MOD C EXAM Flashcards

1
Q

_______ generally begins with the desire to remove intolerable conditions imposed on them by an unpopular regime or occupying power.

A

Resistance

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2
Q

In what ways that populations resist?

A

violent
non-violent
covert
clandestine

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3
Q

People who are part of the resistance, but outwardly follow their normal mode of existence.

A

Clandestine

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4
Q

Someone who does not hide their opposition

A

Overt

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5
Q

What are the 7 dynamics of UW?

A
Leadership
Ideology 
Objectives
Environment and Geography
External Support
Phasing and Timing
Organization and Operational Patterns
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6
Q

7 Phases of UW

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Preparation
Initial Contact
Infiltration
Organization
Build up 
Employment
Transitions
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7
Q

_____ is a clandestine dispersed network of facilities to support resistance activities in a given area designed to achieve security, control, dispersion, and flexibility.

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Area complex

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8
Q

_____ warfare is a violent struggle for domination between nation-states or coalitions and alliances of nation-states

A

Traditional

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9
Q

According to Mao, what are the 3 phases of an insurgency?

A

Strategic Defensive
Strategic Stalemate
Strategic Offensive

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10
Q

What are the primary components of a resistance?

A

Public component
Aux
Guerilla
Underground

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11
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What is the first component to form and what is always present?

A

Underground

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12
Q

Who forms the shadow government?

A

Underground

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13
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Functions of the Auxiliary

A
Logistics
Communication
Medical
Clandestine support
Security
Recruitment
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14
Q

Cell in series provide what?

A

division of labor

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15
Q

Cell in parallel provide what?

A

redundancy

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16
Q

________ is the largest territorial resistance organization commanded by a senior resistance leader inside a defined resistance AO

A

Resistance area command

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17
Q

What are some things an area complex must include?

A

Security
Guerilla base
Medical
Networks capable of moving personnel and supplies

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18
Q

Define Shadow Government

A

Governmental elements and activities performed by the irregular organization that will eventually take the place of the existing government

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19
Q

Define Government in Exile

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A government-in-exile is a government displaced from its country of origin, yet remains recognized as a legitimate sovereign authority of a nation.

20
Q

2 types of planned logistics

A

Accompanying

External

21
Q

Types of external logistical support

A

on call
emergency
automatic

22
Q

What are the 2 types of warfare?

A

Traditional

Irregular

23
Q

What is the analysis approach used to analyze an entire country system for successful mission planning?

A

PMESII

24
Q

What type of UW is employed as a strategic main effort?

A

Small scale

25
Q

What type of UW is a supporting line of effort with the military being the main effort?

A

Large scale

26
Q

What is the difference between a surrogate and a resistance partner?

A

a. A resistance partner is a partner conducting resistance with whom the United States Government mutually establishes agreements to cooperate for some specified time in pursuit of mutually supporting specific objectives

Surrogate: someone who acts on behalf of another.

27
Q

In order to do STR how many resistance partners do you need?

A

One

28
Q

Define Agitation

A

Agitation as it pertains to information activities: overcoming the target audience’s psychological and physical barriers to increase the flow of information by delivering messages that are credible and meaningful

29
Q

Types of intelligence operations

A

i. Tactical Intelligence
ii. Intelligence ISO Sabotage
iii. Intelligence Focused on Science and Military Secrets
iv. Political Intelligence

30
Q

3 types of infrastructure that must be included in an area complex

A

Must include a security system,
guerilla bases, communications, logistics, medical facilities, and a series of networks capable of moving personnel and supplies

31
Q

ASCOPE

A
Areas 
Structures
Capabilities
Organizations
People
Events
32
Q

What are the 5 types of STR?

A

Resistance against an occupying power –
An insurgency against a sovereign state government – French in WW2
Indigenous resistance elements in support of FID –
Indigenous resistance elements in support of CT, CP, or stability operations
Indigenous resistance elements in a contested, ungoverned state

33
Q

Definition of UW

A

Activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government or occupying power by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerilla force in a denied area.

34
Q

6 activities of UW

A

a. Intelligence Operations
b. Preparation of the Environment
c. Unconventional Assisted Recovery
d. Subversion
e. Sabotage
f. Guerilla Warfare

35
Q

Difference between general and strategic sabotage

A

General: The ability to damage or slow something with natural means
Strategic: May have a significant strategic or operational impact disproportionate to the means employed

36
Q

Most important activity

A

subversion

37
Q

How does G force resist?

A

they are the OVERT military component

38
Q

2 types of initial contact

A

Higher to lower

Lower to higher

39
Q

4 Examples of strategic goals

A
  1. Traditionalist
  2. Anarchist
  3. Apocalyptic
  4. Globalist
40
Q

Difference between clandestine and covert

A

clandestine- hides act

covert-hides sponsor

41
Q

DIMEFIL

A
Diplomatic
Information 
Military
Economic 
Financial
Intel
Law Enforcement
42
Q

Shadow government

A

Governmental elements and activities performed by the irregular organization that will eventually take the place of the existing government

43
Q

The irregular organizational structure established within an unconventional warfare operational area to command and control irregular forces advised by Army Special Forces.

A

area command

44
Q

A ________________ is the largest territorial resistance organization commanded by a senior resistance leader inside a defined resistance AO

A

Resistance area command

45
Q

PMESII

A
Political
Military
Economic
Social
Information
Infrastructure
46
Q

ASCOPE

A
Areas 
Structures
Capabilities
Organizations
People
Events