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This handbook reveals the techniques and tactics that make the U.S. Army Special Forces some of the most elite and highly skilled soldiers in the world. Trained to succeed in specialized operations such as reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counter-terrorism, these soldiers undergo a rigorous selection process and operate under the principles of self-sufficiency, stealth, speed, and teamwork. Here readers will discover how guerrilla forces differ from special forces and how unconventional warfare relates to both; how to conduct a raid; how to improvise explosive devices; and how special forces carry out air operations. Designed to be carried by soldiers in the field, it is now available for anyone who wants to understand the workings of the U.S. Army Special Forces.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
United States. Dept. of the Army.
U.S. Army Special Forces handbook/Department of the Army.
p. cm.
Includes index.
9781602391260
1. United States. Army. Special ForcesHandbooks, manuals, etc.
2. Special forces (Military science)Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
UA34.S64U52 2008
356.160973dc22
2008000567
Printed in China
- To plan and conduct unconventional warfare operations in areas not under friendly control.
- To organize, equip, train, and direct indigenous forces in the conduct of guerrilla warfare.
- To train, advise, and assist indigenous forces in the conduct of counterinsurgency and counterguerrilla operations in support of U.S. combat war objectives.
- To perform such other special forces missions as may be directed or as may be inherent in or essential to the primary mission of guerrilla warfare.
- Guerrilla warfare.
- Evasion and escape.
- Subversion against hostile states.
- Primary:
- Interdict enemy lines of communication.
- Interdict enemy installations and centers of war production, and conduct other offensive operations in support of conventional military operations.
- Supporting Tasks:
- Intelligence.
- Psychological warfare.
- Evasion and escape.
- Subversion against hostile states.
ORGANIZATION OF SFG AND SFOB
Figure 1 .
- Operational Detachment A:
POSITION RANK/GRADE CO Captain XO Lt. OP SGT E-8 INTEL SGT E-7 LT WPNS LDR E-7 HV WPNS LDR E-7 MED SP E-7 ASST. MED SP E-6 RAD OP SUPV E-7 RAD OP E-5 DML SGT E-6 CMBT DML SP E-5 - Operational Detachment B:
CO Major XO Captain SMAJ E-9 S1 Captain S2 Captain S3 Captain S4 Captain PREV MED SP E-7 ADM SUPV E-6 INTEL SGT E-8 OP SGT E-8 SUPPLY SGT E-7 ASST SUPPLY SGT E-6 LT WPNS LDR E-7 HV WPNS LDR E-7 DML SGT E-7 CMBT DML E-5 MEDICAL SP E-7 RAD OP SUPV E-7 RAD OPR (4) E-5 - Operational Detachment C:
CO Lt Col XO Major SMAJ E-9 S1 Captain S2 Captain S3 Captain S4 Captain ADM SUPV E-6 INTEL SGT E-8 OP SGT E-8 SUPPLY SGT E-8 ASST SUPPLY SGT E-7 RAD OP SUPV E-7 RAD OP (4) E-5 RAD REPAIRMAN E-4
Mission assigned and analysis thereof to include sequence of task(s) to be performed and the purpose.
- Considerations affecting possible courses of action.
- Characteristics of the area of operation: weather, terrain, other.
- Relative combat power: enemy situation and friendly situation.
- Enemy capabilities.
- Own courses of action: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How as appropriate.
- Select enemy capabilities.
- List advantages and disadvantages.
- Course of action vs enemy capabilities.
- Course of action vs enemy capabilities.
- Review and summary of advantages and disadvantages.
- Determination of significant advantages and disadvantages.
Formal statement of the course of action recommended/adopted.
OPERATION ORDER
Task Organization: Includes the task subdivisions or tactical components comprising the command and reflects the unit of organization for combat.
- Enemy Forces: situation, capabilities. Indications.
- Friendly Forces: missions and locations of higher adjacent, supporting and reinforcing units.
- Attachments and Detachments: units attached to or detached from the unit issuing the order, for the operation concerned. Effective time of attachment or detachment is indicated when other than the time of the order.
Based on the order of the next higher headquarters and the commanders analysis of his mission, this paragraph contains a clear, concise statement of task(s) to be accomplished by the unit issuing the order and its purpose.
- Concept of Operations.
- Tactical mission of unit.
- Coordinating Instruction: Tactical instructions and details of coordination applicable to two or more elements of the command.
Matters concerning supply, transportation, service, labor, medical evacuation and hospitalization, personnel, civil affairs and miscellaneous.
- Signal instructions and Information.
- Command post and location of the commander.
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