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The GI Joe/Cobra Concept Art & Filecard Project
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02-10-2010, 04:00 PM
zuludelta
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I've got a few questions:
I pretty much understand the roles of every one but the Special Activities Task Force. When are they used as opposed to or alongside the S-2 part of the team or the Direct Action Element?
They do similar things (as far as HUMINT collection), but the Special Activities Task Force can conduct covert and clandestine operations, while the Joint Special Task Force's S2 personnel are only authorised to conduct clandestine operations.
There's a very fine difference between "covert" and "clandestine" in military/paramilitary usage, as it has huge implications legally (both under US law and in international law). Covert operations, according to the DoD dictionary, are operations whose sponsorship can be legally denied. What that means basically, is that an agency authorised to conduct covert operations is under no obligation to disclose these operations to Congress or the Senate (and to a limited extent, to international courts of law). Clandestine operations are those operations that are conducted under concealment, but their sponsors are not hidden (e.g., Congress has to know about how these operations are funded, the chain of command, etc.)
Strictly speaking, only the CIA can conduct covert operations (as outlined in Section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947), which is why I created a special activities task force composed of seconded CIA personnel... to give the GIJOE team an arm that has the legal and above-board ability to conduct covert operations.
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I see the Aviation Element has changed significantly. With one C-130J-30 crew and two MH-6 crews, where/how do the teams get additional air support/transport?
I should probably add some explanation to the final document, but they'd get additional air support the way other military/federal law enforcement units get theirs: by requesting assistance from Air Mobility Command or regional aviation support agencies.
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How does the Mixed Force Protection Platoon function in regards to stateside operations (both the EOD and law enforcement teams)?
They have no real mandate stateside (don't forget the
Posse Comitatus
Act) except on military installations but they can serve as resource persons for civilian-headed ops. Their duty identifiers are strictly expeditionary operations designations.
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