STR 1

Question 1

Definition of UW?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

UW Core Activities

Answer 2

Subversion
Sabotage
Guerrilla Warfare
Personnel Recovery
Intelligence Operations
Preparation of the Environment (Derivative)

Question 3

Denied Area

Answer 3

An area under enemy or unfriendly control in which friendly forces cannot expect to operate successfully within existing operational constraints and force capabilities.

Question 4

Underground

Answer 4

A covert unconventional warfare organization established to operate in areas denied to the guerrilla forces or conduct operations not suitable for guerrilla forces.

Question 5

Auxiliary

Answer 5

The support element of the irregular organization whose organization and operations are clandestine in nature and whose members do not openly indicate their sympathy or involvement with the irregular movement.

Question 6

Guerrilla

Answer 6

A combat participant in guerrilla warfare.

Question 7

Three types of support to UW

Answer 7

Indirect Support

Direct Support

Combat Support (includes all the activities of indirect and direct support in addition to combat operations)

Question 8

Deterrence

Answer 8

is the situation in which an actor believes that gains from pursuing a certain action are outweighed by the costs that would be imposed by other actors for taking the action.

Question 9

Compellence

Answer 9

is the situation in which an actor ceases or reverses actions because the costs imposed by other actors are or will soon outweigh the gains of those actions.

Question 10

Resistance components (6)

Answer 10

Underground
Auxiliary
Guerrillas
Public Component
Shadow Government
Government in exile

Question 11

Public component

Answer 11

The public component refers to an overt political manifestation of a resistance

Public components are primarily responsible for negotiations with the nation-state government or occupying power representatives on behalf of resistance movement objectives

Not synonymous with shadow government or government in exile

Question 12

Resistance movement

Answer 12

An organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability.

Question 13

Insurgency

Answer 13

The organized use of subversion and violence to seize, nullify, or challenge political control of a region. Insurgency can also refer to the group itself..

Question 14

Sabotage

Answer 14

Sabotage is defined as an act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war material, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.

Question 15

Subversion

Answer 15

Action designed to undermine the military, economic, psychological, or political strength or morale of a governing authority.

Question 16

Guerrilla Warfare

Answer 16

Guerrilla Warfare comprises combat operations conducted in enemy-held territory by predominantly indigenous forces on a military or paramilitary basis to reduce the effectiveness, industrial capacity, and morale of the enemy.

Question 17

Personnel Recovery

Answer 17

PR is the sum of diplomatic , military, and civil efforts to affect the recovery and reintegration of isolated personnel.

Question 18

Intelligence Operations

Answer 18

Intelligence Operations are the tasks undertaken by military intelligence units through the intelligence disciplines to obtain information to satisfy validated requirements.

Question 19

Preparation of the environment

Answer 19

PE is the umbrella term for activities conducted in foreign countries to shape and prepare the area for potential operations.