- Psychological Warfare | RAND
Psychological warfare involves the planned use of propaganda and other psychological operations to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of opposition groups RAND has studied military information support operations (MISO) in many countries and war zones and has provided objective and supportable recommendations to policymakers on methods and tactics to employ or defend
- U. S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan
The U S Marine Corps, which has long recognized the importance of influencing the civilian population in a counterinsurgency environment, requested an evaluation of the effectiveness of the psychological operations (PSYOP) element of U S military information operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010 based on how well messages and themes
- Psychological Operations by Another Name Are Sweeter | RAND
The Department of Defense has decided to change the name of military psychological operations (PSYOP) and this is a good thing, writes Christopher Paul
- Psychological Effects of U. S. Air Operations in Four Wars, 1941-1991
The Air Force should develop a cohort of PSYOP specialists and psychologically oriented intelligence specialists, including trained interrogators, to work with Army personnel in conducting and evaluating prisoner and deserter interrogations, in designing PSYOP messages, and in assessing the psychological impact of air and other military operations
- Assessing Military Information Operations in Afghanistan, 2001-2010 - RAND
This research brief offers an overview of the effectiveness of U S psychological operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010, with particular attention to how well messages and themes were tailored to target audiences
- Maximizing the Psychological Effects of Airpower
The Air Force should develop a cohort of PSYOP specialists and psychologically oriented intelligence specialists, including trained interrogators, to work with Army personnel in conducting and evaluating prisoner and deserter interrogations, in designing PSYOP messages, and in assessing the psychological impact of air and other military operations
- U. S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan: Effectiveness of . . .
Given this study’s PSYOP empha-sis in assessing IO, it is useful to review the definition of PSYOP and their wide range of activities PSYOP are planned operations designed to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and, ulti-mately, the behavior of foreign
- Handbook for Tactical Operations in the Information Environment
A Company has access to heavy armor, artillery, and close air support It also has access to several additional “enabler” forces that accompany the CJTF: civil affairs (CA), PSYOP, EW, and cyber operations There are also a number of civilians wear-ing tactical pants and polo shirts who frequent the command post from time to time
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