MOD C - HW 4-5 Flashcards
What is the context for SF conducting UW?
Prepare for and execute when tasked
What provides the basis for the BN METL and ODA training plan?
Feasibility Assessment
When does the mission analysis process start and end?
Starts with: Receipt of mission letters and commanders intent
Ends with: ODA fully prepared to conduct the assigned mission
When does the deliberate planning process start?
Begins with receipt of the tasking order (TASKORD) and Target Intelligence Packet (TIP) from the TSOC.
What is the purpose of the feasibility assessment?
Determine the ability of the ODA to perform the mission and the abilities of the battalion or ODB to support the mission
What is the ODA determining during the feasibility assessment process?
Mission requirements, TTPs, IDs interagency coordination, required resources, training needs, augmentation needs
What are the three possible outcomes of the ODAs feasibility assessment?
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.
What are the seven phases of UW?
- Preparation
- Initial Contact
- Infiltration
- Organization
- Buildup
- Employment
- Transition
What initiates a UW campaign?
Directed by POTUS or Presidential Finding
What are the six types of initial contact?
- Higher to lower
- lower to higher
- prearranged contact plan
- initial contact above ODA level
- chance contact
- deliberate contact
During phase six of UW, what are the two methods a resistance can be employed?
Violence, non-lethal
When does the ODA begin their area assessment during phase three of UW?
Immediately upon infiltration into the JSOA
What phase of UW do you begin to build the area complex and develop cadre?
Organization
What is the difference between a Line of Effort and Line of Operation?
A line of operation (LOO) is a logical line that connects actions, nodes, or decisive points related in time and purpose with an objective
A line of effort (LOE) links multiple tasks and missions using the logic of purpose— cause and effect—to focus efforts toward establishing operational and strategic conditions
Do the seven phases of UW have to occur in order and do all seven phases have to happen at all?
Do not have to happen in order, phases can be skipped or not happen at all, each resistance is different
When does an SFODA conduct UW?
On Order from POTUS
What type of operations shape perceptions through information?
Military Information Support Operations (MISO)
What is the analysis approach used to analyze an entire country’s system for successful mission planning?
PMESII
What is covered in each section of PMESII? Who does it? What is its purpose?
WHO: PSYOPs
Purpose: Operational Variables
P: Political
M: Military
E: Economic
S: Social
I: Infrastructure
I: Information
What is covered in each section of ASCOPE? Who does it? What is its purpose?
Who: Civil Affairs
Purpose: Civil Considerations
A: Area
S: Structures
C: Capabilities
O: Organization
P: People
E: Events
What is the purpose of MISO operations in UW?
Shaping perceptions through information
What is the mission and purpose of Civil Affairs in UW?
Planning and addressing impacts of the proposed mission on the local populace and civil considerations
What are stay behind operations and what is the main purpose do those forces?
Stay behind Operations: A stay-behind operation is an operation in which the commander leaves a unit in position to conduct a specified mission while the remainder of the forces withdraw or retire from an area
Main Purpose of Forces: The main purpose of a stay-behind force is to destroy, disrupt, and deceive the enemy
How do stay behind forces and a stay behind resistance differ?
Forces: Military Only
Resistance: mix of military, paramilitary, civil government, and society organizations and civilians.
What is stay behind UW?
External sponsors who support a stay behind resistance
What are the six activities of UW?
- Subversion
- Sabotage
- Guerilla Warfare
- Non-Conventional Assisted Recovery
- Preparation of the Environment
- Intelligence Operations
What are the two types of Sabotage?
General and Strategic
What is the purpose of sabotage?
- Increase enemy expenditure of money, time, and manpower
- Hurt morale
What type of sabotage is the ability to damage or slow something by natural means with no need for explosives?
General Sabotage
What are the different types of Intelligence Operations?
Tactical, Political, Support to Sabotage, Scientific and Military Secrets
What component will usually conduct political intelligence?
The Underground
What are the steps of Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield?
- Define the operational environment.
- Describe the environmental effects on operations.
- Evaluate the threat.
- Determine threat COAs.
What is the difference between PE as an activity and principal task?
PE as an activity requires and EXORD or Presidential Finding and is specifically to support a sanctioned UW campaign.
What does PE provide the commander?
Capability Options
What is the difference between NAR and UAR?
Unconventional Assisted Recovery is conducted by SOF unilaterally with indigenous or surrogate personnel or with OGAs
What activity of UW is deemed the most important?
Subversion
What is the definition of subversion?
Actions designed to undermine the military, economic, psychological, or political strength or morale of a governing authority.
What is the purpose of agitation?
Overcoming the Target Audience’s psychological and physical barriers to increase the flow of information by delivering messages that are credible and meaningful.
What is the purpose of information activities during subversion?
Agitate a select portion of the population (Target Audience) to support the insurgency by sending a message that the insurgency is fighting to solve a shared grievance.
What are the operational missions of the Guerrilla Force?
- Support of the Theater Commander’s Unconventional Warfare Campaign
- Assist Conventional Forces Engaged in Combat Operations
- Conducted Mission after Linkup with Friendly Forces
