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What are the 7 dynamics of an Insurgency?

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LIO-E-EPO
1. Leadership
2. Ideology
3. Objectives
4. Environment and Geography
5. External Support
6. Phasing and Timing
7. Organization and Operational Patterns

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What are the 5 Objective Dynamics of an Insurgency?

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  1. Resistance
  2. Reform
  3. Nullification
  4. Secession
  5. Revolution
    Evolve over time and can exhibit more than one
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Define the objective dynamic of resistance

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  1. seek to compel a governing authority to change either policy or practice
  2. Can be passive or aggressive, clandestine or covert, and conducted in remote, semiautonomous or socio-political distinct areas
  3. Allows growth and maturing of the insurgency in numbers and capabilities
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Define the objective dynamic of reform

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  1. Seeks to compel the government to alter its policies or undertake major political, economic, or social reform
  2. Done through protests, civil disobedience, disguise random acts of violence
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Define the objective dynamic of nullification

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  1. efforts to remove government authority in geographically defined areas (leave us alone)
  2. Create a sanctuary
  3. Degrade populations trust in government security forces
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Define the objective dynamic of secession

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  1. formally withdraw from and existing state or government and establish a new, autonomous, territory
  2. To be successful they need to deny state/government access
  3. Usually ethnic or religious based
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Define the objective dynamic of revolution

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  1. seek to overthrow and shape the political system, socioeconomic structure, and even culture of the nation
  2. Want to change the fundamental source of political legitimacy
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What are the 3 phases of Mao’s insurgency?

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  1. Strategic Defense
  2. Strategic Stalemate
  3. Strategic Offense
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What are the 3 phases of insurgency according to ARSOF doctrine?

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  1. Latent or Incipient
  2. Guerrilla Warfare
  3. War of Movement
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Describe Area Complex

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  1. clandestine and dispersed operational and support networks that support resistance activities in an area
  2. Designed to achieve security, control, dispersion, and flexibility
  3. Enables coordination of operations
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What are some networks or facilities in an Area Complex?

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  1. Logistics support network
  2. medical support network
  3. communications networks
  4. info an propaganda networks
  5. transportation networks
  6. recruitment networks
  7. intel and counter intel networks
  8. finance networks
  9. training areas
  10. bases
  11. security system
  12. escape and recovery mechanisms
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How is an area complex structured to ensure the survival of its different components?

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cellular and compartmentalized

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What are the 4 components of an armed resistance?

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  1. Auxiliary
  2. Underground
  3. Guerrilla
  4. Public Component
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Describe the auxiliary component

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  1. clandestine support structure for the underground and guerrillas
  2. do not openly indicate their sympathy or involvement with the movement
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Describe the underground component

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  1. cellular element that conducts covert and clandestine activities normally denied to the auxiliary and guerrillas
  2. Support resistance through deception, sabotage, and movement of personnel and equipment
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Describe the guerrilla component

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  1. irregular, predominantly indigenous force that conducts military and paramilitary operations in enemy-held, hostile, or denied territory
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Describe the public component

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  1. a public figure that can speak on behalf of the insurgency, do not take actions themselves (Taliban representative in Qatar peace talks)
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What are the UW activities?

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(UPIGSS)
1. intel operations
2. preparation of the environment
3. unconventional assisted recovery
4. subversion
5. sabotage
6. guerrilla warfare

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Describe the UW activity of intel ops

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gathering intel to support the command decision making, operations, and understanding

supports:
- sabatage/subversion
-guerrilla ops
-political negotiations
-conventional force operations
-planning

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Describe the UW activity of preparation of the environment

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activities conducted to shape and prepare an area for potential operations

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Describe the UW activity of unconventional assisted recovery

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done to achieve specified personnel recovery tasks of US military and other designated personnel to friendly control

Highly sensitive, may be covert or clandestine

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Describe the UW activity of subversion

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actions designed to undermine the military, economic, psychological, or political strength or moral of a gov’t authority

a method of influencing an opponent’s behavior

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Describe the UW activity of sabotage

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actions directed against physical things and processes with the intent to undermine the state’s resources to defend itself

low barrier to entry, easy way for populace to support resistance

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Describe the UW activity of guerrilla warfare

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irregular, predominantly indigenous force that conducts military and paramilitary operations in enemy-held, hostile, or denied territory to degrade enemy morale and capabilities

Raids, ambushes, mining, sniping, interdictions

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How can Guerrilla Warfare assist conventional forces engaged in combat operations?
1. Attack lines of communication, supply depots and material, isolate security forces 2. small scale offensive operations during transition points (conventional in defense) to disrupt enemy counter-attack 3. reconnaissance 4. temporarily seize key terrain 5. attack enemy C2 facilities Guerrillas are best suited because they are already infilitrated with knowledge of the location
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What are the 7 phases of UW operations?
1. Preparation 2. Initial Contact 3. Infiltration 4. Organization 5. Build-up 6. Employment 7. Transition
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Describe phase 1 of UW operations
1. Preparation: conduct PSYOP to unify population against established gov't/occupying power and prep to accept US support
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Describe phase 2 of UW operations
2. Initial Contact: US agencies coordinate with allied government in exile or resistance leadership for US support
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Describe phase 3 of UW operations
3. Infiltration: infiltrate operational area, establish comms, contact resistance -get into denied area -L/U with resistance -initial assessment -principle assessment
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Describe phase 4 of UW operations
4. Organization: organize, train, and equip resistance cadre and develop infrastructure
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Describe phase 5 of UW operations
5. Build-up: assist cadre with expansion into an effective resistance organization. Limited combat operations. Focus remains on development
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Describe phase 6 of UW operations
6. Employment: conduct combat operations until L/U with conventional forces or end of hostilities Not just combat (political, non-lethal, influence)
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Describe phase 7 of UW operations
7. Transition: UW forces revert to national control, shift to regular forces under control of new gov't Reintegration or disposition of resistance
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What are SF's 9 principle tasks?
1. Unconventional Warfare 2. Foreign Internal Defense 3. Counter Insurgency 4. Security Force Assistance 5. Special Reconnaissance 6. Direct Action 7. Counter Terrorism 8. Counter Proliferation 9. Preparation of the Environment
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Describe Unconventional Warfare
US efforts to support a resistance effort againt a gov't or occupying power. 1. External support to an irregular force to defeat a superior opponent in a denied , non-permissive or contested area. 2. Main effort is the indigenous people. 3. advised by SF, not controlled controlled
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Describe Foreign Internal Defense
1. Organize, train, advise, assist and imporive tactical and technical proficiency of the HN force. 2. Supports governance and HN IDAD 3. Focused on internal threats 4. Can be done under title 10 and title 22
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Describe Counter Insurgency
1. Military and non-military means to defeat an insurgency and address its root causes. 2. Population centric, violent struggle for the support of the population 3. Activities incluse counter-guerilla, info collection, counter intel
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Describe Security Force Assistance
1. DOD activities that support development of capabilities and capacity of foriegn security forces and their supporting institutions to combat internal and external threats 2. Done through Build Partner Capacity (333) in support of international coalition operations to be of US interest 3. SF condcuts BPC missions
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Describe Special Reconnaissance
1. collecting intel using methods/equipment not normally found in CF 2. Activities include locating targets, gathering characteristics of specific targets, and/or actioning targets 3. Usually conducted in hostile/denied or politically sensitive areas
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Describe Direct Action
1. conducting quick and precise use of force to achieve a specific goal 2. often done in a surprise attack or raid 3. mining, sniping, terminal guidance also qualify as DA
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Describe Counter Terrorism
1. detecting and disrupting terrorists networks and facilities utilizing F3EAD to render them incapable of using violence to instill fear and coerce governments or societies to achieve their goals. 2. Activities include intel ops, raids, ambushes
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Describe Counter Proliferation
1. activities conducted to prevent procurement and spread of dangerous weapons (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) 2. Done by locating, target, track 3. Stop groups or countries from developing or employing them
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Describe Preparation of the Environment
1. actions taken to prepare the operational environment for potential operations 2. develop human and physical infrastructure to increase success of operations and limit risk to mission/force

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