DoD activities and operations such as CT, UW, FID, COIN, and stability operations that involve establishing or re-establishing order in a fragile state or territory.
www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300007p.pdf
DODI 3002.04, DOD Personnel Recovery—Non-Conventional Assisted Recovery (NAR), 17 November 2014
Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for NAR as an integral part of personnel recovery in the DoD; Prescribes procedures for the development, planning, and integration of NAR in cooperation with intelligence, special operations, and interagency partners.
www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300007p.pdf
USSOCOM Directive 525-5 (S//NF) Advanced Special Operations Techniques (U), 14 November 2013
Provides guidance and assigns responsibilities for the conduct of activities using Advance Special Operations Techniques (ASOT) by SOF.
(SIPRNET) https://intelshare.intelink.sgov.gov/sites/usasocg3x/UWpedia/UWLibrary
USSOCOM Directive 525-16 (S//NF) Preparation of the Environment (U), 14 November 2013
Establishes common concepts and provides general guidance for the planning, conduct, and resourcing of PE by SOF. PE includes those actions taken to prepare the operational environment for potential operations.
(SIPRNET) https://intelshare.intelink.sgov.gov/sites/usasocg3x/UWpedia/UWLibrary
USSOCOM Directive 525-89 (S//NF) Unconventional Warfare (U), 31 May 2012
Establishes USASOC as Lead Component for Unconventional Warfare (UW).
(SIPRNET) https://intelshare.intelink.sgov.gov/sites/usasocg3x/UWpedia/UWLibrary
Executive Order, Hostage Recovery Activities, 24 June 2015
Establishes a single USG operational body to coordinate all efforts for the recovery of U.S. nationals taken hostage abroad, with policy guidance coordinated through the National Security Council.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/24/executive-order-and-presidentialpolicy-directive-hostage-recovery
Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-29 U.S. National Taken Hostage Abroad and Personnel Recovery Efforts, 24 June 2015
PPD-29, including its classified annex, supersedes and revokes NSPD-12. This policy directs a renewed, more agile USG response to hostage taking of U.S. nationals and other specified individuals abroad.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/24/presidential-policy-directivehostage-recovery-activities