U.S. Marine Corps Training Manual: Psychological Operations - FMFM 3-53 - USMC Marines Document Series (Ringbound)

This ringbound book provides a reproduction of an important document from the U.S. Marine Corps, Psychological Operations (FMFM 3-53 and FM 33-1). It describes PSYOP roles, missions, capabilities, and organization. It also describes PSYOP employment, command and control, and support across the operational continuum. The manual is the basis for PSYOP force design and materiel acquisition. It supports the doctrinal requirements of the Concept Based Requirements System. The manual reflects the current PSYOP force structure. It also incorporates PSYOP lessons learned during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The manual expresses the current operational concept for PSYOP. It is the doctrinal guide for commanders, planners, and users of PSYOP. It is also a guide for those who must consider the psychological effect of military operations on a target audience. For PSYOP planners who use force structure, it provides the doctrinal principles to plan and prepare PSYOP elements for commitment. It also provides the principles used to direct and maintain those elements after commitment. PSYOP personnel must use their professional knowledge, skills, and judgment in adapting the principles in this manual to their specific situations. Contents include threats and national security, psyop missions, force structure, command and control, employment of pysop forces, mission planning and targeting, intelligence for psyop, combat service support, capabilities, assets, and target audiences in military operations, psyop in support of enemy prisoner of war and civilian internee operations. Progressive Management has been a leader in military publishing for nearly a decade. Our news and educational titles are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work and educational tool.