Report finds uncivil fatality rates in civil affairs command
Although a mere fraction of the troops are dedicated to Civil Affairs, they have been deployed without proper training and equipment to hostile territory to car...
The goal was to win the hearts and minds of locals in Iraq and Afghanistan. But a new report by the Center for Public Integrity finds that Civil Affairs Reservists have died disproportionately in war zones. Their investigative report finds that the Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command lacked the soldiers, training and equipment to do the job. Barbara Slavin, a freelance writer for the Center for Public Integrity, explains.
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