ADP 3-05 / ADRP 3-05 - Special Operations Flashcards
1
Q
What factors determine the employment of special operations forces?
A
- National policy
- Geographic combatant commander requirements
- Joint force commander requirements
- Ambassador requirements
- The character of the operational environment
- The nature of the threat
2
Q
What ADP/ADRP covers Special Operations?
A
ADP/ADRP 3-05.
3
Q
What are the Special Operations core principles?
A
- Discreet
- Precise
- Scalable operations
4
Q
What are the 12 Special Operations Force imperatives?
A
- Understand the operational environment
- Recognize political implications
- Facilitate military and interagency activities
- Engage the threat discriminately
- Anticipate long-term effects
- Ensure legitimacy and credibility
- Anticipate and control psychological effects
- Operate with and through others
- Develop multiple options
- Support long-term engagement
- Provide sufficient intelligence
- Balance security and synchronization
5
Q
What will increase the effectiveness of shaping activities and improve execution of counterterrorism and irregular warfare?
A
Interdependence between special operations forces and conventional forces.
6
Q
What critical capabilities represent the core of America’s unique Army special operations capabilities?
A
- Special warfare
* Surgical strike
