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Combat arms [r]: In a land military organization, the functions of infantry, units based on armored fighting vehicles, artillery, air, artillery and missile defense, combat engineers, army cooperation aviation and special operations forces. All combat arms units engage in direct contact with enemy personnel or systems. ^[e]

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]
Clandestine human-source intelligence and covert action [r]: Add brief definition or description
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace [r]: Add brief definition or description

Insurgency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guerilla warfare [r]: A set of strategic, operational, and tactical actions, within a political context, taken against an enemy in territory dominated by that enemy, by irregular troops, often not uniformed ^[e]
Counterinsurgency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Foreign Internal Defense [r]: U.S. special operations doctrine for assisting third-countries in counterinsurgency ^[e]
Direct action (military) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Combat search and rescue [r]: Add brief definition or description
Counterproliferation [r]: The set of activities that detect and monitor the threat of weapons of special concern against one's own nation and one's allies. ^[e]
Counterterrorism [r]: Add brief definition or description
Information operations [r]: The integrated employment of the core capabilities of electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security. ^[e]
Hostage rescue [r]: Add brief definition or description
Special reconnaissance [r]: Add brief definition or description

Sayeret Matkal [r]: Israeli Defense Forces elite special operations unit, battlefield or urban, with direct action, hostage rescue and special reconnaissance roles ^[e]

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