Context is King: The Importance of Regional Narratives and History to the Special Operator and Strategic Communications

Abstract

The Special Operations Forces (SOF) community is exceptional and unique in the broader institution of the United States military. The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) states as chief among the SOF Truths that people not equipment make the critical difference in the success of special operations. Although clearly referring to the highly trained members of the SOF across the service branches, this truth also reflects the importance of people (or the human domain) in SOF missions. The factors of the human domain are the psychological, cultural, behavioral, and other human attributes that influence decision making, the flow of information, and the interpretation of information by individuals and groups. It is hard to overstate the importance of these human factors to the special operator.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 07, 2016
Accession Number
AD1042536

Entities

People

  • Johnathon Cosgrove

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • History
  • Insurgency
  • Language
  • National Security
  • Political Movements
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Strategic Communications
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.