2024 Civil Affairs Roundtable

Among the observations from the fall Civil Affairs Association Symposium on "Campaigning and Civil Affairs," captured in the Interim Symposium Report, are that:

• Civil affairs capabilities and civil affairs operations (CAO) are integral to campaigning.

• The theater-strategic and operational levels are critical for integration of CA forces.

• Campaigning at joint command and country team levels is inherently an interagency undertaking.

• Campaigning is not only the best way for GCCs and Army Service Component Commands (ASCCs) to leverage CA but also the best way for CA to support and integrate with these commands.

• Multicomponent CA and multidisciplinary information-related force teaming is the way forward to successful integration of CA forces in strategic competition, integrated deterrence, and campaigning as well as large-scale combat operations (LSCO).