Country United States Type Civil Affairs Part of Marine Forces Reserve | Branch USMCR Size Approximately 175 | |
Role Plan & conduct civil-military operations in concert with combat operations to reach the commander’s objectives. | ||
2nd Civil Affairs Group (2nd CAG) is a civil affairs (CA) unit of the United States Marine Corps. It is based at Naval Support Facility Anacostia, Washington, D.C. and is part of the Force Headquarters Group of the Marine Forces Reserve. 2nd CAG mostly supports II MEF.
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Organization
2nd CAG is commanded by a Colonel and the unit has 38 Marine officers, 85 Marine enlisted, 4 Navy officers and 1 Navy enlisted. The unit consists of one headquarters detachment and four line detachments. The headquarters detachment also contains a standing G9 staff section of 24 Marines ready for rapid mobilization to support a brigade or larger unit.
History
On 1 October 2013, 2nd CAG stood up from 4th Civil Affairs Group.
Notable members
Colonel Lawrence Kaifesh ran for U.S. Congress in the IL-8 District.