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Designated Active and Reserve component forces and units organized, trained, and equipped specifically to conduct civil affairs activities and to support civil-military operations. Also called CA. See also civil affairs activities; civil-military operations. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The activation of the Civil Affairs, or CA, and Psychological Operations, or PO, branches is one of the first steps in this transformation, and it is significantly changing the way the Army manages its special-operations officers. Tripoli, who served in Iraq as a surgeon with Marine Corps 4th Civil Affairs Group, helped re-open a hospital during fighting in Fallujah in November 2004 and helped save the lives of Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire. To demonstrate the usefulness of this tool, this paper analyzes how, in China, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and social work academics interactively compete for this control. |
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