Securing and Holding Rural Territory
08.12.2011 at 02:24pm
The aim of this paper is to outline the proven doctrine of concentrating a highly mobile, instantly deployable, powerful light strike force combining air and ground assets under a single command to kill or capture terrorists in COIN operations. Used with outstanding success during the most intense phase of the Rhodesian Bush War (1972-1980), this doctrine was referred to as “Fire Force.”
