UW Test Flashcards
Define 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 (JP 3-05)
Traditional Warfare
Traditional warfare typically involves force-on-force military Operations in which adversaries employ a variety of conventional forces and SOF against each other in all physical domains, as well as the information environment (which includes cyberspace) (ATP 3-18.1)
Irregular Warfare
In irregular warfare, a less powerful adversary seeks to disrupt or negate the military capabilities and advantages of a more powerful military force, which serves that nation’s established government. UW is a form of irregular warfare. (ATP 3-18.1)
Guerrilla Warfare
Military and Paramilitary operations conducted in enemy-held or hostile territory by irregular, predominantly indigenous, forces (ATP 3-18.1)
Resistance Movement
An organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government or occupying power and disrupt civil order and stability (JP 3-05)
Subversion
Actions designed to undermine the military, economic, psychological, or political strength or morale of a governing authority, (JP 3-24)
Denied Area
An area under enemy or unfriendly control in which friendly forces cannot expect to operate successfully within existing operational constraints and force capabilities (JP 3-05)
Clandestine Operation
An operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies in such a way as to assure secrecy or concealment (of the operation) (JP 3-05.1)
Covert Operation
An operation that is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor (JP 3-05).
Area Command
In unconventional warfare, the irregular organizational structure established within an unconventional warfare operational area to command and control irregular forces advised by army special forces (ATP 3-05)
Insurgency
The organized use of subversion and violence by a group or a movement that seeks to overthrow or force change of a governing authority. Insurgency can also refer to the group itself.
Describe Accompanying Supply
The supplies an SFOD-A takes with them into the JSOA at the time of infiltration. The ODA prepares and rigs accompanying supplies for delivery to include packaging and load consideration for transportation prior to infil. Supplies may be cached following infiltration.
Considerations: Capabilities of G-Forces, enemy capabilities and situation, method of infil, requirements for SERE, available resource in the JSOA, size and capability of the reception committee, requirements for sustaining operations pending receipt of an automatic resupply.
Describe External Supply
Resupply planned in isolation to be delivered after infiltration at a coordinated location and time.
Types: 1) Automatic 2) Emergency 3) On Call / Routine
Requirements upon delivery: Receive, transport, store, secure
(T/F) SOCOM UW capabilities satisfy GCC campaign requirements through provision of SF support to resistance movements through denied and uncertain environments
TRUE
(T/F) UW is a national strategic political military tool, under certain circumstances UW may provide the only usable option that the US may achieve its objective.
TRUE
(T/F) According to additional protocol 1 in the Geneva conventions, under no circumstances are US personnel allowed to wear enemy uniforms while conducting UW
True??
(T/F) Pilot team operations must be conducted prior to the decision to conduct UW
False
Describe all 7 phases of UW
Preparation: preisolation mission preparation, deliberate mission planning during isolation, and post approval or preinfil mission preparation
Initial Contact: Higher directed contact plan, Asset debriefing (provide detachment with timely information) Feasibility assessment
Infiltration: Movement into a denied area to link-up with a designated resistance. Initial and principle assessments
Organization: Confirm agreed upon USG and resistance partner objectives, develop the JSOA, Identify structure and functions, assess, develop, basic command, basic organizational structure, basic support structure, critical cadres
Buildup: Expansion in all resistance structures and functions while remaining undetected
Employment: the point where the resistance is developed enough to cross the threshold of violence or activity. At this point, the resistance is ready to complete its objectives.
Transition: When resistance meets its objectives and need to transition into society with the newly established government or participate in what the accomplishments to aspire change.
Pilot team Mission / Purpose
A deliberately structured composite organization comprised of Army Special Forces personnel likely augmented by interagency personnel, designed to infiltrate a designated area to conduct sensitive preparation of the environment activities and assess the potential to conduct unconventional warfare in support of U.S. objectives
Two Roles:
Feasibility assessment team or Vanguard Team for a larger planned force
When advising the resistance leadership, what are some factors to be considered by the SF commander?
1) Effectiveness of existing resistance organization
2) Extent of cooperation between the resistance organization and local population
3) Level of hostile activity and security measures
4) Political boundaries, natural terrain features, potential targets, and population density of the operational environment
5) Religious, ethnic, political, and ideological differences among elements of the population and competing resistance organizations
6) Proposed type and scope of combat operations
7) Degree of US influence with the resistance organization
Which phase of UW is thought to be the most difficult and why?
Transition:
What other ARSOF unit is specially trained to assist a newly in power regime to establish an administration to provide public security to its populace?
Civil Affairs
What are the two main considerations for communications planning in a UW environment?
Means of delivery and Content
Define / Describe Area Complex
A clandestine, dispersed network of facilities to support resistance activities in a given area designed t achieve security, control, dispersion, and flexibility. It is in a contested territory and represents the insurgents area of operations. Provides insurgent forces with a measure of freedom of movement and support. It must include a security system, guerrilla bases, communications, logistics, medical facilities, and a series of networks capable of moving personnel and supplies
