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BY ORDER OF AIR FORCE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES,
THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AND PROCEDURES 3-42.62
4 JUNE 2013
Tactical Doctrine
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (SOF)
OPERATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
ACCESSIBILITY: This publication is available digitally on the Air Force Electronic
Publications website at www.e-publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no restrictions on the release of this publication.
OPR: HQ AFSOC/SGX Certified by: AF/SG3X
(Col Tracy A. Tenney)
Pages: 15
PURPOSE: The Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (AFTTP) 3-42 series of
publications is the primary reference for medical combat support capability. This document,
AFTTP 3-42.62, provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for Special Operations
Forces (SOF) Operational Psychology (PSY) that supports all Special Operations Forces
Psychologists (SOFPSY) and related missions. Ensure that all records created as a result of the
processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with (IAW) Air Force
Policy Directive (AFPD) 33-3, Information Management, and Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-
363, Management of Records, and disposed of IAW the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule
(RDS) located at https://www.my.af.mil/afrims/afrims/afrims/rims/cfm. Refer recommended
changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR)
using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication. Route AF IMT 847
through the appropriate chain of command and parent MAJCOM. The OPR for this TTP is the
sole waiver authority for any part of this publication.
APPLICATION: This publication applies to all Air Force military and civilian personnel
including Air Reserve Components (ARC). This document is authoritative but not directive.
SCOPE: Special operations missions are conducted by specially organized, trained and
equipped military forces to achieve military, political, economic or psychological objectives by
unconventional means in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive areas. The primary mission of
SOF Operational Psychology support is to provide both SOF mission operations support as well
as SOF base operations support. These capabilities include performance enhancement, climate
assessment consultation regarding human factors to mission design, post-mishap/combat
debriefing, aircraft and incident mishap investigation, development and oversight of special
training, management of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training, personnel
selection and assessment for special duty, personnel recovery (PR) repatriation/reintegration,
Information Operations (IO), adversary profiling and targeting, and Military Information Support
Operations (MISO). Any clinical duties performed by SOFPSYs are addressed by existing
mental health instructions.
