To understand Jade Helm 15, and why this type of training is important, people need to understand two major key concepts.
The first is Unconventional Warfare (UW); what it is, why it is used and the training required to become proficient at it. The second is the internal fight within the Special Forces community on the UW vs. Direct Action (DA) mentality.
I’ll start with the second part because the UW vs DA fight is integral to Jade Helm 15. To ensure everyone understands the official military definition are as follows:
DA - Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets.
UW - 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.
To put it in simple terms:
- DA is Seal Team 6, flying into Pakistan, landing in a compound and killing Osama Bin Laden.
- UW is 2-3 specially trained Allied troops parachuting into France during WW II, to link up with the French resistance. Once they had linked up they would help them be more efficient through better training, equipment and intelligence in order to practice guerrilla warfare against the Nazis.
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