Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in the U.S. Military: The Invisible Sword (1995)

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Psychological operations are planned propaganda operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behaviour of foreign governments, organisations, groups, and individuals.

The purpose of United States psychological operations (PSYOP) is to induce or reinforce behaviour favourable to US objectives. They are an important part of the range of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic activities available to the US. They can be utilised during both peacetime and conflict. There are three main types: strategic, operational, and tactical. Strategic PSYOP include informational activities conducted by the US government agencies outside of the military arena, though many utilise 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.

PSYOP is a component of information operations: 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. Also called IO. * The general's daughter from both the novel and blockbuster movie The General's Daughter was a PSYOP officer. * A USACAPOC combat patch (FWS-SSI) can be seen being worn by a soldier in the film X-Men 3 in the president's command center. * Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses was the first song played when soldiers blasted rock music into the Holy Vatican Apostolic Nunciature (Embassy) to drive out ousted leader Manuel Noriega. However, the rock music was actually played for bored soldiers in the 82nd Airborne waiting outside the Apostolic Nunciature. When a journalist asked if they were playing to annoy Noriega, the team leader answered 'yes' and the story took on a life of its own. At least that is the "official version". The "unofficial version" is that the rock music blasted over the speaker systems allowed the negotiations to continue unfettered and unreported by the media. The media had high power directional microphones trained at the windows of the building in an attempt to "scoop" every detail as it occurred of the surrender of General Noriega. Had this "scoop" happened, given the personality profile of General Noriega, a surrender would never have occurred. * The book and film The Men Who Stare at Goats deal extensively with PSYOPs * The USACAPOC patch can be seen being worn by all characters portrayed by Spike Jonze, Ice Cube and Mark Wahlberg in the movie Three Kings. * In the game by Westwood Studios, Red Alert 2, a Soviet campaign involves protecting Russia and a laboratory from American led Allied forces. But in the campaign, a small truck with unusually large speakers in the back is seen driving around a small village trying to gather supporters to help the Allied forces. * In the movie Apocalypse Now Colonel Kilgore orders that music is played during a helicopter attack on an enemy village by asking his men to "put on psy war op, make it loud". The music used during the attack is Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries."

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[r0ll0t0masi]

This vid IS a psyop ;)...

[truthfromabove]

@wwwjhwhbe YOU SUCK

[rubberduck182]

lol the computers they had back then

[halfzombiehalfrobot]

the soundtrack is awesome

[IceManLikeGervin]

@Winter509

Wow........

[Winter509]

@IceManLikeGervin This is what happens when people breed stupidity into our society. Idiots believe everything they hear on tv and pretty soon every event becomes a conspiracy. Get a life stupid. If you were half as smart as you think you are you would know that title 10 does not allow PSYOP to target the US population. Go play video games or something productive like that with your stupid miserable life.

[Winter509]

Yeah, its better to shoot the enemy in the face than to persuade them to surrender peacefully. Stupid PSYOP. We know what they do to those poor goats. I've seen that movie too. You just have to look at Hollywood to see what is really happening in the top secret world of our department of defense. If you want to see some really good truthful information, watch Michael Moore documentary. Completely unbiased and well researched with out any persuasive techniques or hyperbole.

[pimpdizzy999]

@wwwjhwhbe wow your dumb

[pimpdizzy999]

@wwwjhwhbe wow your dumb