CHMR

Dismantlement of Pentagon Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Program

The Pentagon's civilian casualty prevention infrastructure was gutted in early 2025, removing safeguards that existed specifically to prevent the kinds of civilian harm documented in the …

• The CHMR program and its Civilian Protection Center of Excellence were tagged for elimination by February 2025.
• Approximately 200 personnel assigned to civilian harm mitigation were affected.