The CMOC serves as the primary coordination and knowledge management interface for the U.S. armed forces between IPIs, IGOs, NGOs, humanitarian organizations, and multinational military forces.

The Marine Corps Civil-Military Operations School produces MOS trained Civil Affairs Marines who can assess the civil environment, identify civil considerations,...

A Civil Military Operations Center or CMOC is a center usually established by a military force for coordinating civil-military operations in an area of operations.

Marine Corps CMO History. The Marine Corps has been engaged in CMO activities since its inception. In the 20th & 21st Centuries, the Marine Corps has performed extensive CMO during...

To support this effort, the Marine Corps is employing Civil Affairs (CA) forces as the primary Subject Matter Experts (SME) to advise and/or execute Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF)

The Marine Corps Civil Affairs Officer Course (0530) is the MOS qualifying course for active and reserve component Marine Corps officers. The purpose of the course is to...

The CMOC serves as the primary coordination and knowledge management interface for the U.S. armed forces between IPIs, IGOs, NGOs, humanitarian organizations, and multinational military forces.

iii SUMMARY OF CHANGES REVISION OF JOINT PUBLICATION (JP) 3-57 DATED 8 FEBRUARY 2001 • Consolidates JP 3-57.1, Joint Doctrine for Civil Affairs, and JP 3-57 formerly titled Joint Doctrine for Civil-Military Operations • Emphasizes that civil-military operations (CMO) are an inherent responsibility of command and facilitate accomplishment of the

Marine Corps CA is to support the MAGTF Commander. • CA Marines conduct military engagement, humanitarian and civic assistance, and nation assistance to influence HN and FN populations. • CA Marines are the subject matter experts in the planning, coordination, and execution of CMO, but the majority of the execution is conducted by the

CMOC functions (1) Providing interagency partners, international , and NGOs with a single accessible point of contact for the coordination of CMO. (2) Facilitating collaborative civil-military efforts with joint and coalition forces and UN, HN, and other nonmilitary agencies.