Origins The brigade traces its lineage back to the 95th Military Government Group, activated 25 August 1945. The group was assigned to Japan to provide provisional government duties during the post-
World War II occupation of Japan. Following its brief assignment, the group was inactivated on 30 June 1946. After almost 20 years of active service, the group had seen no deployments to any conflicts or contingencies with the US Army, including never seeing deployment to the
Vietnam War. Thus, the group was inactivated on 21 December 1974 at Fort Bragg. In this report, the department announced that
Special Operations Forces would increase in all areas across all branches of the US military. To support this, the department announced that
psychological operations and civil affairs units would be increased by 3,700 soldiers to support units throughout the Army. It was decided shortly thereafter that the 95th Civil Affairs Group would be reactivated. In March 2006, the unit was re-designated as a brigade and
Lieutenant General Robert Wagner, the commanding general of the United States Army Special Operations Command authorized it to operate in a provisional status. In March 2007, the 95th was removed from provisional status and fully activated. At the same time the Civil Affairs Branch of the US Army was established.
Deployment The brigade headquarters itself has not seen a deployment, even though all subordinate units have been deployed for several support missions. The 96th CA Battalion deployed units in support of the
Iraq War in mid-2007. The brigade also had troops deployed in support of special operations units in
Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. The brigade suffered several casualties in Iraq, including two soldiers killed by
improvised explosive devices. It also suffered several casualties which were rehabilitated through the new
Wounded Warrior Project. Soldiers of this battalion also saw deployments to Africa as well as other areas in support of the global
war on terrorism. ==Honors==