Mod C Flashcards
What is the definition of UW?
Activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow an occupying power or government by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerrilla force in a denied area
Seven phases of UW (include 0)
0 - steady state 1 - preparation 2 - initial contact 3 - infiltration 4 - organization 5 - build up 6 - employment 7 - transition
Three types of resupply
External, internal, accompanying resupply
External resupply has three subcategories, they are
Automatic, on call, emergency
List all types of insurgent ideology (EAT PURP CAGS)
Egalitarian Anarchist Traditionalist Pluralist Utopian Reformist Preservationist Commercialist Apocalyptic Globalist Secessionist
Three critical factors for US sponsorship
Feasibility
Acceptability
Adequacy
Two ways US conducts UW
Small scale - UW is the main effort
Large scale - UW is the supporting effort
Cellular types of leadership
In series - more secure, uses intermediaries, similar goals
Parallel - redundancy, central leadership
Core activities of UW (PUSSI G)
Preparation of the environment Unconventional assisted recovery Subversion Sabotage Intelligence operations Gorilla warfare
Three components to resistance movements and insurgencies
Underground - information, deception, sabotage
Auxiliary - trans, safe house, logistics
Guerrilla force - overt military ops
Two types of sabotage
General, and strategic
Types of action
Overt - action known, actor known
Covert - action known, actor unknown
Clandestine - action unknown, actor unknown
Dynamics of an insurgency (PEELIOO)
Phasing and timing Environment and geography External support Leadership Ideology Objectives Organization and operation patterns
What are the phases of an insurgency?
latent / incipient
Guerrilla warfare
War of movements
What’s the difference between sabotage and subversion?
Subversion - actions designed to undermine the military, economic psychological, or political strength or morale of a governing authority
Sabotage - and act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willingly injuring or destroying it
Initial contact
Establishes contact with insurgents
Arranges for reception of the pilot team
Pilot team conducts detailed area assessment
Infiltration
Infil and link up with pilot team
Conduct or confirm feasibility assessment
Organization
Develop resistance cadre and infrastructure
Confirm objectives and agreements
Build - up
Strike confidence targets
Define the enemy center of gravity
Employment
Large scale prep for conventional forces
Small scale continue gorilla operations
Transition
Transition to FID
Transfer authority from guerrilla to legitimate government
Why ID an insurgency dynamic in UW and COIN?
To identify an enemy’s center of gravity
Why ID an insurgency dynamic in UW and COIN?
To identify an enemy’s center of gravity
Also to conduct a feasibility assessment
Resistance Movement is defined as
And organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist The legally established government for an occupying power and to DISRUPT civil order and stability
