Technique
technique:psyop
Also: psychological operation, psychological operations
Psychological operations intended to persuade, change, and influence the behavior of a target audience.
Psychological operations intended to persuade, change, and influence the behavior of a target audience.
“P-S-Y-O-P and that stands for psychological operations.”
“Psychological operations is a skill set which is used to persuade, change, and influence the behavior of the target audience.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | SAME_AS | Military Information Support Operations | Explicit | 65 |
| incoming | USES | United States Army | Explicit | 65 |
| incoming | USES | Henry | Explicit | 65 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation Wandering Soul | Explicit | 65 |
United States Army USES PSYOP
Henry and Jack describe PSYOP as a United States Army capability used to persuade, change, and influence target audiences.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 65 Details
“there’s a unit in the army that’s sole mission is to get the adversary to change their behavior”
Henry says he is currently in psychological operations.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Henry EP 65 Details
“I did intelligence support and currently I’m in psychological operations.”
PSYOP SAME_AS Military Information Support Operations
The episode says the military has changed the name of PSYOP to Military Information Support Operations because of PSYOP's negative connotation.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 65 Details
“they now call it MISO which stands for Military Information Support Operations”
Operation Wandering Soul INVOLVES PSYOP
The Vietnam operation described as Operation Wandering Soul involved PSYOP troops broadcasting messages over loudspeakers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 65 Details
“There was this one mission in Vietnam called Operation Wandering Soul.”
“These are the sounds that the PSYOPS troops were playing for the enemy in Vietnam over the loudspeakers.”