Story by Staff Sgt. Emilie Lenglain | 353d Civil Affairs Command | 05.18.2025
U.S. Army Col. Michael Johnson, who is the Chief of a Civil Affairs Functional Specialty Team in the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, earned the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation in recognition of his leadership of the Electric Vehicle Defensive Working Group, January 14, 2025, at the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda, Maryland....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams | 353d Civil Affairs Command | 03.16.2024
GRAFENWOER, GERMANY - Battlefields come in many different forms. Whether it's within a mountainous countryside or on a 15-inch computer screen, decisions will be made, setting off a chain of events. This sequence of events can either garner desired results or have consequential effects on combatants and the surrounding area. Keeping this consideration in mind, civil affairs and......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams | 353d Civil Affairs Command | 12.02.2023
New York, NY – “If anybody has found the magic sauce, please share it with us because we haven't found it yet,” Command Sgt. Maj. Clifford Lo, senior enlisted advisor for the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, said as he sat looking outside of a ferry window. “Team building matters because it helps us do a better job with what we're doing, which is developing and mentoring each other.” As......
Story by Lt. Col. Brett Walker | 353d Civil Affairs Command | 11.28.2023
The role of the Army’s 353 Civil Affairs Command in the largest marathon of 2023
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams | 353d Civil Affairs Command | 06.07.2023
New York, N.Y. – As thousands of tourists and New Yorkers flood large halls and galleries filled with art, a small group of soldiers sit in a dimly lit room listening to the do’s & don’ts on handling historical pieces. The scratching of pens and ruffling of pages can be heard faintly as a slide-show presentation illuminates the center wall. For these soldiers, threats to a population's......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams | 353d Civil Affairs Command | 05.06.2023
HOHENFELS, GERMANY - Chilled winds gusted through a mock village as a dark orange pickup truck leads a convoy of four non-tactical vehicles. The grumbling sound of nearby engines caused the heads of curious role players to turn towards the road. As the trucks drive in a wide bicircular curve, the convoy eventually settles in front of a tattered brick building. Slowly opening their vehicular......
Story by Maj. Deveney Wall | 353d Civil Affairs Command | 03.19.2022
FORT WADSWORTH, N.Y. – During the early months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Timothy Brennan virtually assumed command of the 353d Civil Affairs Command, unbeknownst that he would spend his entire command in a pandemic. And even though the world evolved with the rapid changes of a virtual environment. The Army Reserve maintained operational readiness......
Story by Maj. Saska Ball | U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) | 05.01.2019
This year’s United States Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command Best Warrior Competition was held at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, April 27 thru April 30. Each day the competitors were physically and mentally tested, with little sleep, little food, all without knowing what was next. Both the NCO and Enlisted Best Warrior will continue on to the United States Army Reserve Best......
