The United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) CSIB is based upon the command’s Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, or unit patch, which was originally approved for U.S. Army Reserve Special Operations Command on 16 January 1990. Over the next three months, the color of the insignia’s borders were changed twice; in December the insignia was redesignated for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command.
An upright sword symbolizes the military nature and capabilities of the command, while the two lightning flashes denote the speed of modern electronic communications. Purple is the color of Civil Affairs units, while the dark green (“Bottle Green,” according to DA 670-1) is the Psychological Operations color; gold represents excellence.
USACAPOC (A) is far and away the largest source of Civil Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations forces in the United States military, comprising over 80 percent of the Department of Defense’s Civil Affairs forces and 83 percent of its Psychological Operations forces. It consists of 88 units with nearly 13,500 Soldiers and 375-plus civilians deployed in eight Direct Reporting Units that include two Psychological Operations Groups and four Civil Affairs Commands. Their ability to employ a broad arrange of tactics in providing commanders freedom of maneuver is embodied in the command's motto, "By sword, deed, and word."
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