Blast from the past! Enjoy watching.
The film tells the story of the special operations forces (SOF), and the special situations, for unconventional war, and a general war if the need arises because of today’s world situations. The evolving nations with political and economic power struggles have created a constant stream of worldwide special situations and these are the missions of SOF:
- 1. Foreign internal defense
- 2. Unconventional warfare
- 3. Strategic and tactical reconnaissance
- 4. Strike
- 5. Strategic and tactical psychological operations (PSYOPS)
- 6. Civil administration
- 7. Rescue and evacuation
- 8. Collection security
- 9. Humanitarian operations
- 10. Terrorism counteraction
- 11. Civil affairs
- 12. Safeguarding of U.S. citizens abroad
- 13. Deception operations
- 14. Security assistance
- 15. Special Operations Aviation
- 16. Sabotage
Audience: Army Captain, Majors, 18 Series, 48 Series.
National Archives and Records Administration – ARC Identifier 4524969 / Local Identifier 330-DVIC-701181 – Special Operations Forces – Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. (09/18/1947 – ).
