Reconnaissance and surveillance actions normally The _____ is a lethal, agile, and flexible force, capable of
conducted in a clandestine or covert manner to collect or executing a myriad of complex, joint special operations
verify information of strategic or operational significance, missions in support of U.S. policy and objectives. -
employing military capabilities not normally found in ANSWERS - 75th Ranger Regiment
conventional forces are called _____. These actions
acquire information concerning the capabilities, intentions
and activities of an enemy. - ANSWERS - special
reconnaissance A special operations command-forward can transition to a
_____. - ANSWERS - Joint Special Operations Task
Force (JSOTF)
The cornerstone of ARSOAC, the _____, is organized into
four like battalions and provides nighttime, all-weather,
medium range insertion, extraction, and resupply After the attacks of 9/11, the U.S Special Operations
capability in hostile or denied areas. - ANSWERS - - Command assumed a (n) ________________ role in
160th Special Operations Aviation Regimen synchronizing the DoD effort in Global operations against
terrorist networks. - ANSWERS - Operational
The Air Force's Battlefield Airmen or _____ Teams
frequently operate with Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and The cornerstone of the Special Forces Group's capability
Special Forces in direct action, airfield seizure, and is the _____, a highly trained team of 12 Special Forces
personnel recovery missions in hostile territory. - Green Berets. - ANSWERS - - Operational
ANSWERS - - Special Tactics Detachment-Alpha (ODA)
Special Operations Forces are a valuable asset for the Military-political considerations frequently cast special
joint planner; however, they comprise only a small part of operations into clandestine or covert environments;
the total force, a little over _____ percent of the total therefore, their activities normally involve oversight at the
force. - ANSWERS - 2 _____ level. - ANSWERS - national
A _____ is the principal joint Special Operations Forces The units manned by Special Warfare Combat-craft
organization tasked to meet all special operations Crewmen who operate and maintain a variety of
requirements in major operations, campaigns, or a combatant and other craft for maritime special operations
contingency. - ANSWERS - Special Operations Joint are known as _____. - ANSWERS - Special Boat
Task Force (SOJTF) Teams
Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive Which of the following is NOT one of the Special
actions conducted with specialized military capabilities to Operations Forces Truths? - ANSWERS - quantity
seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage always beats quality
designated targets in hostile, denied, or diplomatically
and/or politically sensitive environments is called _____. It
differs from other offensive actions in the level of
diplomatic or political risk, the operational techniques USSOCOM is focused on organizing, training, equipping
employed, and the degree of discriminate and precise use and providing highly capable __________ special
of force to achieve specific objectives - ANSWERS - operations forces to geographic combatant commanders. -
unconventional warfare ANSWERS - joint
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