Rangers and the Strategic Requirements for Direct Action Forces

Abstract

The national security and national military strategies describe the objectives (ends) of U.S. national security policy. Special operations provide ways to achieve these ends, to include direct action. The tools for direct action include small teams and stand-off attacks with precision-guided munitions, among others. This analysis indicates that the achievement of strategic ends also requires a large-scale special operations ground direct action force to accomplish direct action missions beyond the capabilities of other assets. These fall into two groups: strategic raids and "tip of the spear" forcible entry operations. This study presents a constellation of capabilities that a direct action force must possess in order to accomplish these missions most effectively.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 05, 1998
Accession Number
ADA350133

Entities

People

  • Aidis L. Zunde

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Army Rangers
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Military Applications
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Seal Teams
  • Students
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Strategic Security Studies