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13J Fire Control Specialist (Formerly 13P and 13D) ... 37A Psychological Operations; Enlisted. 37F Psychological Operations Specialist; Civil Affairs Branch (CA)
Psychological operations was assigned to the pre-CIA Office of Policy Coordination, with oversight by the Department of State. [17] The overall psychological operations of the United States, overt and covert, were to be under the policy direction of the U.S. Department of State during peacetime and the early stages of war:
The United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), USACAPOC(A), or CAPOC was founded in 1985 and is headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [1] USACAPOC(A) is composed mostly of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers in units throughout the United States.
0521 Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Specialist [f] – MGySgt–Cpl 0522 Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Non-Commissioned Officer - MGySgt-Cpl 0531 Civil Affairs Noncommissioned Officer (FMOS) [ f ] – GySgt–Cpl
The 8th Group has responsibility for the 3rd and 9th Psychological Operations battalions while [3] the 4th Group has responsibility for the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th battalions. On 21 June 2010, an announcement was made that the military intends to rename psychological operations, or PSYOP, to Military Information Support Operations.
The command originated in 1950, when the U.S. Army developed the Psychological Warfare (PSYWAR) Division of the Army General School at Fort Riley, Kansas.The U.S. Army Psychological Warfare Center and School, which included operational tactical units and a school under the same umbrella, moved to Fort Bragg in 1952.
Information Operations is a category of direct and indirect support operations for the United States Military. By definition in Joint Publication 3-13, "IO are described as the integrated employment of electronic warfare (EW), computer network operations (CNO), psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception (MILDEC), and operations security (OPSEC), in concert with specified supporting ...
PSYOP soldiers, 37F, are assigned to the 4th PSYOP Group (ABN) or 4th POG, and must be airborne qualified and on jump status. There are positions outside the 4th POG in places like Korea, Italy, Germany, CAPOC, JFKSWC, etc but these are limited and generally staffed by senior NCOs.Virgil61 22:20, 20 December 2005 (UTC)