Egyptian navy Commodore Alaa Eldin Mokhtar Abouzeid, left, deputy chief of civil affairs and psychological operations; Michelle Sams, second from left, director of the U.S. Army Research Institute; U.S. Army Col. William H. Mason, second from right, chief of civil-military operations with the Third U.S. Army (3rd Army) and U.S. Army Central Command (USARCENT); and Brig. Gen. Ed Burley, right, commander of the 352nd Civil Affairs Command (CACOM), discuss civil-military operations during the 2012 Egypt-United States Military Information Exchange at the U.S. Army Research Institute on Fort Belvoir, Va., June 6, 2012. The exchange, supported by the Third U.S. Army, U.S. Army Central Command, the 352nd Civil Affairs Command and the 2nd Psychological Operations Group, brought together civil affairs and military information support operations personnel from the two nations to discuss civil support and disaster response.