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USG COIN Guide

... Bill... Update: Comment, via e-mail, on the new USG COIN Guide by Colonel John Agoglia, Director of the COIN Training Center in ...

Blog post - Jan 16 2009 - 5:30pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

USG COIN Guide

... to produce the new US Government Counterinsurgency Guide . This guide, written in a collaborative "whole of government" ... "how-to" guide. Rather it is intended to be a "COIN 101" for policy-makers contemplating US intervention abroad. As ... (FM 3-07), some cringe at the mere articulation of COIN principles in an official government publication; suspecting it might lead ...

Blog post - Feb 22 2009 - 10:41am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Language, Culture, and Army Culture: Failing Transformation

... Introduction A decade of Counterinsurgency (COIN) and Counter-Terrorism (CT) operations have highlighted our ... provide value as mobilized reservists to help support and guide language and population-focused operations in times of crisis or ... nowadays. Even the OPI became a part of this mess when the USG subjected third party organizations such as LTI to its control and ...

Journal Article - Mar 20 2012 - 5:26am - 30 comments

The COIN Approach to Mexican Drug Cartels: Square Peg in a Round Hole

... in 2006, is therefore inappropriate for Mexico.  Some COIN principles and practices – what the author calls COIN a la carte ... may be of interest to the Mexican Government, however the USG does not have the available skill set, nor the political stamina, required ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 6:10am - 42 comments

A Critical Perspective on Operational Art and Design Theory

... Where do we go with Design in a post-COIN (for now) world? ... doctrine, while understanding and using doctrine as a guide. Like COIN, design literature also generated a lot of hype and mixed ... to digress too much into the ineptitude we've shown in DoD/USG in explaining policy & strategy to the public. My point there was that ...

Journal Article - Apr 30 2012 - 4:50am - 9 comments

A Populace-Centric Foreign Policy

... is not to be confused with the tactical approach to COIN being practiced in Afghanistan, but rather is a shifting of priority ... a school?:) ), Who says that things are limited to USG (or any Gov for that matter) involvement with 'the people'? That ...

Blog post - Feb 4 2011 - 5:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments

Evolving the COIN Field Manual: A Case for Reform

... Evolving the COIN Field Manual: A Case for Reform by Carl Prine, Crispin Burke, ... For the foreseeable future, the United States Government (USG) will continue to intervene in varying scale and scope in order to promote ...

Journal Article - Jul 22 2011 - 8:58am - 31 comments

Is COIN Dead?

... "By that, I mean contemporary, mid-2000's "pop-centric" COIN theory as expressed in FM 3-24 - is it de facto dead as USG policy or is COIN theory formally evolved to officially embrace strong ...

Blog post - Feb 10 2011 - 2:02am - 29 comments - 0 attachments

COIN and FID in Colombia

... Uribe COIN model: Interview with Dr. Thomas A. Marks ... wondering if the Marks left off the part where perhaps the USG did this intentionally/forcefully to STOP human rights violations within ...

Journal Article - Jan 5 2012 - 6:07pm - 15 comments

COIN and ISR Operations

... Task Force on Defense Intelligence Counterinsurgency (COIN) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations . ... Here, here, Gian. I participated in the USG COIN Guide development for a short time and the intentions were genuine, ...

Blog post - May 25 2011 - 10:35pm - 20 comments - 0 attachments