Portrayals in Popular Culture
- The general's daughter from both the novel and blockbuster movie The General's Daughter was a PSYOP officer.
- A USACAPOC combat patch (FWS-SSI) can be seen being worn by a soldier in the film X-Men: The Last Stand in the president's command center.
- The book and film The Men Who Stare at Goats deal extensively with PSYOP.
- The USACAPOC patch can be seen being worn by the characters portrayed by Spike Jonze, Ice Cube, and Mark Wahlberg in the movie Three Kings.
- The novel Tree of Smoke by writer Denis Johnson revolves around PSYOP.
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