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FM 31-21 Special Forces Operations

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FM 31-21

Special Forces Operations

Army · FM · Jun 1965 · 232 pages

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1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual provides doctrinal guidance to commanders and staffs responsible for the training and operational employment of U.S. Army special forces in unconventional warfare (ITW) and in counterinsurgency (CI) operations. It describes the organization, mission, and methods of employ- ment of the U.S. Army airborne special forces group. It explains the interrelationships of the special forces operational base, the airborne special forces group and its C, B, and A detachments, and other U.S. ele- ments operationally engaged in the guerrilla warfare operational area (GWOA). It furnishes guidelines to the operational detachment commander in his rela- tionships with resistance leaders and other resistance personnel. This manual is applicable in nuclear and nonnuclear warfare. h.

DesignationFM 31-21

EditionJun 1965

StatusSuperseded

Pages232

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 3

References 41

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