Small Wars Journal

US Army / Marine Corps COIN Center Update

Tue, 11/16/2010 - 7:31pm
The US Army/USMC Counterinsurgency Center is pleased to host Major Shehryar Qureshi, Pakistan Army. on a COIN Center webcast, Thursday, 18 November at 1100 (ET). Details can be found here.

The COIN Center is co-sponsoring a Counterinsurgency Conference in London on 8-9 December. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and United Kingdom COIN Centre are hosting the event with the US COIN Center, USMC IW Center, ISAF COIN Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT), and ISAF COIN Training Center-Afghanistan. The purpose is to provide a forum for ISAF contributing nations to discuss key tactical COIN insights in the Afghanistan theatre of operations.

The conference will highlight the application of counterinsurgency fundamentals to company level operations. Speakers include LF Gen Nick Parker, Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces; Ms. Emma Sky, advisor to US Forces, Iraq; Dr. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, Univ of Arkansas; Dr. Dan Marston, CGSC COIN Chair; COL Michael Howard, former commander, 4/25 IBCT and Office of SACEUR, SHAPE; and others.

The conference is free but seating is limited. Contact coin@conus.army.mil for reservations(include name, service and rank (if applicable), organization, and email address). Additional information, to include lodging and location details available at COIN.ARMY.MIL. Final agenda and speaker bios available at the RUSI web-site soon.