Expanding the Role of a Company Commander in a COIN Environment

Abstract

Counterinsurgency operations (COIN) require leaders to be "pentathletes": warfighters, info gatherers, infrastructure builders, humanitarians. This is the reason for which the current manifestation of counterinsurgency (COIN) warfighting is a combination of military, intelligence, and government agencies. In Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, maneuver units, special operations forces, civil affairs specialists, psychological operations detachments, international development agencies, and intelligence and advisory elements all operate simultaneously along the same lines without synchronizing effects among parallel units or commands. In a COIN environment, in order to obtain support among the population and build trust the company commander must expand his role beyond the military to include civilian operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 19, 2008
Accession Number
ADA499463

Entities

People

  • Cristinel Colibaba

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Civil Affairs
  • Combat Patrols
  • Communities
  • Community Relations
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Environment
  • Information Operations
  • Insurgency
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Commanders
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Psychological Operations
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.