As one of six additional SOF core activities ________________ are activities that establish, maintain, or influence relations between U.S forces and foreign civil authorities and civilian populations to facilitate U.S military operations. 

Civil Affairs Operations (CAO)

USSOCOM is focused on organizing, training, equipping and providing highly capable __________ special operations forces to geographic combatant commanders. 

Joint

Special operations involve the use of small units of specially trained personnel using specialized tactics and equipment to achieve _____ objectives. 

strategic or operational

Which of the following is NOT one of the Special Operations Forces Truths? 

quantity always beats quality

The units manned by Special Warfare Combat-craft Crewmen who operate and maintain a variety of combatant and other craft for maritime special operations are known as _____. 

Special Boat Teams

The Air Force's Battlefield Airmen or _____ Teams frequently operate with Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and Special Forces in direct action, airfield seizure, and personnel recovery missions in hostile territory. 

Special Tactics

A special operations command-forward can transition to a _____. 

Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF)

Each geographic combatant command has a _____ to plan and control special operations and other Special Operations Forces activities. 

Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC)

The _____ is a lethal, agile, and flexible force, capable of executing a myriad of complex, joint special operations missions in support of U.S. policy and objectives. 

75th Ranger Regiment

The cornerstone of ARSOAC, the ____________, is organized into four like battalions and provides nighttime, all-weather, medium range insertion, extraction, and resupply capability in hostile or denied areas.

160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

The cornerstone of the Special Forces Group's capability is the _____________, a highly trained team of 12 SF Green Berets.

Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA)

The _____________ is a lethal, agile, and flexible force, capable of executing a myriad of complex, joint special operations missions in support of U.S. policy and objectives

75th Ranger Regiment

These units support military commanders by working with civil authorities and civilian populations in the commander's area of operations during peach, contingency operations, and war and are known as _____________ teams.

civil affairs

The 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air national Guard provides the only ___________ platform in the Department of Defense withthe EC-130 Commando Solo.

airborne psychological operations

The MARCOS element trains, advises, and assists friendly host nation forces - including naval and maritime military and paramilitary forces - to enable them to support their governments' internal security and stability, to counter subversion, and to reduce the risk of violence from internal and external threats.  It has the capability to form the nucleus of a Joint Special Operations Task Force.

Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR)

Reconnaissance and surveillance actions normally conducted in a clandestine or covert manner to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance, employing military capabilities not normally found in conventional forces are called _____. These actions acquire information concerning the capabilities, intentions and activities of an enemy. 

special reconnaissance

Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted with specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environments is called _______.  It differs from other offensive actions in the level of diplomatic or political risk, the operational techniques employed, and the degree of discriminate and precise use of force to achieve specific objectives. 

counterterrorism

THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER

After the attacks of 9/11, the U.S Special Operations Command assumed a (n) ________________ role in synchronizing the DoD effort in Global operations against terrorist networks. 

Operational

Civil Affairs Soldiers enable military commanders and U.S Ambassadors to improve relationships with various stakeholders to meet the objectives of the __________________. 

U.S government

A _____ is the principal joint Special Operations Forces organization tasked to meet all special operations requirements in major operations, campaigns, or a contingency. 

Special Operations Joint Task Force (SOJTF)

Each geographic combatant command has a __________ to plan and cntrol special operations and other Special Operations Forces activities.

Regional Special Warfare Command (RSWC)

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