ADRP 3-05 SPECIAL OPERATIONS JANUARY 2018 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. This publication supersedes ADRP 3-05, dated 31 August 2012. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY This publication is available at the Army Publishing Directorate site (https://armypubs.army.mil) and the Central Army Registry site (https://atiam.train.army.mil/catalog/dashboard). *ADRP 3-05 Army Doctrine Reference Publication Headquarters No. 3-05 Department of the Army Washington, DC, 29 January 2018 Special Operations Contents Page PREFACE..............................................................................................................iv INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................vi Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS ......................................................... 1-1 Strategic Context for Special Operations ........................................................... 1-1 Joint Force Commander Requirements ............................................................. 1-2 Operational Environments .................................................................................. 1-2 Support of Global Operations ............................................................................. 1-3 Strategic Environment ........................................................................................ 1-3 Range of Military Operations .............................................................................. 1-4 Types of Military Operations ............................................................................... 1-6 Lines of Effort ..................................................................................................... 1-6 Core Competencies ............................................................................................ 1-7 Special Operations Core Principles .................................................................... 1-9 Discreet, Precise, and Scalable Operations ....................................................... 1-9 Role of Army Special Operations ..................................................................... 1-10 Regional Mechanisms ...................................................................................... 1-13 Nature of Special Operations ........................................................................... 1-15 Army Special Operations Forces Characteristics ............................................. 1-17 Special Operations Operational Mission Criteria ............................................. 1-18 Special Operations Forces Imperatives ........................................................... 1-19 Interdependence of Forces............................................................................... 1-20 Chapter 2 CORE ACTIVITIES AND TASKS ...................................................................... 2-1 Core Activities ..................................................................................................... 2-1 Core Tasks ......................................................................................................... 2-2 Chapter 3 COMMAND STRUCTURE ................................................................................. 3-1 Unity of Effort ...................................................................................................... 3-1 Theater of Operations Organization ................................................................... 3-2 Establishment and Organization of a Special Operations Task Force ............... 3-4 Advanced Operations Base ................................................................................ 3-5 Joint Special Operations Air Component Commander ...................................... 3-8 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes ADRP 3-05, 31 August 2012. i Contents Liaison and Coordination Elements .................................................................... 3-9 Special Operations Communications Support .................................................. 3-11 Operations Structure ......................................................................................... 3-12 United States Special Operations Command ................................................... 3-14 United States Army Special Operations Command .......................................... 3-14 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) .......................................................... 3-15 United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School ..... 3-16 Army Special Operations Aviation Command ................................................... 3-17 Ranger Regiment (Airborne) ............................................................................. 3-17 Chapter 4 FIRES .................................................................................................................. 4-1 Targeting Process ............................................................................................... 4-1 Land Component Targeting Process .................................................................. 4-3 Joint Fires ............................................................................................................ 4-3 Special Operations Feasibility Assessment ........................................................ 4-3 Special Operations Forces Joint Fires Element .................................................. 4-3 Information Operations ....................................................................................... 4-6 Threat Center of Gravity Analysis ....................................................................... 4-6 Chapter 5 INTELLIGENCE .................................................................................................. 5-1 Special Operations Intelligence Criteria .............................................................. 5-1 National-Level Intelligence Support .................................................................... 5-3 Theater Intelligence............................................................................................. 5-4 Special Operations Capabilities .......................................................................... 5-5 Special Operations Intelligence Architecture ...................................................... 5-7 Intelligence Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination ................................... 5-7 Special Operations Unmanned Aircraft Systems ................................................ 5-8 Chapter 6 SUSTAINMENT .................................................................................................. 6-1 Planning .............................................................................................................. 6-1 Special Operations Sustainment Support Execution .......................................... 6-2 Army Special Operations Forces Sustainment Structures.................................. 6-3 Theater of Operations Sustainment Considerations ........................................... 6-8 Chapter 7 PROTECTION ..................................................................................................... 7-1 Personnel Recovery ............................................................................................ 7-1 Populace and Resources Control ....................................................................... 7-2 Risk Management ............................................................................................... 7-2 Operations Security............................................................................................. 7-2 Force Health Protection ...................................................................................... 7-2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal ............................................................................. 7-3 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations .............................. 7-3 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... Glossary-1 REFERENCES .................................................................................. References-1 INDEX ......................................................................................................... Index-1 ii ADRP 3-05 29 January 2018 Contents Figures Figure 1. Army special operations ....................................................................................... v Figure 1-1. Special operations activities .......................................................................... 1-4 Figure 1-2. Army special operations lines of effort .......................................................... 1-7 Figure 1-3. Core competencies: special warfare and surgical strike ............................... 1-9 Figure 1-4. Army special operations executed throughout the joint phasing model ..... 1-11 Figure 2-1. Special operations core activities and tasks ................................................. 2-1 Figure 3-1. Notional special operations task force organization (Special Forces group) ................................................................................. 3-6 Figure 3-2. Notional special operations task force organization (Special Forces battalion) ............................................................................ 3-7 Figure 3-3. Notional special operations task force organization (Ranger regiment) .......................................................................................