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  • Thumbnail for Special Activities Center
    The Special Activities Center (SAC) is a division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert and paramilitary operations...
    212 KB (21,840 words) - 17:53, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 5th Special Forces Group (United States)
    Group was in fact controlled and missioned by the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities (SACSA) and his staff at the Pentagon....
    64 KB (7,026 words) - 16:23, 3 June 2024
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    States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) or other U.S. government activities may also specialize in these secondary missions. The Special Forces conduct...
    84 KB (7,878 words) - 00:45, 10 June 2024
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    2006, the SAS were integrated into JSOC and focused its counterinsurgency efforts on combating al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Sunni insurgency alongside Delta...
    93 KB (8,703 words) - 09:53, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group
    and Observation Group, as the unit was initially titled, was in fact controlled by the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities...
    65 KB (8,605 words) - 12:36, 9 June 2024
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    transformation, and oversight of special capabilities for counternarcotics and global threats. The deputy assistant secretary of defense for stability and humanitarian...
    44 KB (2,453 words) - 06:52, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leo H. Schweiter
    in the office of special assistant for counterinsurgency and special activities for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He served as assistant division commander...
    5 KB (479 words) - 20:26, 17 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Franklin D. Miller
    Franklin D. Miller (category Pages using infobox military person with both image and medal)
    Group was in fact controlled and missioned by the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities (SACSA) and his staff at the Pentagon....
    16 KB (1,301 words) - 13:49, 24 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for William R. Peers
    assistant deputy chief of staff for special operations. The next year, he became special assistant for counterinsurgency and special activities for the...
    9 KB (937 words) - 08:10, 11 February 2024
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    Miller took command of CJSOTF-Afghanistan and assigned virtually all SOF in the theatre to a new counterinsurgency role that would become known as the ALP/VSO...
    147 KB (16,801 words) - 11:31, 7 June 2024
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    British rule and drew condemnation in Britain. The Black and Tans were sometimes confused with the Auxiliary Division, a counterinsurgency unit of the...
    38 KB (4,570 words) - 06:36, 13 May 2024
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    Operation Ivory Coast (category Operations involving American special forces)
    for plans and policy at Headquarters USAF, met in the Pentagon on 25 May with Army BG Donald Blackburn, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special...
    67 KB (9,026 words) - 10:04, 2 June 2024
  • abbreviation for counterinsurgency. In February 1964, he was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as special assistant for counterinsurgency and special activities...
    8 KB (863 words) - 14:15, 25 September 2021
  • Thumbnail for Donald Blackburn
    Donald Blackburn (category Members of the United States Army Special Forces)
    general. In 1969 Blackburn was appointed as Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities (SACSA) and acted as the primary advisor to the Chairman...
    14 KB (1,091 words) - 10:37, 21 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Leroy J. Manor
    Manor became Deputy Director for Operations/Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Staff at Washington, D.C. He was transferred...
    18 KB (1,452 words) - 22:19, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Samuel V. Wilson
    1976-August 1977; for his foundational work in doctrine for low intensity conflict, where he coined the term "counterinsurgency" (COIN); and for facilitating...
    36 KB (3,456 words) - 09:30, 27 April 2024
  • Operation Red Wings (category Operations involving American special forces)
    stability and counterinsurgency operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, identified a number of operational barriers because of Special Operations...
    58 KB (6,003 words) - 04:41, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christopher P. Costa
    years of service, culminating in his role as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council...
    14 KB (1,206 words) - 18:14, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Michael G. Vickers
    Michael G. Vickers (category Counterinsurgency theorists)
    official. Before becoming USD-I, Vickers served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. Prior to joining the Defense...
    20 KB (1,665 words) - 09:37, 31 May 2024
  • popularizing the "hearts and minds" approach to counterinsurgency. Thompson was the son of Canon W. G. Thompson. He went to Marlborough College and took an MA at...
    21 KB (2,601 words) - 04:32, 12 May 2024
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