1st Civil Affairs Group: Difference between revisions

| unit_name = 1st Civil Affairs Group

| image = 1st Civil Affairs Group Logo.png

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| dates = 1985-present

| country = [[United States]]

| allegiance = [[United States|United States of America]]

| branch = [[United States Marine Corps]]

| type = [[Civil Affairs]]

| role = Provide [[civil-military operations]] support to [[I MEF]] or other [[MAGTF]] in order to reduce friction between the civilian population and the MEF or other MAGTF.

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| command_structure = [[Marine Forces Reserve]]

| current_commander = Colonel John P.Michael ValenciaAldridge

| garrison = [[Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton]]

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| battles = '''[[Operation Desert Storm]]'''<br />'''[[Kosovo Force]]'''<br />

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|year=2002 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140207/http://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/caunits.htm |archivedate = 2007-09-28}} This webpage listed locations of CA units throughout the United States.</ref> It is one of fourthree civil affairs units in the Marine Corps, all of which are reserve units. 1st CAG tends to support [[I Marine Expeditionary Force]] activities.

1st CAG was activated June 6, 1985, originally as 3d CAG, at [[Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center]], Los Angeles]]. Between 1987 and 1988, the group recruited and trained Marines to fulfill its mission of providing civil affairs support to active forces in training exercises in the United States and overseas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imef.marines.mil/News/News-Article-Display/Article/567150/marines-of-1st-civil-affairs-group-i-mef-bridge-the-gap-between-civilian-and-mi/ |title=marines.mil, Marines of 1st Civil Affairs Group, I MEF bridge the gap between civilian and Military Ops, By Lance Cpl. April Price, February 23, 2015 |access-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822215747/https://www.imef.marines.mil/News/News-Article-Display/Article/567150/marines-of-1st-civil-affairs-group-i-mef-bridge-the-gap-between-civilian-and-mi/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In January 2003, 3rd CAG mobilized for Operation Enduring Freedom and deployed to [[Kuwait]] in anticipation of combat operations in [[Iraq]]. With the commencement of the ground war in March 2003, 3rd CAG helped restore Iraq's infrastructure and government, concluding its first tour of [[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]] in September 2003.

In January 2004, 3rd CAG mobilized and deployed for a second tour in Iraq to support I MEF in [[Al Anbar Governorate|al-Anbar province]] and returned to Camp Pendleton in August.

A detachment from 3rd CAG mobilized and deployed to Iraq from January to October 2005 as part of provisional 5th CAG in support of II MEF in al-Anbar. Major Ricardo A. Crocker died on May 26, 2005, from a rocket propelled grenade explosion while conducting combat operations in Hadithah, Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theprecis.com/major-ricardo-antonio-crocker-usmc/|title=Major Ricardo Antonio Crocker, USMC |last=Lowrie|first=Katharine Blossom|date=March 11, 2008|website=theprecis.com|publisher=The Précis Classic Obituaries|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref>

In December 2005, 3rd CAG mobilized and deployed in March 2006 for a third tour in Iraq to support I MEF in al-Anbar and returned to Camp Pendleton in October 2006.

In 2012, 3d CAG was designated as 1st CAG, to recognize its geographical location complimentedcomplemented by its historical association and relationship with I MEF.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

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* {{cite book |authorpublisher=3rd CAG |title=231st Birthday Ball Ceremony Program |date=2006-11-04 |pages=4–6}}

* {{cite book |authorpublisher=3rd CAG |title=227th Birthday Ball Ceremony Program |date=2002-11-02 |pages=6–7}}

* [http://www.marforres.marines.mil/Major-Subordinate-Commands/Force-Headquarters-Group/1st-Civil-Affairs-Group/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820091453/http://www.marforres.marines.mil/Major-Subordinate-Commands/Force-Headquarters-Group/1st-Civil-Affairs-Group/ |date=2016-08-20 }} - Official Website

[[Category:Civil affairs units and formationsgroups of the United States Marine Corps]]