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Navy Maritime Civil Affairs Group
The Military Civil Affairs Group (MCAG) mission is to assess, plan and execute civil affairs operations in the maritime environment, and to support the Expeditionary and Carrier Strike Groups, Combatant Commanders, Joint Task Forces, and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) elements in engaging the civil component to enhance the effectiveness of ongoing military operations.

The MCAG vision is to provide the appropriate resources to assess, plan, train and execute Civil-Military Operations in order to develop Navy civil affairs capabilities.

The Maritime Civil Affairs Group (MCAG) is a newly established organization created to conduct global civil affairs operations within a coastal and riverine environment in support of Expeditionary and Carrier Strike Groups, Joint Maritime Component Commands, Joint Task Forces (JTF’s), and Combatant Commander (COCOM's). Civil Affairs Operations are the link between military forces and civilians within the area of operations. Types of civil military operations supported by civil affairs forces are Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief; Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations, Refugee Operations, assistance with restoration of local infrastructure in the aftermath of military operations or natural/man-made disasters, and regional engagement activities. MCAG forces will operate from shore and afloat.

The MCAG is organized with a group headquarters located at Little Creek Amphibious Base. It will have 2 subordinate squadrons, located at Cheatham Annex (Yorktown), VA and Imperial Beach (San Diego), CA. Each squadron will be regionally oriented towards a combatant commander’s theater (PACOM, EUCOM, SOUTHCOM/NORTHCOM, and CENTCOM). Squadrons will have subordinate Maritime Civil Affairs Teams (MCAT’s) that will engage in Civil-Military Operations (CMO). The Group Headquarters is a shore assignment while the subordinate squadrons and below are considered “sea duty.”