Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Navy for several years has carried out a variety of irregular warfare (IW) and counterterrorism (CT) activities. Among the most readily visible of the Navy s recent IW operations have been those carried out by Navy sailors serving ashore in Afghanistan and Iraq. Many of the Navy s contributions to IW operations around the world are made by Navy individual augmentees (IAs) individual Navy sailors assigned to various Department of Defense (DOD) operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 05, 2014
Accession Number
ADA604133

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Boats
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Counterterrorism
  • Employment
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting