Unconventional Warfare Pocket Guide/UW Phase VI: Employment

by the United States Army Special Operations Command

UW Phase VI: Employment

During employment, the resistance force initiates an expanded scope of offensive operations to achieve the desired effects. The desired effects can range from causing the enemy to commit limited resources away from a pending invasion area, support to a pending invasion area (as in general war), or in the case of a separate insurgency (limited war), the achievement of specific strategic politico-military objectives. The main activities in this phase consist of interdiction and MISO. The specific tactics (raids and ambushes) and activities (intelligence gathering, force protection) that occur during employment are not exclusive to UW.

Activities

• Maintain Alignment of Resistance Campaign Activities with Resistance Narratives and Legitimacy
• Synchronize Resistance Operations and Activities Across Boundaries
• Expand Resistance Controlled Territory
• Employ MISO Messaging to Delegitimize Adversary and Legitimize Resistance
• Provide Civil-Military Support to Displaced Persons, Refugees & Evacuees (DPRE), and Expand and Prepare Resistance Capacity for Governance