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Parent topics

• Clandestine human-source intelligence [r]: clandestine operations by people who secretly collect intelligence, and their support by couriers, forgers, radio operators, and other operational personnel. ^[e]
• Direct action (military) [r]: Military attacks, usually by special operations forces on land, against specific, well-defined targets, often behind enemy lines. ^[e]
• Special operations [r]: Military or paramilitary operations that differ from conventional operations in degree of physical and political risk, operational techniques, mode of employment, independence from friendly support, and dependence on detailed operational intelligence and indigenous assets; they are often controlled at a national or strategic level of command ^[e]
• Special reconnaissance [r]: Also known as SR, missions deep in denied areas, conducted by special operations personnel. They may be in or out of uniform. While SR units may direct air, missile, or artillery strikes, they strive to stay undetected. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Central Intelligence Agency [r]: The principal civilian intelligence organization of the United States, specializing in all-source intelligence analysis, clandestine human-source intelligence, and covert action. ^[e]
  • Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency [r]: Renamed the National Clandestine Service, the operational part of the Central Intelligence Agency responsible for clandestine human-source intelligence and covert action ^[e]
• United States Special Operations Command [r]: A U.S. Unified Combatant Command with both functional and operational responsibilities, both to prepare special operations forces for the geographic commands, and to execute strategic special operations, typically under national orders and high security classification ^[e]
  • Joint Special Operations Command [r]: A major subordinate unit of the United States Special Operations Command, which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, usually working unacknowledged within the geographic area of a Unified Combatant Command ^[e]
    • Delta Force [r]: A generally covert U.S. Army unit in Joint Special Operations Command, specializing in hostage rescue and combat search and rescue, direct action, special reconnaissance, and counterterrorism. ^[e]
    • SEAL Team 6 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Military Assistance Command, Vietnam [r]: Headquarters for most U.S. combat and support units assisting the Republic of Vietnam ^[e]
  • MACV-SOG [r]: The U.S. organization responsible for covert operations against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, as well as related cross-border operations from South Vietnam into Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War; the abbreviation had an unclassified cover meaning, but was actually the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Special Operations Group ^[e]
• Secret Intelligence Service [r]: Britain's national-level civilian organization for intelligence and covert action ^[e]
• United Kingdom Special Forces [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Special Air Service [r]: Special operations regular and Territorial Army regiments of the British Army, part of U.K. Special Forces ^[e]
• GRU [r]: Military intelligence agency of the Soviet Union and then Russian Federation ^[e]
  • Spetsnaz [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Operational Preparation of the Environment [r]: Clandestine operations of the U.S. Department of Defense that can fall into Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace or Operational Preparation of the Battlespace, but are of sufficient sensitivity that if they were conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Congressional leadership would need to be informed ^[e]
• Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace [r]: "An analytical methodology employed to reduce uncertainties concerning the enemy, environment, and terrain for all types of operations. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace builds an extensive database for each potential area in which a unit may be required to operate. The database is then analyzed in detail to determine the impact of the enemy, environment, and terrain on operations and presents it in graphic form. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace is a continuing process. Also called IPB." (Joint Chiefs of Staff) ^[e]
• Operational Preparation of the Battlespace [r]: Non-intelligence activities conducted prior to D-Day, H-Hour, in likely or potential areas of employment, to train and prepare for follow-on military operations (United States Special Operations Command) ^[e]