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WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM(2) Military civic actions. Military civic economic, political, psychologicalactions are the use of U.S. and hostcountry (HC) armed and paramilioperations,and other intelligence ac-tivities of a host country.tary forces on projects useful to the d. FM 100-5, FM 100-20, FM 31-16, andlocal population at all levels in such FM 31-22 contain the basic doctrine for operafieldsas education, training, public tions against insurgent tactical forces to in-works, agriculture, transportation, clude military civic action, internal securitycommunications, health, sanitation, operations, advisory assistance, and psyandothers. These actions contribute chological and intelligence operations. To pretothe economic and social develop- vent duplication, the discussion in this sectionment of the host country. They also applies only to doctrine, tactics, techniques,serve to improve the standing of the and procedures as they affect armor units inarmed and paramilitary forces with tactical internal defense operations. Where brithepopulation. These operations in- gade, battalion, and company are discussed include extending projects of the Unit- this section, it is equally applicable to the aredStates Agency for Internal Devel- mored cavalry regiment, squadron, and troopopment (USAID), United States In- unless otherwise specified.formation Service (USIS), and otherU.S. civilian programs in host countries.408. Planning Internal Defense Operations(3) Internal (3) security Internal operations. These a. Tactical operations against insurgentoperations iinclude supporting host forces conducting guerrilla warfare are plannedcountry police and other essentially according to these basic considerations:civilian organizations in their responsibilitiesto maintain a state of law- (1) The majority of guerrilla operationsfulness; the prevention of action consist of small unit actions. HowagainstHC resources, industries, andever, when conditions are favorable toinstitutions; and the protection of life the insurgent tactical force (insurandproperty in the event of a domes-gency intensified to late phase II andtic emergency by the employment ofphase III levels), they may conductall measures, in peace or war, othertactical operations of battalion andthan military defense. They also in-regimental size to seize and hold, temcludetaking actions to control humanporarily, objectives using coordinatedand material resources and to denyfire and maneuver to retain the initiainsurgentaccess to those resources.tive.(4) Advisory assistance. This assistance (2) Tactical operations are generallyconsists of furnishing specialized mo-offensive in nature and continuousbile training teams (MTT) for train-once initiated.ing regular or paramilitary forces in (3) Tactical operations are designed tobranch or branch immaterial sub-minimize the strength of tactical injects.These operations include ex-surgent forces and to exploit theirtending USAID, USIS, and other U.S.weakness.civilian programs in host countries.(4) The close relationship between the(5) Psychological operations. These oper- population and the tactical insurgentations include extending host countryforce may demand enforcement ofcivilian-military information and psy-stringent internal security operationschological operations programs.such as-(6) Intelligence operations. Intelligence (a) Securing key installations such asoperations not only include normalairfields, water and food supplies,combat intelligence but also extendhospitals, host country governmentinto the civil-military sociological, installations, and defended village219