Unconventional Warfare Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org

unconventional warfare

Term Source: JP 3-05 (Special Operations) ?

1.) Activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government or occupying power by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerrilla force in a denied area.

See Also:

also called UW

In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

Term Classification: operations

Department of Defense

Source:

Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Term sourced from JP 3-05: Special Operations, updated July 2014 View source document

This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015

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