RSK
11-23-2004, 07:27 AM
ARMY DOCTRINE ON COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS
A new Army doctrinal publication sets forth the principles of U.S. military action in counterinsurgency operations.
It begins with a definition of terms and builds up to a detailed treatment of intelligence, information operations and security matters.
"An insurgency is organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict."
"Counterinsurgency is those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. It is an offensive approach involving all elements of national power...."
The new Army field manual is unclassified. It is intended for use in education and training; it is not an operational plan.
Nevertheless, the manual is not approved for public release. The Army has blocked public access through military web sites.
But a copy was obtained by InsideDefense.com, which first reported its development in August, and which courteously shared a copy with Secrecy News.
See "Counterinsurgency Operations," FMI 3-07.22, US Army, October 2004 (182 pages, 3 MB PDF file):
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fmi3-07-22.pdf
A new Army doctrinal publication sets forth the principles of U.S. military action in counterinsurgency operations.
It begins with a definition of terms and builds up to a detailed treatment of intelligence, information operations and security matters.
"An insurgency is organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict."
"Counterinsurgency is those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. It is an offensive approach involving all elements of national power...."
The new Army field manual is unclassified. It is intended for use in education and training; it is not an operational plan.
Nevertheless, the manual is not approved for public release. The Army has blocked public access through military web sites.
But a copy was obtained by InsideDefense.com, which first reported its development in August, and which courteously shared a copy with Secrecy News.
See "Counterinsurgency Operations," FMI 3-07.22, US Army, October 2004 (182 pages, 3 MB PDF file):
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fmi3-07-22.pdf