Unconventional Warfare May 2026

The imagery of UW often contrasts high-tech professional military advisors with local fighters in varied environments. Strength and Honor - The Art of James Dietz James Dietz

Psychologically readying a population to resist. Unconventional Warfare

Part-time volunteer supporters who use their normal positions in the community to provide logistics, early warning, and safe house management. The imagery of UW often contrasts high-tech professional

Training and equipping local cadres into a structured force. Unconventional Warfare

Military doctrine often follows a specific lifecycle for UW campaigns:

Executing full-scale combat operations alongside the resistance.

The overt military arm of the resistance that conducts kinetic combat operations against the enemy. The 7-Phase Campaign Model