Analysis of military forces and the conception of terrorism.
Tags: Military Forces, Terrorism

MILITARY FORCES.

What is military Force for? Does it guarantee protection to states only or it also does other things? Well, it is for sure that all military forces are aimed to bring protection to states and citizens, but military forces also help states to defend their territories from attacks, to compel other states in order to behave in specific ways by threatening an attack, and also to bring humanitarian assistance during earthquakes, tsunami, or any other natural disasters. In some cases, military force is used to stop smuggling of drugs in some way.

Something important to determine regarding to military forces, is that it can be divided into two parts, the first one is called "conventional forces", while the second one is called "irregular forces". Starting with the conventional forces, they exist in order to take territories, to hold territory and to defend it. How do conventional forces do that? They do it according to their roles; for example, the armies, which are mostly composed by foot soldiers (infantry), use to hold and defend territory. Infantry also is combined with armor (tanks, or armored vehicles that can give any advantage to foot soldiers), they are used most of the times in a open terrain, and that is because in close terrains like cities or in jungle, it is not so easy for armors to mobilize through that type of places. But armies also have other role which is to help people in a country in order to prevent that people join to militias; that group in charge of that is called "counterinsurgency", basically is a group of foot soldiers that work to "win the hearts and minds of people in a country to avoid rebellion" as it is said in a book.

The second type of conventional force is called "navies". Their principal role is to control any passage to the sea and to attack land near the coasts. It is necessary to say that marines are consider amphibious warfare because of the movements they have, like moving through the sea in ships and fighting on land. The term "marines" is mostly used in Russia, the U. S., and Britain. Basically they fight against groups that attack and steal ships, as well as they protect the state's territorial waters from invaders.

The third type of conventional force is the "air force". As the name says, it refers to aircrafts that bomb land or sea targets, they also intercept other aircrafts. Air Forces too airlift supplies for foot soldiers, counterinsurgency groups, etc. They also mobilize men to the places of conflict.

Finally, the fourth element of the conventional forces is named "logistics and intelligence logistics". This section touches the logistics to bring supplies for troops in action; there is a group of people that is in charge of planning tactics for Wars, conflicts, as well as the delivery of supplies. This force is known as the "behind the scenes" one since there are groups of people that analyze the terrain where a conflict takes place, and according to the details and the objectives of a state, they provide strategies that may help them in order to achieve what they are looking for. Some strategies can apply electronic warfare, stealth technology, etc, it depends on what could be more beneficial to the state.

CONCEPTUALIZATION OF TERRORISM.

This type of force is called "irregular force". I can say that the term "terrorism" is something that cannot be used as simple as people may think, and I say this since almost all things in life, all actions, have at least two sides (not necessarily "one good and one bad", but different). Because, as it is expressed by experts, what for a group of people is a terrorist, it is a "freedom fighter" for another group. The term refers to political violence that targets civilians in order to spread the fear in a society, in that way, people feel unsafe, and terrorist groups push governments, states, or a president to make some changes in their actions. Terrorism is basically extreme brutality and fear, planned or not, that looks for the benefit of a group of people (mostly ignored in the society).