Today, we welcome retired Lieutenant Colonel Seth Middleton, who served as a Civil Affairs officer in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mali.
He later went on to work for USAID, teaching the JHOC, or JointHumanitarian Operations Course, and serving as a military advisor before the agency was disbanded.
We talk with Seth about his experiences at AID and his new article,"Non-Military Foreign Assistance is Now DOD’s Problem," published in the Small Wars Journal. To check out the article, I have links available in the show notes
SWJ Profile:
https://smallwarsjournal.com/author/seth-middleton/
Article:
https://smallwarsjournal.com/2025/03/21/non-military-foreign-assistance-is-now-dods-problem/
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We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "lastthree feet" of U.S. foreign relations.
To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com, or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www.civilaffairsassoc.org
CAA Call for papers:
https://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/_files/ugd/85da1e_74d6e5f2cd7f4e13a73d68ee76e5b192.pdf
CAA 2025 Symposium:
Civil Affairs Association's 2025 annual symposium will be heldin Los Angeles, California from November 13-16
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