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Article: Readers forum.(Letter to the Editor)
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- National Defense
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Civil Affairs
I am the executive officer for the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) in Afghanistan. In reference to your article in February 2003 (Pentagon Broadens Duties for Civil Affairs Teams), I must point out a number of inconsistencies.
Not all civil affairs soldiers are paratroopers. The 489th and the 402nd are not airborne units, regardless of what Maj. Zack may want. The only airborne civil affairs battalion in the Northeast is the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne). Some other units have a few airborne slots, but none are airborne battalions the way we are. I have never heard of a single airborne slot in the 402nd.
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