The Alamo Scouts’ operations reflec

The Alamo Scouts’ operations reflect the synergy of special operations forces with conventional forces, other services and indigenous elements. The Scouts used a variety of joint platforms and indigenous elements to support operations to conduct reconnaissance and target enemy capabilities. The Scouts used fast Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats, submarines, indigenous vessels, and a variety of aircraft including the water-landing capable PBY Catalina to infiltrate enemy areas. The Scouts employed indigenous elements in a variety of unconventional warfare (UW) capacities to gain intelligence, conduct sabotage, and conduct combat operations against the enemy.52 The Alamo Scouts’ operations reveal the value of SOF employing a combination of joint enablers and indigenous capabilities to support large-scale conventional force operations.The Alamo Scouts conducted raider operations in enemy-held areas for tactical and operational objectives. In conducting refined targeting, they provided triangulated coordinates for joint strikes. They conducted deep penetration raids to rescue POWs, conducted operations to capture high value personnel and recovered sensitive items. The Scout operations reflect a facet of special operations’ support to major combat operations through direct action (DA) in the form of precision targeting, deep-penetration raids, interdiction operations, crisis response and special reconnaissance against targets of operational significance.