Transcript: CIVIL AFFAIRS EXERCISE COMBINES MILITARY, CIVILIAN SKILLS

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FORT DIX, N.J. (Army News Service, Nov. 6, 2002) - More than 200 special operations reservists traveled to Fort Dix, N.J., Oct. 19 to participate in Roaring Lion I, a field training exercise that provided realistic scenarios for civil affairs training. Designed to test real-world skills such as humanitarian assistance and civil-military planning, Roaring Lion I included elements from the 304th Civil Affairs Brigade in Philadelphia, the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, Danbury, Conn., and the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion, Warwick, R.I., coming together for the seven-day exercise. During the exercise, the civil affairs soldiers made their way through staged ...

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