counterinsurgency
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He guarded detainees at Guantanamo Bay, served as a civil affairs officer in Iraq and taught counterinsurgency classes in Afghanistan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
John Nagl, who strongly felt that the Army’s top brass were too hidebound to the old ways of warfighting—large-scale tank-and-infantry battles—and were blocking the promotions of officers who were fighting counterinsurgency battles in the field.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Army, counterinsurgency doctrine dictates 20 to 25 troops for every 1,000 inhabitants to achieve stability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
The reality is very different, according to Ms Ochieng, who explained that Burkina Faso and its neighbours need quick cash to fund counterinsurgency campaigns.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
Instead, counterinsurgency efforts focus on a strategy of "clear, hold, and build"—"clearing" areas of insurgents and death squads, "holding" those areas with Iraqi security forces, and "building" areas with quick-impact reconstruction projects.
From The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
The focus for the past 20 years has been on Central Command and, exactly as you said, on counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
As the U.S. extricates itself from these counterinsurgencies and withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, it is somewhat similar to what happened after Vietnam.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
Weapons designed to kill from afar may not be best for counterinsurgencies, in which intelligence is most often gleaned only by personal contact.
From Time Magazine Archive
Successful counterinsurgencies are always ugly and morally challenging.
From Time Magazine Archive
