Mod 3 Flashcards
Define Unconventional Warfare (verbatim)
Activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government or occupying power by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerilla force in a denied area. ATP 3-18.1 digital page 21
What are the ACTIVITIES of the UW mission
- Intelligence Operations
- Preparation of the Environment
- Unconventional asset recovery
- Subversion
- Sabotage
- Guerilla Warfare
Define “Resistance”
organized effort by some portion of population to resist legally established government or occupying power to disrupt civil order and stability
Define “Insurgency”
The organized use of subversion and violence by a group or movement that seeks to overthrow or force change of a governing authority. Insurgency can also refer to the group itself. (JP 3-24)
What are the END STATES of UW
- Coerce
- Disrupt
- Overthrow
Breakdown of successful efforts per each end state of UW
75% of the time coercion works
53% of the time disrupts works
29% of the time overthrow works
What are the COMPONENTS of a resistance or insurgency (4)
- Underground
- Auxiliary (Clandestine)
- Guerrilla Force
- Public Component
________ generally begins with the desire of individuals to remove intolerable conditions imposed upon them by an unpopular regime or occupying power
A Resistance
What are the 4 ways to resist
- Violent
- Nonviolent
- Overt
- Clandestine
List the 7 Dynamics of a resistance
- Leadership
- Ideology
- Objectives
- Environment and Geography
- External Support
- Phasing and Timing
- Organizational and Operational Patterns
What are the 3 Phases that fall under the Dynamic: Phasing and Timing
Phase 1: Strategic Defense (Latent/Insipient)
Phase 2: Strategic Stalemate (Guerilla Warfare)
Phase 3: Strategic Offensive (War of Movement)
The 3 Phases were originally created by:
Mao Zedong
What are the PRIMARY components of a resistance (5)
- Underground
- Armed Force
- Auxiliary Force
- Guerilla Force
- Public Component
________ is the component that is always present and is the first component of an insurgency
Underground
Which component contains operations that are clandestine in nature and provides active clandestine support
The Auxiliary