Politics & Government
Army Activates New Unit at Fort Bragg
The 82nd Civil Affairs Battalion will also be activated regionally at Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort Stewart, Ga., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
The Army activated a new battalion at Fort Bragg during the ceremony on Tuesday. Their new headquarters will be at Smoke Bomb Hill.
The 82nd Civil Affairs Battalion will be oriented in the U.S. Africa theater of operations. Civil Affairs units carry out a variety of missions, such as disaster relief, humanitarian assistance and support to host nation governments.
According to a Fayetteville Observer report, the 83rd and other civil affairs units will be "squarely in the center of the operational arsenal of every commander," Brig. Gen. Ferdinand Irizarry said. He is deputy commander of Fort Bragg's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, which selects and trains civil affairs soldiers and writes doctrine.
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