Small War Tactics Professional Handbook

✍ Scribed by Special Tactics

• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 161
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction
How to Use This Book
How to Win Small Wars
Sequential and Simultaneous Efforts
Structuring of Efforts and Operations
Force Protection and Population Security
Operations and Intelligence
Civil Reconstruction
Direct Action Targeting
Psychological Operations
Training Local Forces
The “Key Terrain” in Small Wars
Force Protection
Deception and Pattern Variation
Using a Route Book for Pattern Variation
Pattern Deceptions
Overt/Covert Combinations
Controlling and Predicting Enemy Actions
Sensitive Information and Deception Techniques
Counter-IED Techniques
Problems with the “Push Through” Technique
Complex Ambushes
Enemy Tactics for Emplacing Secondary IEDs
“5-25 Meter” Search Procedures
Alternate Communication Systems
Immobile Vehicle Drill
Pushing or Pulling a Mobile Vehicle
Special Cases and Situations
Base and Installation Defense Fundamentals
Threat Assessment
Enemy Courses of Action and Contingency Planning
Cyclical Interplay Between Operations and Intelligence
Intelligence Planning and Indicators
Planning for the Reserve
Indicators and Alert Levels
Wargaming and Backwards Planning
Counter IRAM (Rocket) Defense
Using Checkpoints and Barriers
Techniques for Preparing the Defense
Actions During Heightened IRAM Threat
Setting Up a Warning System for IRAMs
Using UAVs for Counter IRAM
Population Security
Fundamentals of Population Control and Security
Establishing a Census
Dismounted Patrols
Search Operations
Stationary Security and Observation Posts
Key Leader Engagements
Winning the Population
Population Security and Intelligence Collection
Local Rivalries and False Intelligence
Traffic Control Point (TCP) Operations
Choosing the Best Location for a TCP
Establishing a Deliberate TCP on a Low-Traffic Road
Low-Traffic TCP Procedures
Establishing a Deliberate TCP on a High-Traffic Road
High-Traffic TCP Procedures
Snap TCPs
IED and Sniper Investigations
Investigation Process
Access/Exit Points and ISR Planning
Enemy Technique of Emplacing IEDs in Stages
Questioning Locals on Site
The Importance of Ground Recon
Operations and Intelligence
Lines of Operations (Lines of Effort)
Embedding the Lines of Operations in Tactical Missions
Developing and Prioritizing Lines of Operations
Platoon Level Operations
1-Receive the Mission Brief from the Company Commander
2-Receive Specific Information Requirements (SIR) from the Company Intel Cell
3-Issue Warning Order
4-Develop Plan
5-Issue the Patrol Brief or Operations Order
6-Conduct Rehearsals
7-Execute Mission
8-Conduct Initial De-Brief
9-Debrief with the Company Commander and Company Intel Cell
10-Complete Post Mission Report
11-Conduct Final Platoon Internal After Action Review (AAR) and Review Lessons Learned
Company Intelligence Cell Operations
Who to Assign to the Company Intel Cell
Intelligence Requirements
PIR, Indicators and SIR
Incoming Intelligence Requirements
Outgoing Intelligence Requirements
Developing a “Common Operating Picture” of the Battlefield
Fusion Between Operations and Intelligence
Company Level Planning and Operations
Uncertainty and Course of Action Development
Constantly Updating the Battlefield “Picture”
Effective Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Developing an ISR Plan
Benefits of Narrow Focus
Allocating Resources and Assets
Requesting Resources and Assets
Enduring Mission Sets and Troops to Task
Civil Reconstruction
Civil Projects and Expectations Management
The Wrong Way to Manage Expectations
The Right Way to Manage Expectations
Expectation Pitfalls and Learning to Say No
Civil Assessment and Analysis
Models for Assessment
Role of the Commander in Civil Reconstruction
Working With Limited Resources
Cooperating with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Local Solutions to Local Problems
Direct Action Targeting
The F3EAD Targeting Methodology
Find, Fix and Finish
Raid
Ambush
Tactical Call Out
Exploitation
Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE)
Searching Occupants
Tactical Questioning (TQ)
Analysis and Dissemination
Detainee Operations
Multiple Targets on One Mission
Psychological Operations
Constructing Psychological Operations Campaigns
Crafting PSYOPs Messages in Support of Lines of Operation
Different Messages for Different Target Audiences
Targeting Messages with Delivery Mechanisms
The Importance of Language, Regional Expertise and Culture
Measuring Effectiveness of PSYOPs Campaigns
Training Local Security Forces
Cross Cultural Competence - The Importance of Intangibles
Show Interest in the Local People
Mimic Local Behaviors
Avoid Patronizing Behavior
An Approach that Advances Intangible Objectives
Partnership at All Levels
Planning Operations and TOC Operations
Learn From the Locals Too
Training Local Forces
Avoid Segregation