STR 3 Flashcards
Components of an Insurgency (U SLAPPI GAGGA)
Underground
Shadow Government
Leadership and Command
Auxiliary
Public Component
Population (Mass base)
Insurgent Support Networks
Guerrillas
Area Command
Government-In-Exile
Guerrilla Bases
Area Complex
Shadow Government
Governmental elements and activities performed by the irregular organization that will eventually take the place of the existing government.
Members of the shadow government can be in any element of the irregular organization (underground, auxiliary, or guerrilla force)
Area Command
Directs, controls, integrates, and supports all resistance activities within JSOA or region
Located where Area Commander can safely control the resistance movement and its activities
FLEXIBILITY, INTELLIGENCE, MOBILITY, AND OPSEC are the keys to survival and success
The size of the area command is dependent on METT-TC
Area Command Elements
No rigid patterns for the structure and function of an area command
Command Group
-Consists of political leaders or their representatives from the exiled or shadow government
-The area commander as the resistance leader
-Commander’s staff
-Key members of the SFODA or SFODB
Resistance Forces
Sector commanders or resistance element leaders from each sector within the JSOA
Sector Commands
Large area commands may establish subordinate sector commands
Sector command meetings are conducted after the initial area command meeting
Sectors are formed to simplify C4I operations
Mechanism to promote centralized planning and decentralized execution
What is Area Complex?
infrastructure components?
An area complex is a CLANDESTINE, DISPERSED NETWORK of facilities to support RESISTANCE activities in a given area designed to achieve SECURITY, CONTROL, DISPERSION, AND FLEXIBILITY
The area complex is contested territory or an area that contains clandestine supporting infrastructure
-Base Camps
-Networks
-Communications
-Logistics
-Medical Net
Base Camps
Types of Bases?
Base camps are Zone A when using zonal-security
The area complex should facilitate alternate locations prepared in advance to provide flexibility and dispersion if/when required
A guerrilla base is HQ for any size guerrilla force
Types of Bases:
-Mobile
-Semi permanent
-Permanent
MSS
Temporary operational and logistics base for guerrillas who are away from their main base camp for more than a few days
It extends the range of guerrillas in the JSOA by permitting them to travel long distances without support from their base camps
Area Command establishes internal logistics system, collection means are:
Battlefield Recovery
Local Purchase
Levy System
Barter
Confiscation
Field expedient
Escape and Recovery Mechanism
Unilateral Recovery
CSAR
Joint Recovery Operations
SF as the Security and Contact Force for a Combat Search and Recovery Task Force
Unconventional Assisted Recovery Mechanism
Elements of the Area Complex provide assets to the RM (Recovery Mechanism)
Principles of Security Examples (DOM)
Dispersion
Mobility
OPSEC
Comprehensive Security System
What are the three Zones of security?
Establishing an effective intelligence net and outer security.
Zonal security and intelligence:
-Zone A: The insurgent base area itself
-Zone B: Territory not well controlled by the enemy in which insurgent forces can operate overtly
-Zone C: Enemy security forces, police, and military controlled areas
