Unconventional Warfare Terms

UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE TERMS

Terms you should be familiar with:

1.Auxiliary Units: A civilian organization which supports the resistance movement through clandestine operations by providing the guerrilla force with food, clothing, shelter, arms, ammunition, early warning, intelligence, replacements, funds, medical supplies, and moral support.

2.Cold War: A state of international tension wherein political, economic, technological, sociological, psychological, paramilitary, and military measures short of overt armed conflict involving regular military forces are employed to achieve national objectives.

3.Counterinsurgency Operation: Operations against insurgent forces.

4.Guerrilla Warfare: Military and paramilitary operations conducted in enemy-held or hostile territory by irregular predominately indigenous forces.

5.Infiltration:Movements of individuals or vehicles, singularly or in small groups at extended or irregular intervals.

6.Insurgency: A condition resulting from a revolt or insurrection against a constituted government which falls short of civil war.

7.Irregular Forces: Irregular forces refer in a broad sense to all types of insurgents to include partisans, subversives, terrorists, revolutionaries, and guerrillas.

8.Military Intelligence:Knowledge off a possible or actual enemy or area of operation.

9.Paramilitary Forces: Forces or groups which are distinct from the regular Armed forces of any country, but resembling them in organization, equipment, training, or mission.

10.Special Warfare:Special warfare is a term used by the US Army to embrace all military and paramilitary measures and activities related to unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency, and psychological warfare.

11.Subversion: Action designed to undermine the military, economic, psychological, moral, or political strength of a regime.

12.Unconventional Warfare: The interrelated fields of guerrilla warfare, evasion and escape, and resistance. Such operations are conducted in enemy-held or controlled territory and are planned and executed to take advantage of or to stimulate resistance and movements or insurgency against hostile governments or forces. In peace time, the United States conducts training to develop its capability for such wartime operations.

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GUERRILLA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

1.What is guerrilla warfare? Guerrilla warfare is military and paramilitary operations conducted on enemy-held or hostile territory by irregular, predominately local forces.

2.What are the requirements for a successful guerrilla operation? Cause Civilian support Unity of effort Outside assistance Favorable terrain Effective leadership Use of propaganda Intelligence effort Discipline

3.What are the three (3) phases of guerrilla operations or insurgency?

Initial or organization phase. Training and operation phase. All out assault of government forces. 4.On what are guerrilla tactics based?

Surprise Mobility Dispersion of forces

5.What is psychological warfare?

The planned use of propaganda and exploitation of other actions, with the primary purpose of influencing the opinions, emotions, attitudes and behavior of the enemy, neutral or friendly foreign groups in such a way as to support the accomplishment of national aims and objectives. 6.Name the type of radio broadcasts used in psychological warfare operations.

Strategic Tactical 7.What is the most effective appeal to a target audience?

Face to face contact.

8.Name the three types of media used in psychological operations. Audio Visual Printed material

9.What is meant by "black", "white", and "grey" propaganda?

Black identifies the source incorrectly. White identifies the source correctly. Grey does not identify the source. 10.What are covert operations?

Those which do not disclose the source of origin.

11.What is the "scam formula"?

The scam formula is a method of analyzing and evaluating the source, content, audience, media, and effect of both enemy and friendly propaganda.