Photo Caption: CIMIC troops of the National Guard of Ukraine deliver food and clothing donated by the Republic of Latvia to the people of Kozacha Lopan in Kharkiv Oblast. By Christopher Holshek The 2026 Civil Affairs (CA) Roundtable held online on May 28th closed out another annual cycle of Civil Affairs Corps thematic discussions for CA force and professional development. As with all 17 Roundtables before it, this year’s look at “Redefining Civil Affairs” served to advance a more...

Last year’s Symposium examined how to redefine the role of civil affairs (CA) in large-scale combat operations (LSCO) as a critical economy-of-force capability that preserves combat power and lethality, consolidates gains, and shapes conditions in the human dimension to “secure the victory” – before, during, and after LSCO. CA does this through its core competencies of Military Government Operations (MGO), Civil Network Development and Engagement (CDNE), Civil Knowledge Integration (CKI), and...

Image created by Microsoft CoPilot By Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Botero Generative AI is quickly transforming society—and just as quickly producing problems. Through its ability to create new content (e.g., text, video, audio) based on existing data that can infringe on copyright protections or even mimic real footage to spread disinformation, much attention has been given to the problems Generative AI is creating in civilian society. Unfortunately, our military preparation is lagging, and...