Psychological operations (United States)

rdf:langString Psychological operations (United States)

rdf:langString United States Psychological Operations

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rdf:langString Navy Reserve: Naval Reserve Atlantic Fleet PSYOP Audiovisual Unit

rdf:langString Army Reserve: 16px United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command

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rdf:langString Air Force: Middletown, PA

rdf:langString Army: Fort Bragg, NC

rdf:langString Marine: Quantico, VA

rdf:langString Navy: Norfolk, VA

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rdf:langString "Never Seen, Always Heard"

rdf:langString "Persuade, Change, Influence"

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rdf:langString United States Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950–1955

rdf:langString The Secretary of State shall be responsible for: The formulation of policies and plans for a national foreign information program in time of peace. This program shall include all foreign information activities conducted by departments and agencies of the U. S. Government. The formulation of national psychological warfare policy in time of national emergency and the initial stages of war. The coordination of policies and plans for the national foreign information program and for overt psychological warfare with the Department of Defense, with other appropriate departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, and with related planning. Plans prepared by this organization for overt psychological warfare in time of national emergency or the initial stages of war shall provide for: :a. Coordination of overt psychological warfare with: ::#Covert psychological warfare. ::#Censorship. ::#Domestic information. :b. The employment and expansion, insofar as is feasible, of the activities and facilities which compose the national foreign information program in time of peace, in order to assure rapid transition to operations in time of national emergency or war. :c. Control of the execution of approved plans and policies by: :: the Department of Defense in theaters of military operations; :: the Department of State in areas other than theaters of military operations. :d. Transmittal of approved psychological warfare plans and policies to theater commanders through the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

rdf:langString The Intelligence Community 1950-1955

rdf:langString United States Psychological Operations

rdf:langString Psychological operations (PSYOP) are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their emotions, motives, and objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. The purpose of United States psychological operations is to induce or reinforce behavior perceived to be favorable to U.S. objectives. They are an important part of the range of diplomatic, informational, military and economic activities available to the U.S. They can be utilized during both peacetime and conflict. There are three main types: strategic, operational and tactical. Strategic PSYOP include informational activities conducted by the U.S. government agencies outside of the military arena, though many utilize Department of Defense (DOD) assets. Operational PSYOP are conducted across the range of military operations, including during peacetime, in a defined operational area to promote the effectiveness of the joint force commander's (JFC) campaigns and strategies. Tactical PSYOP are conducted in the area assigned to a tactical commander across the range of military operations to support the tactical mission against opposing forces. PSYOP can encourage popular discontent with the opposition's leadership and by combining persuasion with a credible threat, degrade an adversary's ability to conduct or sustain military operations. They can also disrupt, confuse, and protract the adversary's decision-making process, undermining command and control. When properly employed, PSYOP have the potential to save the lives of friendly or enemy forces by reducing the adversary's will to fight. By lowering the adversary's morale and then its efficiency, PSYOP can also discourage aggressive actions by creating disaffection within their ranks, ultimately leading to surrender. The integrated employment of the core capabilities of electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security, in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp adversarial human and automated decision making while protecting our own. Between 2010 and 2014, PSYOP was renamed Military Information Support Operations (MISO), then briefly renamed PSYOP in August 2014, only to return to MISO shortly thereafter in 2015. The term was again renamed back to PSYOP in October 2017.

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