Just such tactics were employed by Mujahideen fighters during the Soviet-Afghan war of the late 20th century-tactics that eventually forced the Soviets to withdraw.
One of their most important functions might well be training Ukrainian soldiers or ordinary citizens in the tactics of guerrilla warfare they would need to resist the occupation of their homeland. special forces did not enter Ukrainian territory, that does not mean they won’t be playing a vital role. So a lot of them might be wearing civilian clothes and collecting intelligence,” he added.Įven if U.S. And good at avoiding detection while they do that. They’re really good at observing and reporting. “They’ve essentially mobilized the entire nation. “We don’t really need to have because we can deal directly with Ukraine forces, many of whom we’ve trained, and trained to a standard where they can provide tremendous intelligence capability,” Kempfer said. But Kempfer also said a safer option to avoid escalation would be to utilize Ukrainian nationals to gather vital HUMINT information and pass it on to their counterparts in the U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, said that it’s “very possible” that the U.S. Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Hal Kempfer, who served as a U.S. forces and Russian forces getting into direct contact with one another.”
are nuclear armed powers… We simply do not want NATO or U.S. “In my opinion it is too escalatory given the fact that both the Putin regime and the U.S. intelligence gatherers on the ground in any capacity is just not a “viable option,” Bunker said. Bunker, the research director at the security consultancy ℅ Futures LLC, said the risk that an SOG team or a NATO equivalent could be killed or captured, and linked back to their countries of origin, means that the risk far outweighs the reward. But Amenta framed it as an issue of quality over quantity, saying that the “training, raw intelligence, and ability to rapidly ideate and think strategically is what wins the day here.”īut not everyone is in favor of using SOGs in Ukraine.ĭr. “These men and women are extremely skilled in blending into environments, gathering intelligence and also being able to work with and help guide assist local military forces,” Amenta said.īecause secrecy is of paramount importance, SOGs working in Ukraine would likely be limited to just a few officers in each unit. “They’ve essentially mobilized the entire nation.” In order to avoid detection, the SOGs are able to work undercover within local populations. Amenta described the typical SOG as a small, covert, reconnaissance task force, often made up of intelligence agents from the NSA or CIA, paired with Special Forces soldiers like Green Berets or Delta Force commandos. forces is the use of Special Operation Groups (SOGs).
When it comes to gathering HUMINT, one option for elite U.S. “Not only do you get the real-time HUMINT (human intelligence) of what the Russians are doing, but you can have a real pulse of the continued capabilities of the Ukraine military learn the weaknesses and capabilities of our enemies,” including “what weapons, vehicles, aircraft, tactics, and troop units they are using.”īlakely added that such intel was vital for developing “future strategic plans should the U.S. Amenta’s co-author, Dan Blakely, another former Ranger, agreed that having local operators for sourcing information would be invaluable in the Ukraine conflict.
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