Due to the government shutdown, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum could not remain open as our venue of choice.

The show goes on...online.

Please join us on Saturday, 15 November on Zoom. Register here.

We are proud to present two workshops and our Issue Paper finalists. Workshop I will focus on how Civil Affairs could lead U.S. Department of War efforts to maintain strategic access, placement, and relationships to counter adversaries given the dissolution of USAID. Workshop II will focus on how Civil Affairs contributes to lethality with observations from an emerging state.

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​Click here to download the agenda.

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The virtual Symposium ends with the presentation of the five papers selected for publication in Vol. 12 of the Civil Affairs Issue Papers. Authors will be competing for cash prizes. Click on the following links for one-page summaries of each of the five papers:

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• Seizing the Initiative: The Case for Civil Affairs-Enabled Unity of Command in U.S. Stabilization Efforts by Mr. Ryan McCannell

• Organizing for Large-Scale Combat Operations: Consolidation of Civil Affairs Forces at the Division by Major Shawn M. Blaydes, Major J. Mike Teeter, & Mr. Walter Ellison II

• Should the United States Adopt a CIMIC Model of Civil Affairs for Homeland Defense? by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boudreau, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Aniton, and Lieutenant Colonel (GS) Peter Schäfer

• The Civil Affairs Redefined Image (CARI) Model and Artificial Intelligence by Colonel Marco A. Bongioanni

• ​Redefining Civil Affairs: A Call for Modernization by Major John E. McElligott, Sergeant Major Robert J. Bruce, and Major Chris G. Antonov

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We look forward to seeing you online on 15 November!