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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Tactics in Counterinsurgency

From Small Wars Journal:

FM 3-24.2, Tactics in Counterinsurgency was released on 21 April and is available here at Small Wars Journal.

This field manual establishes doctrine (fundamental principles) for tactical counterinsurgency (COIN) operations at the company, battalion, and brigade level. It is based on lessons learned from historic counterinsurgencies and current operations. This manual continues the efforts of FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency, in combining the historic approaches to COIN with the realities of today’s operational environment (OE)—an environment modified by a population explosion, urbanization, globalization, technology, the spread of religious fundamentalism, resource demand, climate change and natural disasters, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

This manual is generic in its geographic focus and should be used with other doctrinal sources.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anyone considering reading this -- save your time.

May 7, 2009 at 6:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and "climate change"

excuse me, what the fuck?

May 7, 2009 at 9:54 PM  
Blogger Phelps said...

Opintel is always worth your time. Your enemy's doctrine is always the starting point.

May 8, 2009 at 1:01 AM  

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