3rd Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne)
The 3rd Psychological Operations Battalion is a subordinate unit of the 4th Psychological Operations Group.
The 3rd POB serves as the PSYOP Dissemination Battalion (PDB) for the 4th PSYOP Group, providing, while deployed, media expertise. It is a functionally-oriented dissemination battalion whose three major companies possess the 4th Psychological Operations Group's organic print, radio and television broadcast, and audio-visual production and communication capabilities.
The 3rd PSYOP Battalion is capable of deploying these capabilities or they can be produced by the battalion at Fort Bragg, NC and shipped to the forward deployed PSYOP detachment in theater. If local host nation support agreements are in place, PSYOP personnel can print on foreign presses and broadcast from existing stations in theater. The battalion is made up of a Headquarters Company, a Print Company, a Broadcast Company, and a Distribution Company.
The 3rd POB is responsible for all radio, television and print assets for developing PSYOP products such as leaflets, posters, handbills, newspapers, radio and television broadcasts.
