アメリカ陸軍
心理戦
「耳と耳の間の戦い」を戦う部隊。ナチス・ドイツに投下された何十億枚ものビラから、チャウホイ作戦による20万人のベトコン投降、ISISに対する対抗言論作戦まで、心理作戦は一発も発砲することなく、外国の住民に影響を与え、敵の士気を削ぐ。兵器庫の中で最も安価な兵器。しばしば最も効果的な兵器。
冷戦とベトナム
1950年 - 1991年
韓国
冷戦の情報戦
韓国
スピーカー合戦
ラジオ
自由なヨーロッパ · リバティー
25億
北朝鮮にビラ散布
ソビエト
対抗プロパガンダ
韓国では、PSYOP部隊が25億枚のビラを投下し、最前線では拡声器チームを使い中国と北朝鮮の兵士に降伏を呼びかけた。冷戦中、陸軍のPSYOPはラジオ・フリー・ヨーロッパとボイス・オブ・アメリカを支援し、ソビエト圏に放送した。共産主義との情報戦は決して止むことがなかったため、PSYOPは陸軍の部隊構造の恒久的な一部となった。DMZの拡声器は今もそこにある。
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ベトナム
チエウホイ計画
チウホイ
「オープンアームズ」からの脱走
200K+
VC/NVA Defected
Wandering
Soul · Ghost Tapes
Aerial
LOUDSPEAKER · C-47
The Chieu Hoi ("Open Arms") program was PSYOP's greatest success - over 200,000 Viet Cong and NVA fighters defected under the program. PSYOP teams played "Wandering Soul" recordings in the jungle - eerie ghost voices exploiting Vietnamese beliefs about unburied dead to terrify superstitious VC fighters. C-47 aircraft with massive loudspeakers broadcast over enemy positions. Vietnam was the most extensive PSYOP campaign since WWII - and proved that information operations could produce strategic results.
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Modern PSYOP - MISO
2001 - Present
MISO
OIF · OEF · INFLUENCE
TPT
Tactical PSYOP Teams
Counter
Narrative · ISIS · AQ
Social
Media Influence Ops
Every
BCT HAD PSYOP
In Iraq and Afghanistan, Tactical PSYOP Teams were attached to every brigade combat team - conducting face-to-face engagement, distributing handbills, operating FM radio stations, and producing messaging to counter insurgent propaganda. PSYOP soldiers engaged village elders, produced counter-narrative content against ISIS and al-Qaeda recruiting, and operated in the information environment alongside kinetic operations. Modern MISO operates across social media, broadcast, print, and face-to-face engagement simultaneously. The information battlefield has no front lines.
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UNITS
FORT LIBERTY, NC
4th POG
Active Duty · Airborne
2nd, 7th
8th POG · USAR
USACAPOC
Reserve Command
SOF
UNDER SOCOM
Active-duty PSYOP is centered on the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) at Fort Liberty - the only active-duty PSYOP group, operating under USASOC. The Army Reserve holds three additional PSYOP Groups under USACAPOC. Like Civil Affairs, PSYOP maintains a significant reserve component because the skills needed - media production, cultural expertise, language ability, marketing - are often found in civilian careers. PSYOP soldiers attend the PSYOP Qualification Course at the JFK Special Warfare Center alongside Special Forces and Civil Affairs.
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72
Years of Service
200K+
Chieu Hoi Defections
SOF
Special Operations
Persuade
Change · Influence