This is a 3-part series of articles, if you haven’t read the previous article in this series I would suggest you do. Otherwise, this article, taken out of context, may make little, if any, sense to you. And you may misunderstand the intent of the article as well. Please read the “NOTE/DISCLAIMER” at the bottom of the page for more clarification on why I wrote this series of articles.

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Tactics Against Police –

• Carry out murderous attacks against police officers who are out of sympathy with our aims or who hunt down guerrilla members.
• Carry out ambushes against police patrols in towns or directly against police stations located in rural areas.
• Restricting police movement, individual or groups, by the use of frequent and unexpected ambushes.
• A benefit of ambushes, and especially police station raids, weapons and arsenals can be seized.
• Unnecessary cruelty should be avoided; death/execution is not an unnecessary cruelty, torture is.
• Be careful and skeptical of ‘imported’ police; they are often violently opposed to those they will police over. They are little more than hired thugs. When discovered, these individuals should become primary targets.

Tactics Against Occupying Military Forces –

• Kill occupying service members, if they would kill guerrillas, if they could fire first.
• Cooks, secretaries, and non-combatants should be spared unless they pose a threat.
• Unnecessary cruelty should be avoided; death/execution is not an unnecessary cruelty, torture is.
• The more enemy forces present, the more targets of opportunity exist.
• Targeted attacks on occupying forces, groups or individuals, can have a very severe impact on their morale over time. The occupation forces will simply no longer see the benefit of dying “needlessly” and they will want to go home to their families, their homes, and their people.

Tactics Against Fellow Citizens –

• Civilians who are traitors or enemy intelligence agents should be killed, and quickly.
• Unnecessary cruelty should be avoided; death/execution is not an unnecessary cruelty, torture is.

Tactics Overall –

• In areas where there are the fewest groups/teams, attack often and repeatedly.
• After an attack, immediately empty the battlefield. Meaning, withdraw members entirely from the area for a period of time. When retaliation comes, there will be no guerilla forces for them to engage.
• Careful study of the enemy’s habits is essential; their weakest point will surface. Place observation agents in the appropriate positions to best study enemy habits.
• Be patient when being hunted after being surrounded. Often times the enemy may pass by very closely, if you open fire you can give away your position.
• Whenever practical for a mission, hold back a reserve element to assist the primary group/team. This is especially true for any larger scale mission.
• Spies and couriers should never have on their person anything that does not fit their cover story. When/if caught, there should be no possession on their body that is out of line with who they are pretending to be.
• Speed of mission execution is vitally important. The ability to quickly act, or react, to any given situation is paramount to overcome the slow-acting bureaucratic processes of the occupying force’s leadership structure.
• Even during times of group weakness when it is difficult to execute a mission, perform isolated acts of sabotage to show the enemy that they cannot do as they please no matter what.
• A short period of extreme ruthlessness against opposition forces is a useful tool to dissuade them from actions against your guerrilla forces. This must be carried out with no restriction on action against those groups/individuals for a short period of time. And it must be well-known to them and everyone else why you are doing it and that retaliation stops abruptly when they cease their activities against your forces or civilians.
• Any actions against civilians by the enemy must be met (retaliated against) quickly and with extreme measures. If enemy troops attack civilians it is best to execute any officer or non-commissioned officer involved. It that is not possible, the same retaliatory actions against enemy troops in another area can be just as effective as long it is is made known the action is a retaliatory strike in response to the original enemy’s attack on civilians. This type of ‘offset’ action may have the added benefit of creating division and animosity between the two groups of enemy troops. Meaning, one group suffers due to another group’s actions.

ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES –

MISSION: Group/team members must be able to perform in one or more of the following categories as ordered:

1. 1. 1. Take part in mass demonstrations/protests.
      2. Conceal (hideout – give refuge to) other members of the organization.
      3. Participate in acts of violence.
      4. Obtain and/or pass on information regarding the enemy’s activities.
      5. Observe enemy agents.

Armed members are not to be used for any political purposes.

ORGANIZATION:

• • In every area there will be a leadership core located in the primary city/town. The person leading this HQ will be a District Leader (DLs) with a small staff who he hand picks.
  • DLs are responsible to the immediate next higher level of leadership, and no one else.
  • DLs may appoint Local Leaders (LLs) in specific areas within the District.
  • LLs are only responsible to their respective DLs.
  • Groups/teams will be formed by the DL and they will report directly to the DL in the absence of a LL.
  • Groups/teams may be temporary and modified as needed.
  • It is dangerous to increase the size of groups/teams beyond a certain point…called ‘saturation point’. Saturation point is usually no more than 5 – 6 members.
  • The size of a group/team is determined by; 1) terrain, 2) fighter skills, 3) food & supply requirements, 4) tactics, 5) need to keep causalities to a minimum.
  • When groups/teams grow too large, split them into smaller and independent units.
  • Groups/teams should always have a reserve force, unknown to the primary group/team. When the primary group/team becomes combat ineffective, the reserve group can be brought into play immediately.
  • Leaders, at any level, are only responsible to and only receive orders from their direct next level leader.

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Notes From AH Trimble on organization –

1. All organizations have the same basic 5 ‘needs’; 1) operations, 2) logistics, 3) planning, 4) administration, and 5) leadership (most of all).
2. Logistics can/may acquire and distributes supplies, acquires and maintains facilities, provides transportation needs, provides communications capabilities, and provides long-term medical services.
3. Planning can/may collects and process situation information and intelligence, determines need for any specialized resources for future operations, assembles information/intelligence on alternative strategies, provides predictions on operations potential, report any significant changes in operational status, and provides maps as needed.
4. Administration can/may document all operations, provide reports up-line, and tracks funds received and spent.
5. Operations is responsible for all tactical activities and may include intelligence gathering in place of Planning doing so.
6. Leadership is responsible for the overall management of the incident, sets objectives & goals, responsible for, and authority over, all incident personnel, and ensures that Leader’s Intent is clear and known by all involved in any given operational activity.
7. For more information on a near-perfect example of Operational Organization please refer to < click here to read more >

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SELECTION of MEMBERS:

• Selection and initiation of new member will be conducted in absolute secrecy to prevent revealing their identity generally. Only their direct leader will know who they are initially, once fully vetted, other team members may learn of them.
• First names only will be used for identification; code name, or made-up name, can be used as a more secure alternative.
• New members will be required to take an oath of allegiance.
• New members must be made to understand and realize that any disobedience will be severely punished, including death for an egregious situation.
• A new group/team will form with only 1 or 2 members and then expanded as needed and conditions require. The size of a group/team will generally be limited to a maximum of 5 – 6 members.
• Only well-known, trusted, and reliable locals will be brought into a group/team.
• The objective is quality members not quantity when recruiting new members.
• New members will be assigned to one or more of the categories above, i – v.
• Member identity, as far as practical, should be kept from one another; especially member identities between different groups. This restriction of identity should also apply to responsibilities and mission activity.
• Members should not discuss any part of their group/team membership or activity with anyone outside of the group/team. Members should minimize and discussion within a group/team with other members not directly involved in a mission or activity.
• Enlisting men of bad character will result in significant problems within the group/team and carrying out missions.
• Attractive women can attract considerable attention, and can act as diversion.
• Less-attractive women can often pass totally unnoticed, drawing little, if any, attention.
• Appropriate punishment does not humiliate the good soldier, if no dishonor is involved.
• In times of trial a true fighter shows how he can face trouble with courage and calmness.

COMMUNICATIONS:

• Rapid and secure communication within a group/team, and with the next level leadership, especially on short notice, is essential. Couriers (d) should be reliable, secure, and safe.
• Couriers should be responsible for carrying out their responsibilities independent of the group/team, including leadership.
• Couriers/communications share ‘first essential’ with intelligence personnel. All involved must be thoroughly trained in communications security.
• Any scientific means of communications can be compromised.
• Manual communications (i.e. hand-carried notes) are more secure than scientific means.
• Violations of communications standards and disobedience are rapidly dealt with through severe disciplinary measures, including death.

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Notes From AH Trimble on communications –

1. Communications security (ComSec) is of paramount importance. < ComSec – What is it and how do I use it? >

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< click here to read previous article in this series >            < click here to read next article in this series >

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Articles in this Series –

• Guerrilla Warfare by Gen. Grivas – How to Part #1
• Guerrilla Warfare by Gen. Grivas – How to Part #2
• Guerrilla Warfare by Gen. Grivas – How to Part #3

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Related Articles –

• Layering & the Common 7: Part #5 – Organization
• 7 Days of September – Day #4: Organization
• Preparedness & Organization : Part # 8 – Operations Section Organization for Churches & Preppers
• Preparedness & Organization : Part #1 – Why is it important?
• No/Poor Organization

 

 

- NOTE/DISCLAIMER -
Based on this day and age, in this stupid environment, 
I want to make it absolutely crystal clear that I am in no way condoning, advocating, or promoting; 
1)any violent action, 2) violence in any form, 3) or an uprising in any country anywhere in the world.
I am simply reporting on, relating, information and observations I made when I read the book
"The Memoirs of General Grivas" by Georgios Grivas.

 

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