Army Civil Affairs

Officer

38A MOS

Job Detail

Command and employ CA individuals, teams and units.

The CA officer must be an expert in the command and employment of CA individuals, teams and units; CA officers are expected to understand and execute the core CA tasks: Populace and Resources Control (PRC), Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA), Civil Information Management (CIM), Support to Civil Administration (SCA), and Nation Assistance (NA) in all operational environments; CA officers command and serve on the staffs of CA units; CA officers serve in other staff positions providing CA experience and expertise at Groups/Brigades, Divisions, Corps, Army Service Component Commands, Army, joint, interagency and multi-national level units; the CA officer develop, plans, coordinates, commands, control, evaluates and transitions strategic, operational and tactical Civil Affairs operations; Both AA and USAR CA officers can expect to serve in a variety of positions within CA units, other Army and joint staffs, as well as interagency and multinational organizations and units; USAR CA units make the branch unique as they contain the functional specialty cells which crosswalk civilian core competencies in the systems or organizations of public health and welfare, public safety, public administration, public works/infrastructure, economics and commerce and public education and information; this enables the force to assess, monitor, protect, reinforce, establish, and transition political, economic, social, and cultural institutions and capabilities to achieve US national goals and objectives.

The CA officer must be an expert in the command and employment of CA individuals, teams and units; CA officers are expected to understand and execute the core CA tasks: Populace and Resources Control (PRC), Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA), Civil Information Management (CIM), Support to Civil Administration (SCA), and Nation Assistance (NA) in all operational environments; CA officers command and serve on the staffs of CA units; CA officers serve in other staff positions providing CA experience and expertise at Groups/Brigades, Divisions, Corps, Army Service Component Commands, Army, joint, interagency and multi-national level units; the CA officer develop, plans, coordinates, commands, control, evaluates and transitions strategic, operational and tactical Civil Affairs operations; both AA and USAR CA officers can expect to serve in a variety of positions within CA units, other Army and joint staffs, as well as interagency and multinational organizations and units; USAR CA units make the branch unique as they contain the functional specialty cells which crosswalk civilian core competencies in the systems or organizations of public health and welfare, public safety, public administration, public works/infrastructure, economics and commerce and public education and information; this enables the force to assess, monitor, protect, reinforce, establish, and transition political, economic, social, and cultural institutions and capabilities to achieve US national goals and objectives.

The CA officer must be an expert in the command and employment of CA individuals, teams and units; CA officers are expected to understand and execute the core CA tasks: Populace and Resources Control (PRC), Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA), Civil Information Management (CIM), Support to Civil Administration (SCA), and Nation Assistance (NA) in all operational environments; CA officers command and serve on the staffs of CA units; CA officers serve in other staff positions providing CA experience and expertise at Groups/Brigades, Divisions, Corps, Army Service Component Commands, Army, joint, interagency and multi-national level units; the CA officer develop, plans, coordinates, commands, control, evaluates and transitions strategic, operational and tactical Civil Affairs operations; Both AA and USAR CA officers can expect to serve in a variety of positions within CA units, other Army and joint staffs, as well as interagency and multinational organizations and units; USAR CA units make the branch unique as they contain the functional specialty cells which crosswalk civilian core competencies in the systems or organizations of public health and welfare, public safety, public administration, public works/infrastructure, economics and commerce and public education and information; this enables the force to assess, monitor, protect, reinforce, establish, and transition political, economic, social, and cultural institutions and capabilities to achieve US national goals and objectives.

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