Military-political considerations frequently cast special
operations into clandestine or covert environments;
therefore, their activities normally involve oversight at the A special operations command-forward can transition to a
_____ level. - ANSWERS - national _____. - ANSWERS - Joint Special Operations Task
Force (JSOTF)
USSOCOM is focused on organizing, training, equipping
and providing highly capable __________ special Each geographic combatant command has a _____ to
operations forces to geographic combatant commanders. plan and control special operations and other Special
- ANSWERS - Joint Operations Forces activities. - ANSWERS - Theater
Special Operations Command (TSOC)
Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive
actions conducted with specialized military capabilities to Civil Affairs Soldiers enable military commanders and U.S
seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage Ambassadors to improve relationships with various
designated targets in hostile, denied, or diplomatically stakeholders to meet the objectives of the
and/or politically sensitive environments is called _____. It __________________. - ANSWERS - U.S
differs from other offensive actions in the level of government
diplomatic or political risk, the operational techniques
employed, and the degree of discriminate and precise use
of force to achieve specific objectives. - ANSWERS - The cornerstone of ARSOAC, the _____, is organized into
direct action four like battalions and provides nighttime, all-weather,
medium range insertion, extraction, and resupply
capability in hostile or denied areas. - ANSWERS -
After the attacks of 9/11, the U.S Special Operations 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Command assumed a (n) ________________ role in
synchronizing the DoD effort in Global operations against
terrorist networks. - ANSWERS - Operational This MARSOC element trains, advises, and assists
friendly host nation forces, including naval and maritime
military and paramilitary forces, to enable them to support
A _____ is the principal joint Special Operations Forces their governments' internal security and stability, to
organization tasked to meet all special operations counter subversion, and to reduce the risk of violence from
requirements in major operations, campaigns, or a internal and external threats. It has the capability to form
contingency. - ANSWERS - Special Operations Joint the nucleus of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. -
Task Force (SOJTF) ANSWERS - Marine Special Operations Regiment
(MSOR)
The 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania
Air National Guard provides the only _____ platform in the .Military-political considerations frequently cast special
Department of Defense with the EC-130 Commando Solo. operations into clandestine or covert environments;
- ANSWERS - airborne psychological operations therefore, their activities normally involve oversight at the
_____ level. - ANSWERS - national
The cornerstone of the Special Forces Group's capability
is the _____, a highly trained team of 12 Special Forces Operations and activities that are conducted to enable a
Green Berets. - ANSWERS - Operational resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or
Detachment-Alpha (ODA) overthrow a government or occupying power by operating
through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerrilla
force in a denied area are known as _____. It is a core
The Air Force's Battlefield Airmen or _____ Teams activity of special operations forces. - ANSWERS -
frequently operate with Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and unconventional warfare
Special Forces in direct action, airfield seizure, and
personnel recovery missions in hostile territory. -
ANSWERS - Special Tactics Which of the following is NOT one of the Special
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