The Zippo Mission describes which type of operation?

The Zippo Mission describes which type of operation?

• A. Search and destroy
• B. Attrition
• C. DMZ
• D. Agent Orange

Answer: (A)

Zippo missions were raids designed to locate enemy forces and destroy them, often by striking suspected VC areas and destroying their caches and shelters with flamethrowers to deny them use of the area. This approach fits the term search-and-destroy: you go in to find the enemy, engage and eliminate or disrupt them, then move on rather than holding ground for a prolonged campaign or simply trying to wear the enemy down over time. The operation is not about a fixed boundary like the DMZ, not about a chemical defoliation program like Agent Orange, and while attrition describes wearing down the enemy, the defining action of Zippo missions is the targeted locating and destroying of enemy units and resources in a specific area.

Zippo missions were raids designed to locate enemy forces and destroy them, often by striking suspected VC areas and destroying their caches and shelters with flamethrowers to deny them use of the area. This approach fits the term search-and-destroy: you go in to find the enemy, engage and eliminate or disrupt them, then move on rather than holding ground for a prolonged campaign or simply trying to wear the enemy down over time. The operation is not about a fixed boundary like the DMZ, not about a chemical defoliation program like Agent Orange, and while attrition describes wearing down the enemy, the defining action of Zippo missions is the targeted locating and destroying of enemy units and resources in a specific area.