Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations

Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations

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Civil-military operations (CMO) are defined as the activities of a commander that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relations between military forces, governmental and nongovernmental civilian organizations and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostile operation area to facilitate military operations, to consolidate and achieve operational U.S. objectives.

The mission of the Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations is to develop all ˮAV˵ leaders so that they are prepared to employ an understanding of CMO within the framework of the broad spectrum of challenges they will face in military service; to support transformational changes to professional military education across the Department of Defense and partner organizations, and to establish ˮAV˵ as the wellspring of professional military education in the realm of CMO.

The center accomplishes its missions by connecting our cadets to the civil-military operations environment through our Four Pillars of Excellence. Each domain provides a wealth of learning that accompanies its own cadet transformations from entering civilians, to military students, to civil-military practitioners as they embark on a path to leadership in support of the U.S. Army.

Contact Us

United States Military Academy
Mail and Distribution Center
ATTN:  MADN-GEN
646 Swift Road
ˮAV˵, NY 10996-1905

Phone: (845) 938-4869

Collaborate with Us

The Office of Research helps coordinate ˮAV˵’s research efforts with external entities. Those interested in conducting research with ˮAV˵ can email the Associate Dean for Research.