Great post!!
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Cynthia DuBois
Special Collections Cataloger
Broward County Main Library
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts
The Dianne & Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
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I might not have this exactly right, but as I understand it--
The military does have a civil affairs team that arrives on the battlefield,
but only once the area is secure. The civil team is made up of professionals
from the fields of psychology, education, museums specialists,
archaeologists, historians, etc. that are reserve troops. This means that
they are actual psychologists, educators, museum specialists, etc. in real
life and are also in the military reserves. During wartime they get called
up to put their expertise into military support. They go into the community
and they create a network between those members of the society and the
military personal. They identify cultural resources and heritage sites that
are important to the community and develop ways to mitigate any harm. You
have to remember that the military does attempt to provide this type of
service and does recognize the problem of preserving the area's heritage.
But as Deb accurately described, this is really not the military's main
goal. If anyone honestly wants to help support or thinks that if only they
could get involved they could do it much better, here is a quick and dirty
way to get yourself a VIP pass to the center stage.
From http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/03031706.htm : "The remaining
96 percent of the Army's civil affairs forces are found in four Civil
Affairs Commands, subordinate brigades and battalions in the Army Reserve.
They provide a prime source of nation-building skills. These
reserve-component civil affairs units include soldiers with training and
experience in public administration, public safety, public health, legal
systems, labor management, public welfare, public finance, public education,
civil defense, public works and utilities, public communications, public
transportation, logistics, food and agricultural services, economics,
property control, cultural affairs, civil information, and managing
dislocated persons."
From http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Civil_Affairs/default.html : "In
support of special operations, these culturally-oriented,
linguistically-capable soldiers may also be tasked to provide functional
expertise for foreign internal defense operations, unconventional warfare
operations and direct action missions. The functional structure of civil
affairs forces and their experience, training, and orientation provide a
capability for emergency coordination and administration where civilian
political-economic structures have been incapacitated."
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/usandun/03031707.htm
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Nov2002/a20021106bestbothworlds.html
http://my.athenet.net/~bestul/ca.html
Please understand that I'm not military, so this is not in any way an
"official" point of view-- just my opinion. I don't completely support what
the US is doing, but I definitely give my 100% support to the troops that
are away from home.
Jennifer "Suzy" Powers
Archivist
Fort Bragg Cultural Resources program
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