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07-02-2010, 10:24 AM
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- Army psychological operations will no longer go by that name after the Defense Department adopted a new moniker for the term that dates back at least to the Vietnam War.
The Army branch is being renamed "Military Information Support Operations," or MISO.
U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Ken McGraw says the name better reflects the mission of influencing enemy soldiers and civilians with things like air-dropped leaflets and radio broadcasts.
Fort Bragg, N.C., is home to the 4th Psychological Operations Group, the Army's only active duty psychological operations unit. Psychological operations soldiers are trained at the post.
Many in the psychological operations community dislike the new name. They say it makes it harder to explain what they do.
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The Army branch is being renamed "Military Information Support Operations," or MISO.
U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Ken McGraw says the name better reflects the mission of influencing enemy soldiers and civilians with things like air-dropped leaflets and radio broadcasts.
Fort Bragg, N.C., is home to the 4th Psychological Operations Group, the Army's only active duty psychological operations unit. Psychological operations soldiers are trained at the post.
Many in the psychological operations community dislike the new name. They say it makes it harder to explain what they do.
Link (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PSY_OPS_NAME_CHANGE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US)