Mod 3-Additional Cards Flashcards

1
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What are 2 categories of UW Logistics/Supply

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  1. Accompanying (what ODA brings)

2. External (Supplies delivered from outside the UWOA/JSOA by the Sponsor)

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What are the 3 types of External Supplies when talking about UW Logistics

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  1. Automatic (preplanned, usually activated after successful infil and radio contact)
  2. On-Call (items with unpredictable consumption)
  3. Emergency (mission essential equipment to restore capabilities or ensure survivability)
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3
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Define Support to Resistance (STR)

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USG policy option to support foreign resistances

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4
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What makes STR (UW) an attractive option to USG Policy Makers

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UW provides a lower military footprint and signature to the policy makers compared to large-scale military forces.

strategic: main effort (small scale UW) that can be discreetly targeted on the most high-stakes problems with specifically selected, prepared, and supported forces.

UW is an attractive strategic policy option as a global economy-of-force effort in secondary theaters, or a strategic and operational military option as a supporting line of effort to larger joint force campaigns (large scale UW).

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5
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T or F: is STR only using 1 part of the national instrument of power?

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False

STR can use all elements in DIME

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6
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Which part of DIME can be summed as: a mixture of conventional forces and special operations and it will represent varying mixes of traditional and irregular warfare

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Military

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7
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A partner conducting resistance with whom the United States Government mutually establishes agreements to cooperate for some specified time in pursuit of mutually supporting specific objectives is called what?

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Resistance Partner

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A ___ is someone who acts on behalf of another. A _____ is an employee or subordinate that an employer commands and controls and for whose actions the employer bears some legal and moral responsibility (same answer for both blanks)

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surrogate

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9
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STR Approach: What we need to look at (4 additional things)

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Understand the Environment and Assess Resistance Potential

Plan the Support to Resistance Effort

Prepare the Environment and Execute Support to Resistance

Transition to a Desired Post Conflict State

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10
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What are 2 types of Area Assessments

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Immediate (Initial Assessment; one and done)

Subsequent (Principal Assessment-done pre and is ongoing during the mission)

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11
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4 Risk Factors that make UW a good policy option?

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Diplomatic or political

Risk to force and mission

Risk of inaction on the part of the us government

Time required to train and develop forces.

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12
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Understand SF context for UW (how SF gets the big mish, think Mod 2)

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Congress says prepare for UW

EXORD produced

Congress directs DoD with UW with Title 10 and USC 167

DoD designates USSOCOM

USSOCOM directs USASOC

USASOC gives to GCCs

ODA executes

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13
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What is done to decide if the ODA is capable and the Co/BN can support

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Feasibility Assessment

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What are the 2 roles the SF battalion has in the feasibility assessment process

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support and guide ODA efforts

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What does the ODA determine during its feasibility assessment (6)

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Mission requirements
TTPs
IDs interagency coordination
required resources
training needs
augmentation needs
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What are the possible Outcomes when conducting a feasibility assessment (3)

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Affirmative—trained, equipped, and routinely supported.

Conditional—we can do it, but the following conditions or requirements exist.

Negative—we cannot accomplish this mission because of a clearly stated reason.

17
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When does the Preparation Phase begin?

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receipt of mission from POTUS or secdef approval to begin UW campaign

18
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What 2 additional organizations are needed during all phases of UW?

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MISO (use PMESII)

CA (use ASCOPE)

Slide 80

19
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What does PMESII stand for, and which organization primarily uses it?

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Political
Military
Economic
Social
Infrastructure
Information

MISO

20
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What does ASCOPE stand for, and which organization primarily uses it?

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Areas
Structures
Capabilities
Organization
People
Events

Civil Affairs

21
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Which Phase of UW has a 3rd organization (CA, MISO, ___?)

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Phase 3 (Infiltration) can have OGA involvement

22
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During Phase 5 (Build-Up) what are the component activities (Underground, Auxiliary, Guerilla Force)

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Underground- expand persistent and intrusive R/S recon surveillance

Auxiliary- expand persistent and intrusive R/S

Guerilla- build size, confidence targets

23
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What are the 2 ways employment methods are done in Phase 6 (Employment)

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violent and non lethal

24
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During Phase 6 (Employment) what are the component activities (Underground, Auxiliary, Guerilla Force)

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Underground- intelligence collection and subversion

Auxiliary- move personnel / supplies and early warning

Guerilla- target interdiction, high pay off targets, seizing key objectives, attacking lines of communication (heavily used)

25
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What are the 4 key events of Phase 7 (Transition)

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Transition to FID

Reach end state of coerce, disrupt or overthrow

Overthrow: Demobilize Resistance/ Insurgency or transition into security/police force

Coerce/Disrupt: cease operations, go dormant or hand off to other agencies or foreign powers

26
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What is needed in order to conduct covert action as part of STR?

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a Presidential Finding

27
Q

What is Preparation of the Environment

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umbrella term for operations and activities conducted by selectively trained special operations and paramilitary forces to develop an environment for potential future operations

28
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Know the 12 Principals of Resistance; some examples include:

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Resistance is fundamentally a political activity

The essence of resistance is subversion of opponent strength in all domains through a wide range of activities

Resistance activities typically involve a combination of overt, low-visibility, clandestine, and covert methods

Most successful resistance efforts require some level of popular support

29
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What type of Cell would an Intel Cell look like: parallel or series?

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Parallel Cells

30
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What is an Area Complex?

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a clandestine, dispersed network of facilities to support resistance activities in a given area designed to achieve security, control, dispersion, and flexibility

31
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How do you define a resistance area command

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the largest territorial resistance organization commanded by a senior resistance leader inside a defined resistance area of operations

32
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What are the End States of UW and what do they mean?

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  1. Coerce: Forcing someone and/or entity to so something they would rather not do.
  2. Disrupt: Prevents or impedes someone or some entity from doing something they would prefer to do.
  3. Overthrow: USG may sponsor UW to overthrow when it is intended that the supported resistance will support appropriate leaders for political control and governance.
33
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Which of the End states of UW does a Resistance primarily use?

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coerce; disrupt

34
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Which of the End states of UW does an Insurgency primarily use?

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Overthrow

35
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Define “Unconventional Warfare” VERBATIM

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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

36
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What are the 3 parts of Phasing and Timing using Mao Zedong’s words

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Latent or Insipient

Guerilla Warfare

War of Movement

37
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Define Guerrilla warfare

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military or paramilitary operations conducted in enemy-held, hostile, or denied territory by irregular, predominately indigenous, guerrilla forces to reduce the effectiveness, industrial capacity, and morale of the enemy

38
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What are some things we look at when assessing a resistance group for STR? (5)

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Goals
Grievances
World views
Ideology
Capabilities