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LobeLog
February 3, 2018
More than two decades of involvement and, at the war's peak, half a million American troops never altered the basic weakness of the U.S.-backed ... The next time, he concluded fatefully, the military should do a far better job of implementing counterinsurgency forces, equipment, tactics, and doctrine to winÃÂ ...
Consortium News
February 3, 2018
The other strand – the lack of a COIN, or counterinsurgency, approach in Vietnam – was initially adopted by Colonel Krepinevich as the overarching explanation for the US military's Vietnam failure. The definitive COIN doctrine, Field Service Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency Operations, however, wasÃÂ ...
Truthdig
January 31, 2018
Of course, the U.S. military and Washington policymakers lost the war in Vietnam in the previous century and perhaps it's well that they did. ... The next time, he concluded fatefully, the military should do a far better job of implementing counterinsurgency forces, equipment, tactics and doctrine to win suchÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
January 27, 2018
During the Obama years, they clashed repeatedly with generals and policy makers beguiled by a counterinsurgency doctrine that put a premium on anti-corruption efforts. Despite ample evidence of America's inconsistent approach, the notion that the U.S. might have no grand policy whatsoever in Afghanistan was difficultÃÂ ...
Department of Defense
January 26, 2018
Over the next decade, the U.S. military had to deal with counterinsurgency warfare and counterterrorism operations. “Our adversaries kept thinking and kept working,” Holmes said. “Now we face an environment with a rising China [and] with a resurgent Russia that bring integrated, multidomain approachesÃÂ ...
The National
January 25, 2018
These low-intensity, counter-insurgency campaigns were primarily conducted on the basis of having lots of troops and special forces engaged in endless ... The first challenge facing the new doctrine, which Mr Mattis discussed fully with US president Donald Trump and the rest of the national security teamÃÂ ...
lareviewofbooks
January 24, 2018
In addition, there are the skirmishes within the military itself, between traditionalists and the counter-insurgency crowd. In Perry's view, two changes have contributed to the United States's disappointing recent military record: the availability of cruise missiles and drones, which has made it tempting for theÃÂ ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
January 19, 2018
“The challenge for us is that we normally spend a great deal of time studying the culture, doing what we call 'area studies,' and incorporating that into our ... “We never expected the United States to be at war for 16-plus years at this point, but all five of active duty Special Forces groups and our two NationalÃÂ ...
ABC Online
January 19, 2018
US Defence Secretary James Mattis says countering China's rapidly expanding military and an increasingly aggressive Russia are now the main focus of ... For almost two decades, ever since the September 11, 2001 attacks, America's military focus has been on fighting terrorism, and counter-insurgencyÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 18, 2018
The FIM-92 Stinger missile was the man-portable air defense system of choice for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps (and a handful of action heroes ... War, the Department of Defense has drifted away from the infrared homing missile; the Global War on Terror's emphasis on counterinsurgency tactics led to aÃÂ ...
The Aggie
January 17, 2018
Most if not all of us have forgotten that politics is — or should be — primarily about policy. This means that politicians need to understand law, policy, political theory and governance first and charm the vox populi second. If you cannot explain, in detail, the limitations of counterinsurgency doctrine inÃÂ ...
The American Conservative
January 15, 2018
If there was a prominent player in the U.S. security community over the last 20 years, you can bet Schadlow and Smith Richardson were more often than ... promote America's military-driven global influence, counterinsurgency doctrine (CNAS was a virtual hothouse for COIN early in Obama's presidency),ÃÂ ...
Defense One
December 31, 1999
During the Obama years, they clashed repeatedly with generals and policy makers beguiled by a counterinsurgency doctrine that put a premium on anti-corruption efforts. Despite ample evidence of America's inconsistent approach, the notion that the U.S. might have no grand policy whatsoever inÃÂ ...
Aerotech News (blog)
December 31, 1999
David G. Perkins, commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, to develop the concept. Holmes ... Over the next decade, the U.S. military had to deal with counterinsurgency warfare and counterterrorism operations. ... The question becomes how the United States can counter this, he said.
Task & Purpose
December 31, 1999
Let us consider a U.S.-led counterinsurgency operation in a foreign country, such as Vietnam or Iraq. ... Each one of these by itself is improbable and, taken together, mean that every time the United States undertakes a counterinsurgency struggle we have a low chance of success, for such success requiresÃÂ ...
Daily Times
December 11, 2017
Similarly, when nuclear weapons were first brought to the fore by United States on July, 16th 1945, nobody knew their significance to deterrence. However, in the case of the U.S. generally the relationship has been the other way around, where doctrine has guided the development of technology.
Scout
November 27, 2017
While the United States is preoccupied by the threat of nuclear weapons in the hands of potential adversaries such as Russia, China or North Korea, the ... These issues led the U.S. Army to at first reorganize its tactical nuclear forces [8] in the 1960s, and largely abandon them after the end of the Cold War.
U.S. News & World Report
November 20, 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said on Monday he believes he could help Afghan forces drive back the Taliban enough to ... General John Nicholson, citing counter-insurgency doctrine, said gaining 80 percent control of the country would represent a turning point in the ...
War on the Rocks
November 16, 2017
The United States and its coalition partners should continue to ... As one former senior U.S. Air Force officer told me, “the training in that realm is not fully integrated. .... have placed a combat training premium on counter-insurgency and ... driver for changes in acquisitions, doctrine, organization, leadership, ...
War on the Rocks
November 16, 2017
How should the U.S. military respond to China's A2/AD capabilities? ... Under this strategy, the United States would abandon efforts to command ... its own version of the Monroe Doctrine in East Asia: a military presence on the coasts .... For instance, the United States has donated counter-insurgency ...
War on the Rocks
November 7, 2017
That the United States is over-invested in NATO relative to the Europeans and ... allies while currying favor with a Russia clearly hostile to U.S. interests. ... where the agonizing particulars of interoperability and doctrine are worked out. ... and counter-insurgency missions across an enormous geographical ...
Inquirer.net
November 6, 2017
State leaders, including United States President Donald Trump, will ... to US imperialism, particularly, its counterinsurgency doctrine and “war ...
OCRegister
November 1, 2017
Unfortunately, success hinges on the Afghan government, not U.S. efforts. U.S. military doctrine for counterinsurgency, developed in response ...
Stars and Stripes
October 31, 2017
... when Kelly lamented that nothing in the United States was "sacred" anymore ... military officer who co-authored the Army's counterinsurgency doctrine. ... David Barno, who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan. ... "When I heard Kelly talk, I heard a view that I think is relatively common in the U.S. military.
The Star Online
October 25, 2017
“Obtaining the newest weaponry, such as the assault rifle colt APC and rocket propelled grenades, is essential to us as this would allow us to ...
The American Conservative
October 23, 2017
'Savior General' Petraeus Gave Us the Wrong Bible ... Among committed interventionists, counterinsurgency doctrine became theological, ...
War on the Rocks
October 13, 2017
The documentary tells us the conventional line, that MACV over-relied ... to which is, according to the logic of this critique, counter-insurgency doctrine). .... The United States has run into many of the same problems in Iraq and ...
The Nation.
October 12, 2017
The Disturbing Parallels Between US Policing at Home and Military Tactics Abroad .... anti-gang units learned and applied literal military counterinsurgency doctrine .... Policing today is being Baghdadified in the United States.
We Are The Mighty (blog)
October 11, 2017
Joe Lacdan United States Army Oct. 11, 01:10 PM ... Rich Creed, director of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ... The updates highlight a shift in readiness from counter-insurgency and ... Creed said after US forces seized Baghdad during the Iraq invasion of 2003, after ...
War on the Rocks
October 1, 2017
There's a subtle gap in American counter-insurgency literature. ... don't receive nearly enough attention in counter-insurgency doctrine. ... Ken Burns and Lynn Novick show us why, in Vietnam, we saw almost the worst-case scenario. ... and the United States, as well as the overarching Cold War framework.
War Is Boring
September 27, 2017
The Emergency was incorporated into current U.S. and British counterinsurgency doctrine by figures such as David Petraeus and Rupert Smith.
Bay Area Indymedia
September 26, 2017
Join us for a screening and facilitated discussion on Monday, October 9, 7:00 ... This science, known as COIN or Counterinsurgency doctrine, ...
World Politics Review
August 11, 2017
As the United States became involved in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military and other government agencies developed new counterinsurgency doctrine and policies. But their thinking never strayed far from Cold War ideas. The process was more about refining old concepts than creating new ones.
Scout
December 31, 1999
Ultimately, the Merkava IV and M1A2 are both designed according to different national doctrines and operational requirements. The U.S. tank is meant to fight rapid Blitzkrieg-style wars with enemy tanks as its chief target, while the Merkava is expected to fight defensive battles and provide support to counterinsurgencyÃÂ ...
Quwa
December 31, 1999
This week I am going to start with a series devoted to studying Pakistan's transition to counterinsurgency (COIN) warfare. ... Combined with the cold public sentiment towards the operations in FATA and the U.S occupation of Afghanistan in particular, the armed forces repeatedly settled for peace agreements ...
Quwa
December 31, 1999
This article will offer some detail into the roles of the Army and the Frontier Corps in regards to Pakistan's counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign, and how ... Prior to 2005, U.S officials noted that the Taliban were able to move “in broad daylight” between the Afghanistan-Pakistan border “under the noses… or ...
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
But Duterte is all too happy to drag the Philippines into another U.S. war ... what he called “the orders of the commander-in-chief of the United States." ... to U.S. imperialism, particularly, its counterinsurgency doctrine and 'war ...
Personal Liberty Digest
December 31, 1999
An old woman let us in and a few soldiers quickly fanned out to search every room. .... anti-gang units learned and applied literal military counterinsurgency doctrine ... Policing today is being Baghdadified in the United States.
Task & Purpose
October 5, 2017
When people struggle to make sense of why the United States still isn't winning ... Yet somehow, the U.S. military seems even further from victory over the .... is shifting away from a counterinsurgency doctrine rooted in the coreÃÂ ...
The Student Printz
October 4, 2017
General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, Ret., spoke on topics of ... two wars” and “instrumental in reshaping American military doctrine through a reappraisal of the conduct of comprehensive civil-military counterinsurgency campaigns. ... why the United States really went to Iraq and five lessons learned fromÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
September 29, 2017
There's a subtle gap in American counter-insurgency literature. ... don't receive nearly enough attention in counter-insurgency doctrine. ... Ken Burns and Lynn Novick show us why, in Vietnam, we saw almost the worst-case scenario. ... and the United States, as well as the overarching Cold War framework.
War Is Boring
September 27, 2017
The Emergency was incorporated into current U.S. and British counterinsurgency doctrine by figures such as David Petraeus and Rupert Smith.
Bay Area Indymedia
September 26, 2017
Join us for a screening and facilitated discussion on Monday, October 9, 7:00 ... This science, known as COIN or Counterinsurgency doctrine,ÃÂ ...
InterAksyon
September 19, 2017
... because of his stubborn insistence to toe the US line of using peace ... subservience to the US military and its counter-insurgency doctrineÃÂ ...
The Cipher Brief
September 18, 2017
A 2014, Joint Service publication on Special Operations doctrine defined ... as having two elements: Counterinsurgency through which the U.S.ÃÂ ...
The American Conservative
September 6, 2017
It reminds us that what began in 2001 was only the most recent phase of a ... what has been taking place in the United States and abroad since 2001. ... To his credit, he explains counterinsurgency doctrine in such a way as toÃÂ ...
World Politics Review
September 1, 2017
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's devastating military defeats in 1991 and 2003 demonstrated that taking on the U.S. military inÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
August 31, 2017
Much attention has been focused on how the United States stumbled ... the U.S. military focused (or even over-focused) on counter-insurgency from the ... This should clue us in to an important lesson about the paradoxical danger of ... and experience over time as much as top-down changes of doctrine.
Tampabay.com (blog)
August 25, 2017
Experts we spoke to said the U.S. footprint is unlikely to grow to ... it could create more favorable dynamics for the United States in the region. ... known as the counterinsurgency doctrine — that emphasizes winning the heartsÃÂ ...
Modern Diplomacy
August 25, 2017
Since November 2015, America has been dealing with a noteworthy rise in terror attacks in Afghanistan, which brought about by Taliban,ÃÂ ...
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