Assets and Capabilities
The MHS: Healthcare to Health
Kenneth Shedarowich, LTC, SP, USAR
January 30 th , 2012
USACAPOC (A)

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Kenneth Shedarowich, LTC, USAR
Has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

DOD Civil Affairs Assets
 Army
– Active component / Reserve component
 Navy
– Active component / Reserve component
 Marine Corps
– Active component / Reserve component
 Air Force
– Active component

ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active Component
– United States Special Operations Command
(USASOC)
• Two Brigades (BDE) 95 th and 85 th
– Generalized Civil Affairs Operators
• Officer (38A)
• Enlisted (38B)
– Airborne-qualified

ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active Component (continued)
– Civil Affairs elements can be rapidly deployed worldwide
– No functional specialties
– Can serve as the core of a Joint Civil-Military
Operations Task Force (JCMOTF)
– Organizations supported by AC CA
• Special Operation Forces (SOF) - 95 th BDE
• General Purpose Forces (GPF) – 85 th BDE

ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Reserve Component
 United States Army Civil Affairs and
Psychological Operations Command
(USACAPOC (A))
• 4 CACOMs
• 2 POGs
– Generalized and functional specialty civil affairs operators
– Limited airborne capabilities

ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Reserve Component (continued)
– Functional Specialties(Civilian acquired skills)
• Rule of law
• Economic stability
• Infrastructure
• Governance
• Public health and welfare
• Public education and information

ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Reserve Component (continued)
– Psychological Operation Groups (POGs)
• 2 nd POG and 7 th POG
• Military Information Support Operations (MISO)
– Organizations supported by RC CA and
POGs
• GPF
• SOF (select BNs and Groups)

NAVY CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active/Reserve Component
– Marine Civil Affairs and Security Training
Command (MCAST)
• Active: 17 (5) person Maritime Civil Affairs Teams
• R/C: 15 (5) person Maritime Civil Affairs Teams
– MCAST’s mission is to:
• Assess, plan and execute civil affairs activities in a maritime operational environment
– Cultural and Language training
• Mission specific

NAVY CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active/Reserve Component (continued)
– Maritime specific functions:
• Commercial port operations
• Harbor and channel construction and maintenance
• Marine and fisheries resources
• General CA functions & functional specialties
– Organizations Supported
• GPF
• SOF (Maritime focus)

MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active/Reserve Component
– Two Active Civil Affairs Groups (CAG)
• Operators work as secondary mission
– Two Reserve Civil Affairs Groups (CAG)
• Operators work as primary mission
– Generalized Civil Affairs Operators
• Officers (0530)
• Enlisted (0531)

MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active/Reserve Component (continued)
– Rule of law
– Economic stability
– Infrastructure
– Governance
– Public health and welfare
– Public education and information

MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active/Reserve Component (continued)
– Perform general purpose and functional specialty missions according to their 7
Mission Essential Tasks (METELs)
– METELs
• MET 1: PROVIDE FORCES (MAGTF)
• MET 2: PROVIDE FORCES
(REGIMENT/BATTALION)
• MET 3: FACILITATE POPULACE AND
RESOURCE CONTROL

MARINE CORPS CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Active/Reserve Component (continued)
– METELs (continued)
• MET 4: FACILITATE FOREIGN
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• MET 5: FACILITATE NATION ASSISTANCE
• MET 6: MANAGE CIVIL INFORMATION
• MET 7: FACILITATE SUPPORT TO CIVIL
ADMINISTRATION
– Organizations supported
• Marine Expeditionary Forces

AIR FORCE CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Medical Regional Health Specialty Team
– One Officer / One Enlisted
– Specialties
• In-depth strategic health policy and interagency
(IA) planning to military and non-military operations
• Language, cultural insight and specific AOR health sector information
• Peacetime and wartime support
• Security-Stabilization-Transition-Reconstruction
Operations

AIR FORCE CIVIL AFFAIRS
 Medical Regional Health Specialty Team
– Organizations Supported:
• AFFOR
• JTF HQS
• SOF
• GPF

DOD CIVIL AFFAIRS ASSETS
 Utilization of civil affairs assets:
– Understand Geographic Combatant
Commander’s intent
– Joint CA assets may be better than utilizing only one service component
– Integration of MISO assets increase success of Civil-Military Operations (CMO)

DOD CIVIL AFFAIRS ASSETS
 Utilization of civil affairs assets (continued)
– Plan exit strategy for CA assets
– CMOs are driven by environment
• Peacetime
• Contingency
• Wartime

CONCLUSION