PSYOP units are a vital part of UW operations. When properly employed, coordinated, and integrated, they can significantly enhance the combat power of resistance forces. PSYOP specialists augmenting the SFOD can deploy into any JSOA and plan the propaganda themes,...
Information operations (IO) involve actions taken to affect adversary information and information systems, while defending one’s own information and information systems to achieve information superiority in support of national military strategy. Information...
They are: preparation, initial contact, infiltration, organization, buildup, combat employment, and demobilization. Although each insurgency is unique, sponsorship of a resistance organization generally passes through the seven phases....
Insurgencies develop organizational and operational patterns from the interaction of various factors. The interactions cause each insurgency to be unique. The three general patterns that emerge—foco, mass-oriented, and traditional A foco (Spanish word meaning “focus”...
Insurgencies arise when the government is unable or unwilling to address the demands of important social groups. These groups band together and begin to use violence to change the government’s position. Insurgencies are often a coalition of different forces united by...
Successful insurgencies pass through common phases of development. Not all insurgencies experience every phase, and progression through all phases is not a requirement for success. The same insurgent movement may be in another phase in other regions of a country....
