Information Operations Best Practices for Counterinsurgency Doctrine

Abstract

Information Operations Best Practices for Counterinsurgency Doctrine. Recent guidance from operational commanders regarding the employment of information operations (IO) in the counterinsurgency (COIN) environment is indicative of the critical role non-kinetic actions play in a fight against insurgents. Commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq have provided very specific guidance to subordinates on what IO actions must be considered in order to be successful in the COIN environment. This paper distills many of those actions into three broad categories and recommends that COIN doctrine be updated with specific IO best practices in order to better prepare U.S. forces to fight wars against insurgencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546254

Entities

People

  • Matthew T. Griffin

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Best Practices
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Doctrine
  • Environment
  • Guidance
  • Information Operations
  • Insurgency
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Propaganda
  • Psychological Operations
  • Security
  • United States Central Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).