3rd_Civil_Affairs_Group
3rd Civil Affairs Group
Military unit
3rd Civil Affairs Group (3D CAG) is a civil affairs (CA) unit of the United States Marine Corps based at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. The Marine Corps assigns civil affairs as a primary military specialty for enlisted and additional specialty for officers. The Marine Corps uses its own civil affairs doctrine and runs the Marine Corps Civil-Military Operations School at Marine Corps Base Quantico to train civil affairs Marines.
Commanding Officer of 3rd CAG is Colonel Sean Day Archived 2017-06-25 at the Wayback Machine with Sergeant Major Craig Carstens Archived 2017-06-25 at the Wayback Machine as the 3rd CAG Sergeant Major.
3D CAG has taken part in Operation Balikitan, Cobra Gold, Korea United, and various other global operations. The CAG is made up of 3 detachments made up of Marines from all backgrounds.