The One CA Podcast

Narayan Khadka on Nepal, castes, and community trauma

Narayan Khadka, PhD, discusses Nepal, the caste system, and training Army and Marine Corps Civil Affairs. Dr. Khadka is a Psychological Cultural Anthropologist, and holds a doctorate in ethnic and cultural conflict from Nova Southeastern University, and three master’s degrees in conflict resolution, political science, and law from New Delhi, Katmandu, and Greensboro, NC.  Originally a refugee from civil war in Nepal, he specializes in the pathology of family and community trauma and breakdown from violent extremism and extremist identity ideology.

Jay Liddick and Scott Dickerson on CA in Large Scale Combat Operations

Colonel Jay Liddick, CA Commandant, and Lieutenant Colonel Scott Dickerson, Chief of Concept Development, discuss CA in large scale combat operations.

COL Liddick and LTC Dickerson co-authored with Major Linda Chung a paper titled, "Calibrating Civil Affairs Forces for Lethality in Large Scale Combat Operations. Published in Small Wars Journal, the authors argue that, in the future operating environment of Multi-Domain Operations, "CA must counter enemy hybrid warfare in the expanded battlefield, specifically in operational and tactical support areas, as part of an integrated security team through civil reconnaissance, civil network analysis, and civil network development."

Giancarlo Newsome and Jesse Elmore on Military Government Specialists

Major Giancarlo Newsome and Captain Jesse Elmore discuss taking the 38G Military Government Specialist program from strategy to reality.

Their article, "Civil Affairs 38G Functional Specialists: From Strategy to Reality," tied for third place at the 2018 CA Symposium. It was published in the 2018-2019 Civil Affairs Issue Papers on "Optimizing Civil Affairs." Copies are available to download on the Civil Affairs Association website.

Nicholas Krohley on Human Terrain and CA Integration

Nicholas Krohley, PhD, Founder of FrontLine Advisory, and author of "The Death of the Mehdi Army," discusses human terrain and the need for better processes to integrate the mission of Civil Affairs with other elements of the military.

Dale Yeager with Travel Safety Tips

Dale Yeager, CEO, Seraph the Problem Solving Company, provides tips to keep you safe when traveling abroad.

Host John McElligott. Background song "Something Elated" by Broke For Free.

Cori Wegener on Cultural Heritage Preservation

Cori Wegener, Director, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, discusses cultural heritage preservation, Monuments Men, black market sales of antiquities, the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, and work in Syria and Iraq.

Background song "Something Elated" by Broke For Free.

Major General Darrell Guthrie of USACAPOC(A)

Major General Darrell Guthrie, Commander, US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), discusses the command, his priorities and vision for Civil Affairs, and whether CA has a sales problem.

Kwadjo Owusu-Sarfo on Ghana and Boko Haram

Kwadjo Owusu-Sarfo, PhD, is a cultural conflict sociologist with Valka-Mir Human Security, LLC. We discuss Ghanaian culture, the Dagbon conflict, his research related to Boko Haram, and how Civil Affairs forces could better integrate with host communities.

Manya Dotson on Life in the NGO Community

Manya Dotson shares her views of a career in the NGO community and differences between development and defense. We also discuss the need for more mental health support for NGO workers. Music courtesy of Broke for Free.

Wyatt Hughes Trains the Central Readiness Force of Japan

Major Wyatt Hughes discusses his experience training the Central Readiness Force, a component of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. Major Hughes had been a member of the Army Reserve Engagement Team - Japan. Haiko drum music courtesy of Bensound.