The Civil Affairs School was relocated to Fort Gordon, Georgia in 1955 as part of the Civil Affairs and Military Government School. In 1972, the John F. Kennedy Institute for Military Assistance assumed the function of teaching Civil Affairs when the U.S. Army Civil Affairs School was transferred to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The United States Army Special Warfare School was renamed the John F. Kennedy Institute for Military Assistance, or IMA, in 1969. IMA took over the function of teaching Civil Affairs in 1972 when the U.S. Army Civil Affairs School was transferred from Fort Gordon to Fort Bragg. (Note: Forts Gordon and Fort Bragg were redesignated as Forts Eisenhower and Liberty in 2023.)
In 1985, USAJFKSWCS was recognized as the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The major change at this time was the establishment of six training departments: Special Forces; Special Operations Advanced Skills; Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape; Foreign Area Officer; Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations.
Today, Soldiers interested in becoming Civil Affairs qualified must attend the Civil Affairs Assessment and Selection course at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The Civil Affairs training pathway consists of four separate courses, lasting a total of approximately 44 weeks. The final phase is the Civil Affairs Qualification Course, which is run and managed by the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg. It focuses on planning and analysis skills, basic competencies, and familiarity with cultural distinctions required for Soldiers serving in the Army's Civil Affairs regiment.
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The design of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs School Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI), or unit crest, was approved on 20 October 1958. A bayonet crossed with a scroll signifies the organization's military authority and its mission of assisting in the creation of just and lawful civil powers.
The Distinctive Unit Insignia is worn by all Soldiers (except General Officers) in units that have been
authorized to be issued the device. It is worn centered on the shoulder loops of the Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) and the blue Army Service Uniform (Enlisted only) with the base of the insignia toward the outside shoulder seam. DUIs are not worn on the Dress variations of either uniform, however.
For Enlisted personnel, the insignia is centered on a shoulder loop by placing it an equal distance from the outside shoulder seam to the outside edge of the shoulder-loop button. Officers (except Generals) wearing grade insignia on the shoulder loops center the DUI by placing it an equal distance between the inside edge of the grade insignia and the outside edge of the button.
Full guidance on wear of the DUI is found in DA Pamphlet 670-1,
Section 21-22, "Distinctive unit insignia" and 21–3(d) and (e),
"Beret" and
"Garrison Cap," respectively.