The concept for a civil affairs brigade had been under consideration for years, but was finally approved as a result of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review.

[4] The group was reactivated again just prior to the Korean War, on 29 October 1948 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

[4] The group was again activated on 9 February 1955 at Camp Gordon, Georgia and reorganized into a civil affairs unit.

[6] In this report, the department announced that Special Operations Forces would increase in all areas across all branches of the US military.

[7] The decision was made to form a brigade-sized civil affairs unit to act as a command element for the only four active duty battalion sized civil affairs units operating for the active duty US Army.

[13] The brigade suffered several casualties in Iraq, including two soldiers killed by improvised explosive devices.

[12] One of these soldiers, a Major, prompted the State of California to fly its flags at half staff.