Research Summaries

Back Graduate Level Study Of Resistance

Fiscal Year 2019
Division Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department Defense Analysis
Investigator(s) Rothstein, Hy S.
Karimova, Tahmina T.
Sponsor Army 1st Special Forces Group (Army)
Summary This work provides graduate-level education of Unconventional Warfare and resistance dynamics for select Special Forces soldiers as directed by the Office of Special Warfare (OSW) and as a component of the Jedburgh Individual Training Course (JITC). Currently, 1st SFC (A) or subordinate units do not have the resident expertise at the graduate level to study or teach the resistance fundamentals in phase zero. The work will provide an academic module for JITC. 4th BN formations face a unique challenge in maintaining organizational expertise where they function as the force of choice for generating special warfare options and resistance potential assessments in their respective AORs.
NPS provides academic expertise and research experience through the Department of Defense Analysis (DA) that cannot be replicated anywhere else. The DA department provides advanced courses on how to illuminate and map human and physical infrastructures that participants can leverage for countering hostile phase-zero activities or for building resistance potential. This fundamental education is required to establish an advanced understanding of resistance potential, actions, and activities of (or against) a state actor in a phase-zero environment. This program will support the overall Jedburgh pipeline by focusing on the conversion and development of human and physical infrastructure toward special warfare option development.
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