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PSYOP and MILITARY

UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

United States Army Special Operations Command Official Web site

3rd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne)

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS UNITS

The 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)

The 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) by Herb Friedman
The 5th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) by Herb Froiedman
The 6th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) by Herb Friedman
The 7th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) by Herb Friedman
The 8th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) by Herb Friedman
The 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
The 3rd Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) by Herb Friedman
The 9th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) by Herb Friedman

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS GROUP COMMANDERS

4th Psychological Operations Group Commanders
8th Psychological Operations Group Commanders

RESERVE PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BATTALIONS

The 10th Psychological Opertions Battalion by Herb Friedman
The 13th Psychological Operations Battalion (EPW) by Herb Friedman
The 15th Psychological Operations Battalion by Herb Friedman
History of the 14th Psychological Operations/Psychological Warfare Battalion and 7th Psychological Operation Group by Tim Yoho

UNITED STATES ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command & the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS HERALDRY

Psychological Operations Branch

Psychological Operation Units Distinctive Unit Insignias

PSYOP Reserve Units

2nd Psychological Operations Group Heraldry - Crest

11th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms
13th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms
15th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms
16th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms

7th Psychological Operations Group Heraldry and History by MAJ Ed Rouse (Ret.) and SGM Herbert A. Friedman (Ret.)

10th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms
12th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms
14th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms
17th Psychological Operations Battalion Heraldry - Crest and Coat of Arms

AIR FORCE AND NAVY PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS

193rd Special Operations Wing
U.S. Navy "Beach Jumpers"

EMPLOYMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS

Propaganda Media
Propaganda Planning
Psychological Operation Leaflets
Mind Games by LTC Steven Collins
Leaflets Missions by Herb Friedman
Balloon PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Comic Book PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Loudspeakers At War by Herb Friedman
The Propaganda Float by Herb Friedman
Employment of Psychological Operations
PSYOP Dissemination by Herb Friedman
The Propaganda Shell by Herb Friedman
The Propaganda Rocket by Herb Friedman
PSYOP Equipment Systems by Ed Rouse
Psychological Operations by Paul M. A. Linebarger
Intelligence & Electronic Warfare Support to PSYOP
The Use of Music in Psychological Operations by Herb Friedman
Bomb Images for Propaganda and Fund Raising by Herb Friedman
The Effectiveness of Psychological Operation Leaflets by Herb Friedman
Combat Loudspeakers: Weapon of the Battlefield Evangelists by Dennis Bartow
Centrally Planned & Decentrally Executed -- A Dilemma Facing Military PSYOP
Encouraging American Troops to Support Psychological Operations by Herb Friedman
NATO and Strategic PSYOPS: Policy Pariah or Growth Industry? by LTC Steven Collins
Current Challenges and Future Roles for US Army Reserve PSYOP Forces by LTC Steven Collins
Enlisting Madison Ave, The Marketing Approach to Earning Popular Support in Theaters of Operations. RAND Corporation
The 2006 "Divorce" of US Army Reserve and Active Component Psychological Operations Units by Dr. Al Paddock
Psychological Operations vs Military Information Support Operations and an Analysis of Organizational Change by MAJ Davin Cowen and MAJ Chaveso Cook

PSYOP REFERENCE RESOURCES

PSYOP CREED
PSYOP Quotations
Propaganda Glossary
Psychological Operations Videos
Investigative Report Radio and US Military PSYOP
Psychological Operations Bibliography and Recommended Reading List

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS HISTORY

PSYWAR UK by Lee Richards
History of Psychological Warfare
Propaganda Radio by Herb Friedman
PRINT Magazine article, "Falling Leaves" by Herb Friedman
301st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group by Herb Friedman
A History of Modern-Day Psychological Warfare and Operations by Joshua Beninga
MG Robert McClure, Forgotten Father of Army Special Warfare by Dr. Al Paddock
The Sirens of Wartime Radio: An Analysis of the Media Coverage of Five Legendary Female Propaganda Broadcasters by Scott A. Morton
A brief history of U.S. International Radio Broadcasting and War: From the Voice of America to Radio Tikrit by Captain David Westover, USAF

UNUSUAL PROPAGANDA THEMES

Project Revere by Herb Friedman
The Death Card by Herb Friedman
PSYOP Mistakes by Herb Friedman
Sex & Propaganda by Herb Friedman
The Black Leaflet by Herb Friedman
Malingering PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Superstition PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Leaflets on Leaflets by Herb Friedman
Our Favorite Leaflets by Herb Friedman
Strange Gifts from Above by Herb Friedman
Divide and Conquer PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Maps as a Propaganda Theme by Herb Friedman
Radio Leaflets During Wartime by Herb Friedman
Odd shaped Propaganda Leaflets by Herb Friedman
Venereal Disease and Propaganda by Herb Friedman
PSYOP & Mine Awareness by Herb Friedman
The Threat of Allied Bombing by Herb Friedman
The Falling Leaves Leaflets by Herb Friedman
Counterfeit Christmas Cards by Herb Friedman
Deception and Disinformation by Herb Friedman
Poison Cornflakes for Breakfast by Herb Friedman
Unit Insignia and Natiional Flags on PSYOP Leaflet by Herb Friedman
The Chieu Hoi Program of Vietnam by Herb Friedman
Reward Leaflets of the Vietnam War by Herb Friedman
Race as a Military Propaganda Theme by Herb Friedman
The Strategic Bomber and American PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Death and Disfigurement as a PSYOP Theme by Herb Friedman
Civilian Leaflets Dropped as a Political Gesture by Herb Friedman
Operation Moolah - The Plot to Steal a MIG-15 by Herb Friedman
PSYOP in Support of Hurricane Andrew Recovery Operations by Herb Friedman
The Strange Case of the Vietnamese "Late Hero" Nguyen Van Be by Herb Friedman

ADEN

PSYOP of the Aden Emergency 1963-1967 by Herb Friedman

AFGHANISTAN - OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Afghanistan Leaflets
War on Terrorism in Afghanistan
Commando Solo Broadcast Afghanistan
Operation Enduring Freedom Humanitarian Aid
Psychological Operations in Afghanistan by Herb Friedman
PSYOP 9/11 Video Helps Explain Why We are in Afghanistan
PSYOP Soldiers: Winning the War One Friendship at a Time, by 1st LT Amy Abbott, USAF

BALKANS - BOSNIA & KOSOVO

PSYOP in Bosnia
PSYOP in Kosovo
Kosovo Leaflets
PSYOP in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by Herb Friedman
PSYOP against Milosevic's Yugoslavia by Herb Friedman
Army PSYOP in Bosnia: Capabilities and Constraints by Steven Collins
The Antenna War & the Transformation of Bosnian-Serb Television by LTC Steven Collins
Shaping Perceptions During the Latest Balkans' Imbroglio by LTC Steven Collins

CHINA

Nationalist and Communist Chinese Propaganda Leaflets by Herb Friedman

COLD WAR PROPAGANDA

Cold War and Insurgency Propaganda Banknotes by Herb Friedman
Free Europe Press Cold War Leaflets by Herb Friedman
The 5th Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company by Herb Friedman

CONGO - KATANGA

PSYOP of the Katanga - Congo War by Herb Friedman

CUBA

PSYOP against Cuba

CYPRUS

Cyprus 1954-1959 by Herb Friedman and Brigadier General Ioannis Paschalidis

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Dominican Republic PSYOP by Herb Friedman

FALKLAND ISLANDS

PSYOP of the Falkland Islands War by Herb Friedman

GRENADA - OPERATION URGENT FURY

Grenada Leaflets
United States PSYOP in Grenada by Herb Friedman

GULF WAR - OPERATION DESERT STORM

Baghdad Betty
Gulf War Leaflets
Gulf War Photo Gallery
Leaflets Developed by Iraq
Gulf War Leaflet Dissemination
Loudspeaker Teams & The Gulf War
Desert Storm PSYOP Command & Control
Gulf War Facts on the Effectiveness of PSYOP
Banknote PSYOP of Operation Desert Storm by Herb Friedman
Leaflets of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm by Herb Friedman
The “Free Kuwait” Liberation Movement During the Iraqi Occupation by Herb Friedman

GULF WAR - OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT

Operation Provide Comfort by Herb Friedman

GULF WAR - OPERATION DESERT FOX

Operation Desert Fox by Herb Friedman

HAITI - OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY

Operation Uphold Democracy PSYOP in Haiti
US PSYOP in Haiti - Operation Uphold Democracy by Herb Friedman

IRAQ - OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Freedom Leaflets
Mind Games by LTC Steven Collins
Operation Iraqi Freedom by Herb Friedman
Commando Solo Radio Broadcast Over Iraq
No-Fly Zone Warning Leaflets to Iraq by Herb Friedman
The 361st Psychological Operations Company in Iraq by Herb Friedman
Surveying Public Opinions During Stability and Support Operations:PSYOP Support to the First Marine Division in Iraq by MAJ Calvin C. DeWitt

ISIS

PSYOP against the Islamic State by Herb Friedman

ISRAEL

Israel VS Hamas - Part I - 2008 - 2009 by Herb Friedman
Israel VS Hamas - Part II - 2023 by Herb Friedman
Israeli Propaganda Raids on Lebanon by Herb Friedman

KENYA

Psychological Operations during the Mau Mau Insurrection in Kenya 1952-1959 by Herb Friedman

KOREA

Seoul City Sue
A Marine Grunt in Korea by Herb Friedman
Communist Korea War Leaflets by Herb Friedman
The Cold War in Korea - Operation Jilli by Herb Friedman
North and South Korean Psychological Warfare by Ed Rouse and Herb Friedman
Korean War Named PSYOP Campaigns by Herb Friedman
The First Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group by Herb Friedman
Allied Banknote PSYOP of the Korean War by Herb Friedman
The Making of a Korean War Psyop Officer by Herb Friedman
Operation Moolah - The Plot to Steal a MIG-15 by Herb Friedman
The Eighth Army G3 (Operations) PSYWAR Unit by Herb Friedman
The Voice of the United Nations Command (VUNC) by Herb Friendman
The First Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company - Korea 1953 by Herb Friedman
The American PSYOP Organization During the Korean War by Herb Friedman
The Defection of American Soldier PFC Joseph T. White to North Korea by Ed Rouse
The Republic of Korea's PSYOP Battle against Communist Guerrillas by Herb Friedman
The North Korean Reaction to the Cold War Operation Jilli Propaganda Leaflets by Herb Friedman

LATIN AMERICA

PSYOP in Latin America by Herb Friedman

LEBANON

Israeli Propaganda Raids on Lebanon by Herb Friedman

LIBERIA

Combined Task Force Liberia PSYOP by Herb Friedman

LIBYA

LIBYA PSYOP - 2011 by Herb Friedman

MALAYA

Psychological Warfare of the Malayan Emergency 1948-1960 by Herb Friedman

PANAMA - OPERATION JUST CAUSE

Why the US Intervened in Panama
How the Rock Music Came To Be
PSYOP in Panama - Operation Just Cause
U.S. PSYOP in Panama (Operation Just Cause) by Herb Friedman

RHODESIA

Rhodesia PSYOP 1965-1980 by Herb Friedman

SOMALIA - OPERATION RESTORE HOPE

United States PSYOP in Somalia by Herb Friedman
Operation United Shield Somalia by Herb Friedman

UGANDA

The Fight Against the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) in Africa by Herb Friedman

UKRAINE

Russia Invades Ukraine - 2022 by Herb Friedman

VIETNAM

PSYOP O-2B Aircraft
The Search for Hanoi Hannah by Don North
Tet PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Project Quick Speak Vietnam War
PSYOP in Laos by Herb Friedman
The Death Card by Herb Friedman
Cambodia PSYOP by Herb Fiedman
The Armed Propaganda Teams of Vietnam by Herb Fiedman
TET 1968 Uprising PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Winning Hearts and Minds by Herb Friedman
The "White Mice" of Vietnam by Herb Friedman
Defoilation PSYOP of Vietnam by Herb Friedman
The Use of Superstitions in PSYOP in Vietnam
Anti-Viet Cong Atrocity PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Allies of the Republic of Vietnam by Herb Friedman
The Ho Chi Minh Trail Campaign by Herb Friedman
The Chieu Hoi Program of Vietnam by Herb Friedman
PSYOP Order of Battle for Vietnam by Herb Friedman
Poetry as Propaganda in Vietnam by Herb Friedman
The NVA Soldier in South Vietnam as a PSYOP Target
JUSPAO Vietnam Propaganda Posters by Herb Friedman
Diem Betrayed - Anti-Diem Propaganda leaflets by Herb Friedman
Allied Weapons of the Vietnam War by Herb Friedman
Reward Leaflets of the Vietnam War by Herb Friedman
Special Forces Leaflets in Vietnam by Herb Friedman
The Nguyen Trai PSYOP Campaign by Herb Friedman
The North Vietnam Leaflet Campaign by Herb Friedman
Australian PSYOP of the Vietnam War by Herb Friedman
Dai Doan Ket - National Reconciliation by Herb Friedman
PSYOP of the Strategic Hamlet in Vietnam by Herb Friedman
Vietnam War "Flag" Safe Conduct Passes by Herb Friedman
The 24th PSYOP Detachment in Vietnam by Herb Friedman
The Wandering Soul PSYOP Tape of Vietnam by Herb Friedman
PSYOP Policy Number 53 - PSYOP Support of Pacification in Vietnam
Propaganda Banknote Leaflets of the Vietnam War by Herb Friedman
Save Your Life, Save Your Children, Save Your Rice by Herb Friedman
The Vietnamese General Political Warfare Directorate by Herb Friedman
MACV-SOG - The Sacred Sword of the Patriot League by Herb Friedman
The Strange Case of the Vietnamese "Late Hero" Nguyen Van Be by Herb Friedman
A Paratrooper Assigned to PSYOP in the Early Days of the Vietnam War by Herb Friedman
Psychological Operations Command & Control in Vietnam by Herb Friedman & Ed Rouse
National Liberation Front (NLF), Anti-American Leaflets of the Vietnam War by Herb Friedman

WORLD WAR I

Allied PSYOP of WWI by Herb Friedman
German WWI PSYOP by Herb Friedman
WWI Propaganda Posters by Herb Friedman
WWI Forgeries and Parodies of the Stamps and Banknotes of the Warring Sides by Herb Friedman

WORLD WAR II

Tokyo Rose
WWII's Axis Sally
World War II Posters
Malta by Herb Friedman
D-Day PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Okinawa PSYOP by Herb Friedman
Operation Sauerkraut by Herb Friedman
The Battle of the Bulge by Herb Friedman
Return to Wake Island by Herb Friedman
OWI Leaflets for Burma by Herb Friedman
OWI Leaflets for Thailand by Herb Friedman
Joseph Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda
The Falling Leaves Leaflets by Herb Friedman
Japanese PSYOP During WWII by Herb Friedman
Poison Cornflakes for Breakfast by Herb Friedman
Brazil - Germany Propaganda War by Herb Friedman
Conversation with a Master Forger by Herb Friedman
Army PWB Leaflets for the Pacific War by Herb Friedman
Axis Propaganda Currency of WW II by Herb Friedman
OWI Pacific PSYOP Six Decades Ago by Herb Friedman
Propaganda and Espionage Philately of WWII by Herb Friedman
Propaganda and Espionage Philately Post WWII by Herb Friedman
Axis Propaganda Against Indian Troops by Herb Friedman
Propaganda Gummed Labels of of WWII by Herb Friedman
The German V1 Rocket Leaflet Campaign by Herb Friedman
British "Black Postcards" of World War II by Herb Friedman
World War II Allied Propaganda Banknotes by Herb Friedman
The Vilification of Enemy Leadership in WWII by Herb Friedman
Herb Friedman on British TV Channel 4 documentary “Sex Bomb
OSS Counterfeit Products - Washington DC by Herb Friedman
The German-Japanese Propaganda Connection by Herb Friedman
America’s Secret WWII Weapon in Switzerland by Herb Friedman
Anti-Semitism as a Psychological Warfare Theme by Herb Friedman
Propaganda of the WWII Battle of Monte Cassino by Herb Friedman
The World War II OSS Black Propaganda Postcards and Letter Sheets by Herb Friedman
A U.S. Army Newspaper Editor in the WWII Philippines by Herb Friedman
Marston Balch: from College Professor to Propagandist by Herb Friedman
The Allied "Passierschein" Safe Conduct Passes of WWII by Herb Friedman
Mount Fuji as a Pictorial Theme in Allied WWII PSYOP by Herb Friedman
The "I Cease Resistance Safe Conduct Passes to the Japanese by Herb Friedman
The American OSS Forged Postage Stamp to Fight the Japanese by Herb Friedman
The Incredible PSYOP of Marine Lieutenant Bob Sheeks on Saipan by Herb Friedman
The United States PSYOP Organization in Europe During World War II by Herb Friedman
The United States PSYOP Organization in the Pacific During World War II by Herb Friedman
The British Black "Parole der Woche" ("Slogan of the Week") forgeries by Herb Friedman and Lee Richards

YEMEN

PSYOP of the Aden Emergency 1963-1967 by Herb Friedman

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS TRAINING

Training and War Game Leaflets by Herb Friedman

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS/WARFARE ORGANIZATIONS

Psychological Operations Regiment
Psychological Operations Veterans Association (POVA)
Application for Psychological Operations Veterans Association Membership
193rd Special Operations Wing Association
U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers Association
Worldwide Psychological Operations Insignia Collaectors WIKI by Drew Chaney and Doug Elwell

TRUE AMERICA HEROES

In Memory of PSYOP Fallen Heroes
The Son Tay POW Raid
Col. Nick Rowe, An American Hero
MSG Roy Benavidez, His Medal of Honor Story