Thisfield manual provides doctrinal guid¬ ance to Special Forces (SF) command¬ ers and their staffs for command, con¬ trol, and support of SF operations. It deals with the organization, missions, and operations in support of unconventional warfare (UW), special operations (SO), and foreign internal defense (FID). It provides the US Army UW community a doctrinal base on which to build and also serves as a reference for non-SF com¬ manders and staffs under whose auspices US Army SF may operate. This manual presents organizational and operational concepts that will allow command¬ ers to command and their staffs to plan and prepare operational elements for deployment and, after deployment, to direct, administer, and support these elements in UW, SO, and FID environments.
DesignationFM 31-22
EditionDec 1981
StatusSuperseded
Pages112
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)