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Print Version (PDF) JOURNAL OF U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS HISTORY Veritas Volume 17 / Number 1 From A Great Height Helicopter Recovery at Takur Ghar PSYOPA Team and LRAApproach Defection in 2012 ARSOFSoldier, COL Physician,Andrew J. Morgan Astronaut NW N NE W E SW SE S of theAzimuth USASOC History Office Volume 17, Number 1 Judging from the amount of favorable correspondence Operations. The first article traces the evolution of received since the publication of the last Veritas, the today’s ARSOF Support units from their roots in WWII new format and its tie-ins with the ARSOF History through the current period. The second article describes website are a big hit with you, the readers. That’s a good the origins of the 528th Special Operations Support thing. The website analytics also continue to soar, Battalion, and recounts its early efforts to support SOF, revealing that more people find and access the site every from 1986 to 1989. Both are valuable additions to the month, and spend quality ‘linger time’ perusing the history of ARSOF Support, now captured in the 528th contents. It remains a highly visited site in the Sustainment Brigade History Handbook. command. Within the office we are justifiably proud of In addition, a different take on the Battle of Takur these accomplishments and our work creating and Ghar is explored with an examination of the recovery disseminating definitive ARSOF history. We continue effort afterwards. Following the battle, aircrew and to value your thoughts on the format and content. pilots developed a plan of action to recover one of This ‘spectrum’ issue of Veritas opens with an article the downed helicopters so that it could eventually be on the creation of a means to formally recognize the placed back in service. efforts of Special Forces personnel who successfully Also, the issue contains two articles on the successful complete the arduous requirements of the Combat Diver application of PSYOP principles to increase international program of instruction. Despite being qualified divers, pressure on rogue African warlord Joseph Kony. In graduates were not eligible to wear a distinguishing 2012, a small team of PSYOP professionals stepped into device for their skill until 1972. Even then, the generic, the picture and helped to weaken a source of Kony’s all-service SCUBA qualification badge was not an strength by actively encouraging defections of members accurate representation of the high level of skills of his Lord’s Resistance Army. Starting with small gains required of a combat diver. That problem was resolved whose effects were magnified by judicious use of social in 2004, when a new badge representative of a combat media coverage by NGOs, PSYOP assisted in the steady diver was created and authorized. marginalization of Kony’s influence and power. Two articles focus on the development of dedicated - Mike Krivdo support and sustainment capabilities for Army Special i | Veritas Contributing Staff Historian & Editor Contributing Staff Historians Michael E. Krivdo, PhD Jared M. Tracy, PhD Dr. Krivdo earned his PhD in Military and Diplomatic Dr. Tracy served six years in the U.S. Army, and became History from Texas A&M University. He is a former a historian at USASOC in December 2010. He earned Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Officer. As of this an MA in History from Virginia Commonwealth University printing, he has taken employment as the historian, U.S. and a PhD in History from Kansas State University. Army Pacific. Current research interests include Army Psychological Operations. [email protected] Troy J. Sacquety, PhD Collective Research Efforts Dr. Sacquety earned an MA from the University of Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) played a Nebraska–Lincoln and his PhD in Military History from significant role in the U.S.-led response to Iraq’s invasion Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the USASOC of Kuwait in August 1990. Less than a year old at the time, History Office he worked several years for the Central the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Intelligence Agency. Current research interests include deployed Special Forces, Psychological Operations, Civil Army Civil Affairs and Rangers. Affairs, Special Operations Aviation, Rangers, and ARSOF [email protected] Support soldiers to the region in the ensuing months. Coalition missions were, first, to defend Saudi Arabia from Iraqi attack (Operation DESERT SHIELD); second, to expel Saddam Hussein’s occupying forces from Kuwait Joshua D. Esposito, PhD (Operation DESERT STORM); and finally, to protect and Dr. Esposito served four years in the U.S. Navy before assist Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq after the war earning an MA and PhD in Diplomatic History from West (Operation PROVIDE COMFORT). Virginia University. He was a historian at U.S. Southern Now, thirty years later, the USASOC History Office is Command for two years prior to joining the USASOC researching all facets of ARSOF during and after the Persian History Office in July 2017. As of this printing, he has taken Gulf War, and is interested in any documents, photographs, employment in the Joint History Office. or other materials that readers are willing to share. Further, the Branch/Unit Historians would like speak with Gulf War veterans to capture their stories. If you served in Operations DESERT SHIELD/STORM or PROVIDE COMFORT, and are Robert D. Seals willing to share your materials and/or experiences, please Mr. Seals is a graduate of the University of Tennessee email the USASOC History Office at arsof_history@socom. and a retired Special Forces officer. He earned an MA in mil, or contact one of our Historians directly. Military History from Norwich University and worked at the In addition to this strategic collection effort, the USASOC Branch/Unit Historians are always researching Special Operations Mission Training Center before joining topics specifically related to their fields. Their collections the USASOC History Office. Current research interests priorities are posted on the Branch pages on the ARSOF include Army Special Forces. History Website (https://arsof-history.org/). We invite ARSOF [email protected] soldiers and veterans to check those pages frequently to see how you can assist these ongoing historical research and writing projects. Thank you for your support. Christopher E. Howard Mr. Howard served four years in the U.S. Army before earning an MA in History from Appalachian State University. He worked as a Psychological Operations training specialist at USAJFKSWCS before joining the USASOC History Office in June 2018. Current research interests include ARSOF Sustainment & Support and Army Special Operations Aviation. [email protected] v17/n1 | ii Collection Activities Historical Record Collection Process Publication Information The USASOC History Office collects and pre- Veritas: Published by the USASOC History Office, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (ISSN 1553-9830). The contents are serves documents, photos, and other historical not necessarily the official views of, nor endorsed by, the records pertaining to Army Special Operations U.S. Government, Department of Defense, USSOCOM, or USASOC. They are compiled, edited, and prepared by Forces (ARSOF). The following guidance explains the History Office. how to donate or transfer historic materials to this office. Copyright: Materials in Veritas may be reprinted, except where copyrighted, provided credit is given to Veritas and the creators. Reprinting articles in a modified version How to Get Historical Materials To Us and/or without the endnotes degrades serious historical scholarship. Address questions to USASOC, ATTN: AOHS Coordination: Contact the History Office via e-mail (Veritas), E-2929 Desert Storm Drive, Fort Bragg, NC ([email protected]) to coordinate delivery 28310, or e-mail one of our editors. and receipt of historical assets. 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Pickup Assistance: In exceptional cases, History Permission to Reprint: Address questions and comments to USASOC, ATTN: AOHS (Veritas), E-2929 Desert Office personnel can assist with on-site collection Storm Drive, Fort Bragg, NC 28310, or e-mail one of of materials. our historians. Please send all questions to: Firewalls and Spam Filters: DoD network firewalls [email protected]. routinely block e-mails with non-DoD encryption and/ or attachments. If you send an e-mail and do not receive a response, it is most likely blocked by network Check out the ARSOF History website: firewalls or spam filters. If this is the case, please https://arsof-history.org assume that we did not get your message, and contact us by telephone. Subscriptions: Those wishing to subscribe to print Veritas should e-mail Mr. Bob Seals at [email protected]. Please include ARSOF affiliation or list applicable military service. This helps us build a research network for future Veritas articles. Cover: Special Operations Resuscitation Team (SORT) personnel from the 528th Sustainment Brigade conduct jungle extraction training with 10th Special Forces Group soldiers near Nzara, South Sudan, in 2013. They are part of the small ARSOF contingent in Central Africa supporting Operation OBSERVANT COMPASS, the multinational mission to defeat Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army. iii | Veritas Contents Recognizing “Combat Divers” A Team Approach 1 31 A History of Army Special Operations PSYOP and LRA Defection in 2012 Diver Badges by Jared M.
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