What is an OP Fund
Is used to provide a means for a unit, while in the field or on a deployment, to purchase mission critical requirements (supplies and services) that cannot otherwise be obtained by the unit through either the normal military supply system or from a higher HQ logistical air or ground delivery resupply plan.
What are the 5 Principles of IDAD
- Unity of Effort
- Maximum use of Intelligence
- Minimum use of violence
- Responsive Government
Maximum use of PSYOPS and Civil Affairs
What does IDAD stand for?
Internal Defense and Development
When coordinating and planning for a FID mission, what happens before?
PDSS
What has to be signed prior to a FID Mission
Memorandum of Agreement
What are the activities of a Country Team
The Country Team informs various organizations of operations, coordinates elements, and achieves unity of effort. (FM 3-05.2 pg 2-12)
Planning imperatives for FID
- Understand US foreign policy
- Maintain and increase HN sovereignty and legitimacy
- Understand long-term or strategic implications and sustainability of US assistance efforts before implementing FID programs.
- Tailor military support of FID programs to the environment and specific HN needs
- Ensure unity of effort
- Assess HN forces and needs
How is a PDSS Conducted
- Site survey request
- Preparation
- Site Survey team composition
- Conduct of a Site Survey
- Redeployment/AAR
What are the Key Agencies involved with FID
- The department of State
- Ambassador
- Country team: Defense Attaché Officer, Sec. Assistance Officer, Chief of Station
- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
- US Information Agency (USIA)
- The Regional Combatant Commands
Difference between COIN and CG OPS
Addresses both the populace and the insurgents, can be termed Counter Insurgency (COIN). Counter Guerrilla operations are geared toward the active military element of the insurgent movement only. To this end, Counter Guerrilla operations are viewed as a supporting component of the Counter Insurgency (COIN) effort
Key components of Counter-guerilla ops
- Degrade or destroy insurgent capability to conduct organized combat operations.
- Establish and maintain a secure environment, which allows a COIN strategy to take effect
Which title funds SOF
11
What are the four functions of FID
Balanced Development
Security
Mobilization
Neutralization
Primary Role of FID
ARSOF’s primary role in FID is to assess, train, advise, and assist HN military and paramilitary
forces with tasks that require the unique capabilities of ARSOF. The goal is to enable these forces to maintain the HN’s internal stability; to
counter subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other threats to security in their country; and to address the causes of instability averting failing state conditions.
Instruments of FID
includes all instruments of national power—diplomatic, information, military,
and economic.
