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1	Specialoperationer & McRavens principer : en teoriprövande tvåfallstudie på Operation Neptune’s Spear & Operation Gothic Serpent Arnesen, Joakim January 2019 (has links) A conventional army is required to meet many needs and face many threats. However, when conventional warfare methods do not make the cut, Special Operations and Special Forces become a necessity. However, there exists few theories that sufficiently explain how Special Forces units around the world accomplishes these Special Operations. One of the few researches who has developed a theory regarding Special Operations is William H. McRaven with his theory of relative superiority. McRaven´s theory proposes that there are six principles which determine the success of a Special Forces unit´s ability to plan, prepare and execute a Special Operation. The aim of the study is to understand McRaven´s theory´s explanatory power in explaining the results of Operation Neptune Spear and Operation Gothic Serpent. This study concludes that Operation Neptune spear attained almost all of the required principles. However, Operation Gothic serpent lacked half of the required principles. In order to create a favourable relation, one must create synergy between the principles in order to achieve relative superiority. The study concludes by illustrating that McRaven´s theory´s explanatory power increased. William H. McRaven specialförband specialoperationer Operation Neptune’s Spear Operation Gothic Serpent Political Science Statsvetenskap
2	Specialoperationer & McRavens principer : en teoriprövande tvåfallstudie på Operation Neptune’s Spear & Operation Gothic Serpent. Arnesen, Joakim January 2019 (has links) A conventional army is required to meet many needs and face many threats. However, when conventional warfare methods do not make the cut, Special Operations and Special Forces become a necessity. However, there exists few theories that sufficiently explain how Special Forces units around the world accomplishes these Special Operations. One of the few researches who has developed a theory regarding Special Operations is William H. McRaven with his theory of relative superiority. McRaven´s theory proposes that there are six principles which determine the success of a Special Forces unit´s ability to plan, prepare and execute a Special Operation. The aim of the study is to understand McRaven´s theory´s explanatory power in explaining the results of Operation Neptune Spear and Operation Gothic Serpent. This study concludes that Operation Neptune spear attained almost all of the required principles. However, Operation Gothic serpent lacked half of the required principles. In order to create a favourable relation, one must create synergy between the principles in order to achieve relative superiority. The study concludes by illustrating that McRaven´s theory´s explanatory power increased. William H. McRaven specialförband specialoperationer Operation Neptune’s Spear Operation Gothic Serpent Political Science Statsvetenskap
3	VILSELEDANDE SPECIALFÖRBAND, ELLER INTE? En teoriprövande studie om vilseledning i specialförandsoperationer. Mattisson, Isa January 2022 (has links) Deception seems to be a vital part for special forces operations and a new prioritized task in the future. Despite that, is deception a phenomenon that is not taking an independent starting point in special operations theories. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the debate about the role of deception in special forces operations. This has been done by examining the extent to which Barton Whaley’s theory can explain the outcome of special operations. By analysing Operation Neptune’s Spear and Operation Gothic Serpent with Whaley’s theoretical framework, the conclusion is that deception can, to some extent, explain the outcome. The operations are opposites, one successful and the other unsuccessful. The result shows that deception is more common in the successful one. Despite this, the result suggest that more research is needed to draw relevant conclusions. One can only say that the result gives an indication about the role of deception in these kinds of operations. Vilseledning överraskning specialförband psykologiskt fenomen Barton Whaley Operation Neptune’s Spear Operation Gothic Serpent Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
4	Decisions integration a critical necessity for special operations Dobocan, Claudiu O. 12 1900 (has links) Approved for public release; distribution in unlimited. / In a world in which the use of violence continues to be viewed as an acceptable method to pursue political goals, the use of terrorism as a political method will also continue. And within that world, in the coming years, hostage rescues and other direct actions to combat terrorism are likely to be the most frequent type of missions conducted by state special operations forces, including those of Romania. This thesis explores the importance of integrating three types of decisions-informational, structural, and operational-for the successful outcome of special operations. The thesis analyzes four operations, conducted by American, Belgian, and Israeli forces, and the circumstances of their positive or negative outcomes. The historical cases show that, if any one of the three types of decisions was not integrated with the other two, the operation was doomed. The analysis also reveals that the integration of decision-making can best be realized by using interagency coordination mechanisms and a collocation of decision-makers, especially for situations in which command arrangements are highly complicated or unclear. In light of the findings in the four case studies, an analysis of the Romanian Special Operations Forces reveals that its overall structure does not favor either immediate-response or high-complexity missions. The thesis concludes with a number of recommendations for short- and long-term mitigation of current command and control problems faced by Romanian Special Operations Forces. / Captain, Romanian Army Decision making Special forces (Military science) Romania Special operations (Military science) Congo (Democratic Republic) Kisangani Uganda Entebbe Iran Tehran Somalia Mogadishu Decision theory Informational decision Organizational/structural decision Operational decision Operation DRAGON ROUGE/NOIR Operation THUNDERBALL/JONATHAN Operation EAGLE CLAW Operation GOTHIC SERPENT Hostage rescue Direct action Stanleyville Entebbe Teheran Mogadishu

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