FID

Question 1

What is an OP Fund

Answer 1

Is used to provide a means for a unit, while in the field or on a deployment, to purchase mission critical requirements (supplies and services) that cannot otherwise be obtained by the unit through either the normal military supply system or from a higher HQ logistical air or ground delivery resupply plan.

Question 2

What are the 5 Principles of IDAD

Answer 2

• Unity of Effort
• Maximum use of Intelligence
• Minimum use of violence
• Responsive Government

Maximum use of PSYOPS and Civil Affairs

Question 3

What does IDAD stand for?

Answer 3

Internal Defense and Development

Question 4

When coordinating and planning for a FID mission, what happens before?

Answer 4

PDSS

Question 5

What has to be signed prior to a FID Mission

Answer 5

Memorandum of Agreement

Question 6

What are the activities of a Country Team

Answer 6

The Country Team informs various organizations of operations, coordinates elements, and achieves unity of effort. (FM 3-05.2 pg 2-12)

Question 7

Planning imperatives for FID

Answer 7

• Understand US foreign policy
• Maintain and increase HN sovereignty and legitimacy
• Understand long-term or strategic implications and sustainability of US assistance efforts before implementing FID programs.
• Tailor military support of FID programs to the environment and specific HN needs
• Ensure unity of effort
• Assess HN forces and needs

Question 8

How is a PDSS Conducted

Answer 8

• Site survey request
• Preparation
• Site Survey team composition
• Conduct of a Site Survey
• Redeployment/AAR

Question 9

What are the Key Agencies involved with FID

Answer 9

• The department of State
• Ambassador
• Country team: Defense Attaché Officer, Sec. Assistance Officer, Chief of Station
• US Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
• US Information Agency (USIA)
• The Regional Combatant Commands

Question 10

Difference between COIN and CG OPS

Answer 10

Addresses both the populace and the insurgents, can be termed Counter Insurgency (COIN). Counter Guerrilla operations are geared toward the active military element of the insurgent movement only. To this end, Counter Guerrilla operations are viewed as a supporting component of the Counter Insurgency (COIN) effort

Question 11

Key components of Counter-guerilla ops

Answer 11

• Degrade or destroy insurgent capability to conduct organized combat operations.
• Establish and maintain a secure environment, which allows a COIN strategy to take effect

Question 12

Which title funds SOF

Answer 12

11

Question 13

What are the four functions of FID

Answer 13

Balanced Development
Security
Mobilization
Neutralization

Question 14

Primary Role of FID

Answer 14

ARSOF’s primary role in FID is to assess, train, advise, and assist HN military and paramilitary
forces with tasks that require the unique capabilities of ARSOF. The goal is to enable these forces to maintain the HN’s internal stability; to
counter subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other threats to security in their country; and to address the causes of instability averting failing state conditions.

Question 15

Instruments of FID

Answer 15

includes all instruments of national power—diplomatic, information, military,
and economic.