Mod B Quiz 3 Flashcards
What are the 4 pillars of ARSOF?
- Indigenous approach to operations
- Precision targeting operations
- Understanding and wielding influence
- Crisis response
What is a Covert Operation?
An Operation Planning and execution to conceal the identity of/or permit plausible denial by the sponsor
What is Foreign Internal Defense?
Participation of civilian agencies and military force of a government or international organizations in programs and activities undertaken by a host nation government to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism and any other threat to its security
What are the 3 categories of FID?
Indirect support, Direct Support (not involving us combat operations), us combat operations
What is a Clandestine operation?
An operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies in such a way to assure secrecy or concealment
What is a Low-visibility operation ?
Sensitive operations where in the diplomatic military restrictions inherent in covert and clandestine are either not necessary or not feasible; actions are taken as required to limit exposure of those involved and with the knowledge that the action or sponsorship may preclude plausible denial
Actions are taken to limit exposure of those involved and/or their activities and with the knowledge that the action and/or sponsorship of the operation may preclude plausible denial by the initiating power.
Low-Visibility Operations
Denied Area is?
Area under enemy or unfriendly control in witch friendly forces cannot expect to operate successfully within existing operational constrains
What is the definition of Counterinsurgency (COIN)?
Comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to defeat an insurgency and to address any core grievances
What is Security Force Assistance (SFA)?
The DoD activities that support the development of the capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions.
What does OTERA mean?
Organizing Training Equipping Rebuilding Advising
What is Special Reconnaissance (SR)?
Actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically/politically sensitive environment to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance, employing military capabilities not normally found in conventional forces
What is the Special Forces principal tasks?
Unconventional Warfare (WU) Foreign Internal Defense (FID) Cointerinsurgency (COIN) Security Forces Assistance (SFA) Special Reconnaissance (SR) Direct Action (DA) Counterterrorism (CT) Counterproliferation (CP) Preparation of the Environment (PE)
What is Direct Action (DA)?
Short duration strikes and other small scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and politically sensitive environments and witch employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets.
What is Counterterrorism (CT)?
Actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks.
