text: Organic and Task-Organized Structure
  CIVIL AFFAIRS
  2-33. CA forces execute CA core competencies and functions. The CA branch provides three core
  competencies nested within CA operations – CA activities, military government operations and CA supported
  activities. CA functions are structured under each competency, organizing tasks and systems (people,
  organizations, information, and processes) into executable capabilities to achieve the desired effects. CA core
  competencies form the basis for training, organizing, equipping, and employing CA forces. The core
  competencies nest within the commander’s overall responsibility for planning and executing civil-military
  operations. CA operations core competencies and their nested functions:
  * CA activities. Civil affairs activities are activities specifically planned, executed, and assessed by
  Civil Affairs forces that support the commander in order to synchronize, coordinate, and integrate
  indigenous populations and institutions, unified action partners, and interagency (FM 3-57). CA
  activities provide unique capabilities to the commander. CA activities consist of the following
  functions:
   Civil reconnaissance.
   Civil engagement.
   Civil information management.
   Civil-military operations center.
   CA operations staff support.
  * Military government operations. Military government operations are operations executed by
  Civil Affairs to provide expertise in the civil sector functions in order to establish transitional
  military authority or conduct support to civil administration (FM 3-57). While the Department of
  State has the lead for stabilization and reconstruction, the DOD has a requirement to support that.
  DODD 5100.01 directs the Army to establish military government when occupying enemy
  territory, and DODD 2000.13 identifies military government as a directed requirement under CA
  operations. Although CA forces enable military government by conducting Military government
  operations, there is currently no overarching concept or doctrine within DOD or the Army for how
  to establish a transitional military authority. CA forces provide expertise in civilian sector
  functions that normally are the responsibility of civilian authorities in order to establish local
  government capability or to enhance its capacity. This core competency is normally executed in
  support of Department of State operations or when directed in the absence of other United States
  Government capabilities. Military government operations include the following functions:
   Transitional military authority.
   Support to civil administration.
  * CA supported activities. Civil affairs supported activities are activities in which Civil Affairs
  plays a key planning, coordinating or synchronizing role, but for which they are not the proponent
  or primary executor (FM 3-57). CA supported activities are comprised of the following functions:
   Foreign assistance.
   Foreign humanitarian assistance.
   Populace and resources control.
   Civil-military engagement.