Civil Affairs officer chosen to serve as aide to Army Reserve chief

By Staff Sgt. Sharilyn Wells
USACAPOC PAO

	Courtesy photo Maj. Kevin Guidry, right, poses for a photo with his wife, as he prepares for his new assignment as aide to Army Reserve Chief, Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz.

One of civil affairs’ elite officers has been chosen as the aide-de-camp to Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, chief of Army Reserve. Maj. Kevin Guidry, currently the commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 351st Civil Affairs Command, will soon move from his cozy home in Mountain View, Calif. to Arlington, Va., with his wife for his new assignment.

Guidry started his Army career in 1987 at the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1991 as an infantry officer assigned to 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. He took a six-year break from 1996 to 2002 when he became an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Now, serving as the commander of the 351st CACOM, Guidry said he looks forward to his new assignment.

“There really isn’t a typical day (as the aide-de-camp), as far as I can tell,” said Guidry, who was also the aide to Maj. Gen. David Blackledge, who was then commander of the 352nd Civil Affairs Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom 1, and now commands the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command. “I coordinated his schedule, kept him apprised of what was happening in the field, set up appointments and addressed his personal needs. In garrison, most aides have the same responsibilities, although in a much more formal environment than in a combat zone.”

Guidry first heard about the opening for the CAR through an Army Knowledge Online
e-mail message and decided to try and compete for it.

“I was about to leave command and was looking for a new assignment,” explained Guidry. “I had applied for an Army Congressional Fellowship and was awaiting board results for that when I applied to be the aide. I received word from the CAR’s office that my packet was one of the three selected for a follow-on interview with Lieutenant General (Jack C.) Stultz, so I flew out for the interview at the Pentagon in mid-December.”

“I was happy that I was selected, but I was also apprehensive about the pressure and the pace of the new assignment. It’s quite a bit of appointments, meetings, and travel,” said Guidry. “I’m honored and humbled to have this opportunity, and hope to bring credit upon the Civil Affairs community.”

The 351st Civil Affairs Command is part of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command headquartered at Fort Bragg. USACAPOC is five percent of the U.S. Army Reserve Command’s force and is responsible for 20 percent of the Army Reserve deployments. The command is comprised of nearly 12,000 Soldiers in 67 units across 31 states. USACAPOC is home to 94 percent of the Department of Defense’s CA capability and 71 percent of the DoD’s PSYOP capability.

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