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The term grey-zone was coined by the United States Special Operations Command [10] [11] and published in a 2015 white paper. [12] The concept of the grey-zone is built on existing military strategies; however, information technology has created radical new spaces which have expanded what is possible. Modern hybrid warfare and political warfare ...
The dismounted reconnaissance troop is capable of both long-range [8] and close [5] reconnaissance. [9] The troop's reconnaissance mission primarily focuses on area reconnaissance when organized as a DRT; but is capable of performing route and zone reconnaissance in permissive environments (or in all environments when organized as an MRT). [2]
The reconnaissance provides the commander with a detailed picture of how the enemy has occupied the zone, enabling him to choose the appropriate course-of-action. As the platoon conducts this type of zone reconnaissance, its emphasis is on determining the enemy's locations, strengths, and weaknesses.
At the highest command level of a committed force or component (the division, corps, or field army-level), the force-level reconnaissance is employed to perform deep reconnaissance (or "long-range surveillance"), [2] which is conducted beyond the force (or component) commander's area of influence to the limits of the area of interest [3] (i.e ...
Jul. 17—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reps. August Pfluger (TX-11) and Dr. Ami Bera (CA-06) on Friday introduced the Gray Zone Defense Assessment Act along with Reps. Darrell Issa (CA-48) and Dean ...
Fort Liberty, North Carolina, SOWT trainee at the Combat Controller School/Special Operations Weather Apprentice Course (CCS/SOWAC) (U.S. Air Force photo). Special Reconnaissance (SR), formerly Special Operations Weather Technician or Team (SOWT), is conducted by trained Air Force personnel assigned to Special Tactics Squadrons of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command who ...
Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) squadrons are a type of unit in the United States Army. These are cavalry squadrons (though in IBCTs they typically contain at least one dismounted infantry troop), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and act at the squadron ( battalion ) level as a reconnaissance unit for their parent brigade combat teams .
Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) are United States Marine Corps reconnaissance units [a] that provide amphibious reconnaissance, deep ground reconnaissance, surveillance, battle-space shaping and limited scale raids in support of a Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), other Marine air-ground task forces or a joint force. [5]