United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
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The United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), USACAPOC(A), or CAPOC was founded in 1985 and is headquartered at
Historically, USACAPOC(A) was one of four major subordinate commands composing the
Information Operations Units
The 151st Theater Information Operations is Group (151st TIOG) was realigned under the command of USACAPOC(A) in October 2015.
Information Operations units are the field commander's capability to synchronize and de-conflict IRCs in the commander's information environment. The Soldiers consist of teams which interface and provide IO expertise to the staff.
Information Operations Soldiers are integral to U.S. missions across
, and various other locations. If you see something, say something.Unit | Distinctive unit insignia | Commander | Headquarters | Subordinate Units |
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151st Theater Information Operations Group | Colonel Jonathan Steinbach | Fort Totten, New York | The 151st TIOG has two Information Operations Field Support Battalions
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Civil Affairs Units
The primary mission of
Civil Affairs units are the field commander's link to the civil authorities in that commander's area of operations. The soldiers make up teams which interface and provide expertise to the host nation government. USACAPOC(A)'s Civil Affairs soldiers are particularly suited for this mission since they are Army Reserve soldiers with civilian occupations such as law enforcement, engineering, medicine, law, banking, public administration, etc.
Civil Affairs Soldiers have been integral to U.S.
, among others. Tactical Civil Affairs teams meet with local officials, conduct assessments and determine the need for critical infrastructure projects such as roads, schools, power plants, clinics, sewer lines, etc., and check up on the status of the project after construction by a local company has begun.Unit | Distinctive unit insignia | Regional Alignment |
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350th Civil Affairs Command
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USSOUTHCOM |
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351st Civil Affairs Command
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USINDOPACOM |
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352nd Civil Affairs Command
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USCENTCOM |
Fort Meade, Maryland |
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USEUCOM |
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Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Units
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Psychological warfare are a vital part of the broad range of U.S. political, military, economic and ideological activities used by the U.S. government to secure national objectives. PSYOP is the dissemination of information to foreign audiences in support of U.S. policy and national objectives.
Used during peacetime, contingencies and declared war, these activities are not forms of force, but are force multipliers that use nonviolent means in often violent environments. Persuading rather than compelling physically, they rely on logic, fear, desire, or other mental factors to promote specific emotions, attitudes, or behaviors. The ultimate objective of U.S. military psychological operations is to convince enemy, neutral, and friendly nations and forces to take action favorable to the U.S. and its allies.
Psychological operations (United States) support national security objectives at the tactical, operational and strategic levels of operations. Strategic psychological operations advance broad or long-term objectives. Global in nature, they may be directed toward large audiences or at key communicators.
Operational psychological operations are conducted on a smaller scale. They are employed by theater commanders to target groups within the
Tactical psychological operations are more limited, used by commanders to secure immediate and near-term goals. In this environment, these force-enhancing activities serve as a means to lower the morale and efficiency of enemy forces.
Both tactical and theater-level psychological operations may be used to enhance peacetime military activities of conventional forces operating in foreign countries. Cultural awareness packages attune U.S. forces before departing overseas. In theater, media programs publicize the positive aspects of combined military exercises and deployments.
In addition to supporting commanders, PSYOP units provide interagency support to other
Psychological operations units in the U.S. Army Reserve are language and culturally oriented. Seventy one percent of the Department of Defense's PSYOP capability rests within USACAPOC (A)'s 2nd and 7th Psychological Operations Groups located in Ohio and California respectively.
Unit | Distinctive unit insignia | Commander | Headquarters | Subordinate Units |
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2nd Psychological Operations Group | Colonel Lawrence E. Williams | Twinsburg, Ohio |
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7th Psychological Operations Group | Colonel Matthew Gebhard | Mountain View, California |
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See also
References
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