Expedient Engineering

Programs undertaken by Spec all Forces detachments up porting counter insurgency operations are called civic action or environmental improvement programs Special Forces detachments conducting military civic actions find that they are the contact, or go-between, for the local administration and the national government. In undertaking these programs and in assisting the local administration to satisfy the aspirations of the people, the Special Forces advisor helps create the image of a responsive and capable government. When this is accomplished, the opening for subversion diminishes.