CHAPTER 2 INTELLIGENCE Section 1. GENERAL 3. Purpose This chapter provides information and guid- ance to Special Forces detachments in the intelligence aspects of operational planning for unconventional warfare and counterinsurgency operations. This chapter will furnish detachment commanders guidelines for analyzing areas of operations through area study and area assess- ment. Additionally, the operational use of cameras, organic to Special Forces detachments, to improve security and intelligence gathering is included. 4. Intelligence Considerations in a Guerrilla Warfare Operational Area (GWOA) A thorough knowledge of the enemy, weather, terrain, and resistance potential coupled with an intimate understanding of the population within the operational area is essential to the success of the unconventional warfare mission.
DesignationFM 31-20
EditionDec 1965
StatusSuperseded
Pages540
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)