G program, and those applying to be in the ranks, Maj. Dale Kooyenga, 38G capabilities development manager with the USACAPOC(A) Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG), facilitated an in-depth training event between over 60 Civil Affairs professionals and partnerships formed with other government agencies (OGAs) such as the FBI... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Dale P. Kooyenga, 38G capabilities development manager with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG) headquartered at Ft. Bragg, NC, coordinates the Military Support to Governance 38G Money, Banking, and Finance, money laundering crime virtual training event," Feb. 6, 2021. The Civil Affairs training event, that took place between over 60 Civil Affairs professionals and partnerships formed with other government agencies (OGAs) such as the FBI, was meant to prepare Soldiers to recognize and combat money laundering in the operational environment.

Civil Affairs and the Smithsonian team up to strengthen Cultural and Heritage knowledge
February 23, 2021 — Cultural heritage is a universal commonality which continues to influence how people interact worldwide. U.S. Army Reserve and Army Guard Reserve Soldiers from more than 10 units within the civil affairs community participate in a virtual cultural and heritage training here Feb. 20, 2021. This instruction reviewed the impact of the conservation of cultures has while conducting civil affairs missions around the globe... MORE

Civil Affairs Soldiers deliver Christmas gifts, good cheer in Bucharest
December 28, 2020 — Civil Affairs Team 3231, 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the Romanian Salvation Army, delivered dozens of Christmas gifts to children and families around the city Dec. 21... MORE

413th Civil Affairs Battalion selection as 2020 ROA U.S. Army Reserve Small Unit Award
September 29, 2020 — Delta Company, 413th Civil Affairs Battalion, 321st Civil Affairs Brigade, 350th Civil Affairs Command (CACOM), has been selected to receive the Reserve Organization of America’s (ROA) Outstanding U.S. Army Reserve Small Unit Award for 2019... MORE

'Just completely different' 59-year-old BCT graduate reflects on the experience
September 14, 2020 — Fifty-nine-year-old Marine and Army Reserve veteran, Staff Sgt. Monte Gould graduated from Basic Combat Training with the 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment Aug. 27, making him the oldest individual to complete this version of the BCT (but not the oldest to complete BCT ever. In 1999, a 68-year-old entered Basic Training). Not only did Gould complete BCT, but he finished in the top 10 percent of his training cycle. Gould’s unit cadre said his “candor, leadership expertise and technical proficiency are unmatched.”... MORE

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