MOD B (X) Flashcards
What are the TSOC
Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAF)
Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR)
Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT)
Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC)
Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR)
Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH)
Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH)
What are the Functional Combatant Commands (FCC)
CYBER Command (CYBERCOM) Strategic Command (STATCOM) Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
What are the Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC)?
Africa Command (AFRICOM) Central Command (CENTCOM) European Command (EUCOM) Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Northern Command (NORTHCOM) Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Space Command (SPACECOM)
Describe The Emerging Operational Environment
(War in the 21st Century)
Irregular Warfare.
China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are employing coercive and subversive methods to create instability and internal chaos.
Threatening international norms, to confuse the public opinion, paralyze political decision making, subvert legal frameworks, and avoid crossing the threshold of military response.
Describe Unconventional Warfare
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 Guerrilla Force in a denied area.
What are 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 Guerrilla Force in a denied area.
Unconventional Warfare
What is Not a primary function of DOD?
Promoting peace and stability in areas of violence or instability is not a primary function of DOD.
What are Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Chemical, Biological, Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) weapons
Capable of a high order of destruction or causing mass casualties,
Excluding the means of Delivery System
What are the Three types of Preparation of the Environment
Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE)
Advance Force Operations (AFE)
Intelligence Operations (IO)
Describe Preparation of the Environment (PE)
An umbrella term used for operations and activities conducted by selectively trained Special Operations Forces to develop an environment for potential future special operations
Describe Preparation of the Environment (PE)
An umbrella term used for operations and activities conducted bu selectively trained Special Operations Forces to develop an environment for potential future special operations
Where is PE in Special Warfare and Surgical Strike
Preparation of the Environment falls under both; Special Warfare and Surgical Strike
What Special Forces Capabilities fall under Special Warfare?
Unconventional Warfare (UW)
Foreign Internal Defense (FID)
Counterinsurgency
Security Force Assistance (SFA)
What Special Forces Capabilities fall under Surgical Strike
Special Reconnaissance (SR)
Direct Action (DA)
Counterterrorism (CT)
Counterprofileration
Describe CounterProliferation (CP)
Actions taken to reduce the risks of WMD to the United States, Allies, and Partners
Describe Counterterrorism (CT)
Actions taken directly against Terrorist Networks
Indirectly influences and renders environments inhospitable to Terrorist Networks
Describe Direct Action (DA)
Short Duration Strikes and other small-scale offensive actions,
Conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically sensitive environments
Which employ specialized military capabilities to Seize, Destroy, Capture, Exploit, Recover, or Damage designated targets
Describe Special Reconnaissance
Special Operation conducted hostile, denied, or sensitive environment
To collect or verify strategic/operational information.
By specially trained units, utilizing capabilities not found in conventional forces
Three types of FID
Indirect Support
Direct Support
U.S. Combat Operations
Describe Counter Insurgency
Comprehensive Civilian and Military efforts taken to defeat an insurgency
(address any Core Grievances)
Describe Foreign Internal Defense (FID)
Actions taken to empower Host Nation Government to free and protect its society from Subversion, Lawlessness, Insurgency, Terrorism, and other threats to is security
Describe Security Force Assistance (SFA)
Actions taken to enable Host Nation capabilities to not only defend within, but defend against outside threats and support coalition efforts.
What is OTERA
Organize
Train
Equip
Rebuild/Build
Advise
Describe Low-Vis Operations
Sensitive Operations conducted with Limited exposure of activities
Where Covert and Clandestine operations are either not necessary or not feasible.