Fm 3 05.20 SPECIAL FORCES OPERATIONS

Field Manual (FM) 3-05.20 is the keystone manual for Special Forces (SF)
doctrine. It describes SF roles, missions, capabilities, organization, command and
control (C2), employment, and sustainment operations across the operational
continuum. This manual is a continuation of the doctrine established in Joint
Publications (JPs) 3-05 series and FM 3-05, Army Special Operations Forces
Doctrine (currently published as FM 100-25, Doctrine for Army Special
Operations Forces). The tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) publications for
SF include FM 3-05.202, Special Forces Foreign Internal Defense Operations
(currently published as FM 31-20-3, Foreign Internal Defense Tactics, Techniques,
and Procedures for Special Forces), and FM 3-05.204, Special Forces Special
Reconnaissance Operations (currently published as FM 31-20-5, Special
Reconnaissance Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Special Forces). See
Figure Preface-1, page v, for the Army special operations forces (ARSOF)
doctrinal and training publications architecture.
The focus of this manual is on the operational level of SF operations. The
subordinate publications explain the how of SF operations. Although FM 3-05.20
focuses primarily on the SF group and battalion, it addresses SF units from the
Special Forces operational detachment A (SFODA) to the United States Army
Special Forces Command (Airborne) (USASFC[A]).
Commanders and trainers should use this manual and other related publications
in conjunction with theater mission letters, command guidance, unit mission-
essential task lists (METLs), and the Army Training and Evaluation Program
(ARTEP) to plan and conduct mission-specific training. The key to ARSOF
mission success is to plan and practice operations before executing an assigned
mission.

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