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4th Civil Affairs Group

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| image = 4th CAG.png

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| country = United States

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| branch = USMCR

| type = Civil Affairs

| role = Plan & conduct civil-military operations in concert with combat operations to reach the commander’s objectives.

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| command_structure = Marine Forces Reserve

| current_commander = Colonel David Cox

| garrison = Hialeah, FL

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| battles = Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom

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File:4th CAG at USMC War Memorial August 2004.jpg

4th Civil Affairs Group (4th CAG) is a civil affairs unit of the United States Marine Corps. It is based in Hialeah, Florida. For information on 4th CAG prior to 2012, see 2nd Civil Affairs Group, which was formed out of the original 4th CAG in Washington D.C.{{cite web

|access-date=2007-08-30

|publisher=Civil Affairs Association

|url=http://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/caunits.htm

|title=Our Nations Civil Affairs Units

|year=2002

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824043504/http://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/caunits.htm

|archive-date=2007-08-24

|url-status=dead

}} This webpage listed locations of civil affairs units throughout the United States. It is one of only four civil affairs groups in the Marine Corps, all of which are reserve units. 4th CAG was the first civil affairs group in the Marine Corps and mostly supports II MEF.

Organization

4th CAG is commanded by a Colonel and the unit has 38 Marine officers, 85 Marine enlisted, 4 Navy officers and 1 Navy enlisted.{{cite report |access-date=2007-11-01

|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/usmc/to/command/To4998r.htm

|author=U.S. Marine Corps

|title=4th Civil Affairs Group, MARFORRES — Table of Organization

|id=Report No. I5921C4A-1 Table of Manpower Requirements (T/O 4998R)

|date=February 1999

}} The unit consists of one Headquarters Detachment and three Line Detachments. Civil Affairs Marines carry the secondary Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 0530/0531 (Civil Affairs Officer/Specialist) in addition to their primary military operational speciality.

History

On November 1, 1955, 4th CAG was activated originally as 5th Staff Group at Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia."Unit Profile- 4th Civil Affairs Group: Anacostia Naval Station, Washington, D.C.", Continental Marines (Fall 2011), page 28. The first commanding officer was Colonel Winslow H. Randolph Jr. In 1973, the unit had a table of organization of 30 officers and 50 enlisted and was commanded by Colonel J. Z. Taylor."'Brainy' Marine reservists man one of a kind Civil Affairs unit", Wilmington Morning Star, Marine Edition, volume 106, number 158 (Wilmington, North Carolina, 21 April 1973). In the late 1970s, 4th CAG supported several iterations of Operation Solid Shield with NATO.Bartlett, Tom. "Strength In Reserve", Leatherneck Magazine, volume 62, number 5 (Marine Corps Association, May 1979), pages 47-48. In 1979, 4th CAG was relocated to Naval Support Facility Anacostia. 4th CAG activated several Marines for the first time in the unit's history to support Operation Just Cause in Panama.Brown, DeNeen L. "Activated for the Aftermath?", The Washington Post (December 15, 1990), pages E1 and E3. The entire unit was activated for the first time in December 1990 and deployed for Operation Desert Storm in 1991.Colonel Charles J. Quilter II. U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990–1991: With the I Marine Expeditionary Force in Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Washington, DC: Marine Corps History and Museums Division, 1993), p. 65. During Operation Desert Storm, 4th CAG was assigned to 2nd Marine Division and helped process over 10,000 Iraqi POWs.Kaheny, John M. "After the Storm" - "Marine Corps Civil Affairs During Desert Shield/Desert Storm", The Officer, volume 77, number 4 (Reserve Officers Association, May 2001), pages 19-20. Immediately upon return from the Middle East, a detachment from 4th CAG deployed to Northern Iraq in support of Operation Provide Comfort to provide humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees.Brown, Ronald J. Humanitarian Operations in Northern Iraq, 1991: With Marines in Operation Provide Comfort (Washington, DC: Marine Corps History and Museums Division, 1995), page 3. 4th CAG sent numerous detachments to the Balkans in mid-1990s until 2003.Wilkerson, Thomas L. "One Corps-Standard A Proven Total Force Concept", The Officer, volume 74, number 1 (Reserve Officers Association, January/February 1998), page 63.Lowrey, Nathan. "Peacekeeping Operations in Kosovo: The 26th MEU During Operation Joint Guardian", Marine Corps Gazette, volume 83, number 12 (Marine Corps Association, December 1999), page 59. 4th CAG participated in numerous New Horizons missions in Central/South America and the Caribbean Islands. 4th CAG deployed to Iraq three times for the Iraq War: (1) February to September 2003, (2) August 2004 to March 2005 and (3) September 2006 to April 2007. 4th CAG sent a detachment to support Joint Task Force Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, from September to October 2005. 4th Civil Affairs Group also sent detachments to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom in May 2009, November 2009, and August 2011 and participated in Operation Strike of the Sword.

On December 15, 2013, 4th CAG was reactivated and relocated to Hialeah, Florida, as part of the Force Structure Review. Colonel Augustin Bolanio was assigned as the Group Commander and Sergeant Major Mark T. Davis was posted as the Group Sergeant Major. 4th CAG's primary mission is to provide civil affairs support to the U.S. Southern Command.

Unit awards

File:4th Civil Affairs Group Lineage 2012.jpg

File:4th Civil Affairs Group Honors 2012.jpg

  • 60px  Presidential Unit Citation
  • March 21, 2003, to April 24, 2003 (with I MEF)
  • May 29, 2009, to April 12, 2010 (with 2d MEB)"4th Civil Affairs Group, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Presented Presidential Unit Citation" (September 2012). Scroll & Sword (The Journal and Newsletter of the Civil Affairs Association), Columbia, Maryland, volume 62, issue 1, page 11.
  • 60px  Navy Unit Commendation
  • January 1997 to November 2001
  • August 2, 2004, to February 1, 2005 (with I MEF)
  • September 2006 to March 2007 (with I & II MEF)
  • 60px  Meritorious Unit Commendation
  • August 1, 1990, to June 30, 1991 (with 4th MarDiv)
  • 60px  Commandant of the Marine Corps Certificate of Commendation
  • December 1978 to December 1980

Notable members

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book|access-date=2007-11-02|url=http://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/Feb2006%20briefs/CA%20Association%20Marine%20Brief_files/frame.htm|author=4th CAG|title=USMC Civil Affairs Update|date=2006-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140218/http://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/Feb2006%20briefs/CA%20Association%20Marine%20Brief_files/frame.htm|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}} 4th CAG briefed this slideshow presentation at the Civil Affairs Association Winter Board Meeting on February 4, 2006, and it contained a good summary of the organization and its missions. It also contained a synopsis of 4th CAG support to OIF and the future direction of the unit.
  • {{cite book|author=4th CAG|title=4th CAG Command Chronology for Calendar Year 2003|date=2004-03-12}}
  • {{cite book|author=4th CAG|title=4th CAG Command Chronology 1 July 2004–31 December 2004 |date=2005-04-19}}
  • {{cite book|author=4th CAG|title=4th CAG Command Chronology for Calendar Year 2005|date=2006-07-15}}

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070529234228/http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/hq/4thcag/ 4th Civil Affairs Group homepage]
  • [http://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/ Civil Affairs Association homepage]
  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=417

|title=Marines Hold Full-Scale Civil Affairs Training Exercise

|author=Smith, Steven Donald

|publisher=American Forces Press Service

|date=August 10, 2006

}}

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