 After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the US Army began reorganizing and consolidating its force structure in response to invading and occupying Afghanistan.USCAPOC, by this point, was already reorganizing its forces in efforts to remain prepared for deployment and expand to meet an increasing demand for Civil Affairs support.By 2002, the 490th, along with the 321st CA BDE, was realigned from the 353rd Civil Affairs Command (CACOM) to the 351st Civil Affairs Command (CACOM) out of Mountain View, California.