02-17-2009, 07:22 AM
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Re: Advice needed - Daughter thinking about servic
my apologies...I've been in since G-d was a Corporal...
CA - Civil Affairs
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According to the U.S. Army, "Civil Affairs units help military commanders by working with civil authorities and civilian populations in the commander’s area of operations to lessen the impact of military operations on them during peace, contingency operations and declared war." With their expertise in civil matters, they are the principle unit in assisting a commander in the conduct of civil-military operations.
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PSYOPS
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Psychological Operations (PSYOP, PSYOPS) are techniques used by military and police forces to influence a target audience's value systems, belief systems, emotions, motives, reasoning, and behavior. Target audiences can be governments, organizations, groups, and individuals, and are used in order to induce confessions, or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives.
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Hope that helps!!!
Last edited by tobii3; 02-17-2009 at 07:24 AM.
Reason: my keyboard, of course
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