Special Operations team in Pacific will confront Chinese information campaigns

[rangerrebew]

Special Operations team in Pacific will confront Chinese information campaigns
Mark Pomerleau
 

WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations Command created a task force in the Pacific region to work with allies there to thwart China’s information operations, the commander told lawmakers Thursday.

The Joint Task Force Indo-Pacific team will be focused on information and influence operations in the Pacific theater, a part of the world receiving much the military’s attention because of China’s growing capabilities.

The team is poised to work with like-minded partners in the region, Gen. Richard Clarke, commander of Special Operations Command, said before the Armed Services Committee. “We actually are able to tamp down some of the disinformation that they [China] continuously sow,” he said of the task force’s efforts.

https://www.c4isrnet.com/information-warfare/2021/03/25/special-operations-team-in-pacific-will-confront-chinese-information-campaigns/

[sneakypete]

Frankly,I am shocked they haven't been doing this since Day One.

It's a HELL of a lot cheaper,not to mention less dependent on manpower that sending in SO teams.

SF groups used to have Psy-Ops companies in each group for these very same reasons. Did that stop that practice in recent years?

Anyone know?