As part of a BBC News Online series about people's daily lives, American
reservist Frank O'Farrell talks about his work helping destitute Iraqis in Baghdad on behalf of the US Army Civil Affairs section.
I've been in Baghdad since April, working on projects to alleviate some of the problems the Iraqis had after the war.
In wartime, it's the job of Civil Affairs to mitigate interference between the military and civilian worlds. Afterwards it's our job to "secure the victory".