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| Military-political considerations frequently cast special operations into clandestine or covert environments; therefore, their activities normally involve oversight at the _____ level. |
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| Reconnaissance and surveillance actions normally conducted in a clandestine or covert manner to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance, employing military capabilities not normally found in conventional forces are called _____. These actions acquire information concerning the capabilities, intentions and activities of an enemy. |
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NOT foreign internal defense
special reconnaissance, strategic reporting, or unconventional warfare |
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| Special operations involve the use of small units of specially trained personnel using specialized tactics and equipment to achieve _____ objectives. |
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| strategic or operational) |
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| Operations and activities that are 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 guerrilla force in a denied area are known as _____. It is a core activity of special operations forces. |
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NOT direct action
civil affairs operations, special reconnaissance, or unconventional warfare |
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| The cornerstone of the Special Forces Group's capability is the _____, a highly trained team of 12 Special Forces Green Berets. |
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| Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA) |
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| A _____ is the principal joint Special Operations Forces organization tasked to meet all special operations requirements in major operations, campaigns, or a contingency. |
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NOT JSOTF
CMOC, SOJTF, OR TSOC |
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| The cornerstone of ARSOAC, the _____, is organized into four like battalions and provides nighttime, all-weather, medium range insertion, extraction, and resupply capability in hostile or denied areas. |
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| 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment |
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| The Air Force's Battlefield Airmen or _____ Teams frequently operate with Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and Special Forces in direct action, airfield seizure, and personnel recovery missions in hostile territory. |
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NOT Aero Scout
Air Commando, Special Tactics, or Special Warfare |
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| A special operations command-forward can transition to a _____. |
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NOT TSOC
JSOTF, JSOC, or CMOC |
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| Special Operations Forces are a valuable asset for the joint planner; however, they comprise only a small part of the total force, a little over _____ percent of the total force. |
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| The _____ is a lethal, agile, and flexible force, capable of executing a myriad of complex, joint special operations missions in support of U.S. policy and objectives. |
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NOT 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 75th Ranger Regiment, or 82nd Airborne Division |
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| Most special operations forces are _____ oriented. This allows them to maintain a cultural awareness and a language capability for their assigned areas. |
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| Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted with specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage 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 employed, and the degree of discriminate and precise use of force to achieve specific objectives. |
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