SOF may conduct UW until they assist the resistance in removing the hostile power and the indigenous population becomes the government. At this point, it is critical to shift mindsets from defeating the adversary regime to protecting the newly installed government and its security personnel from insurgency, lawlessness, and subversion by former regime elements that attempt to organize their own resistance. Planners should have addressed transition planning in the feasibility assessment that formed the basis of the determination to support the resistance organization.
Activities
Promote New Government Legitimacy
Transition from SOJTF to Security Forces Assistance (SFA)
Demobilize and Integrate Guerrilla Forces, Underground and Auxiliary
Provide Civil-Military Operations (CMO) Support to New Government
MISO Themes Promote and Reinforce Civil Governance
Be Prepared to Conduct FID/COIN
Shadow Government and Government-in-Exile Transition Responsibility for Civil Governance
