The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars

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INDEX 247 Abizaid, John, 115, 120 Abrams, Creighton, 156 Abrams Doctrine, 156–57 “Absalon” training simulation, 32 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), 90–91 Active Corps (AC), rebalance of Reserve Corps and, 156–58, 173 Active Response Corps, 97 adaptation, 16–17, 28–29 advisory approach to counterinsurgency , 36–40 Afghanistan operations: best practices, 16; HTTs, 165; Operation Enduring Freedom, 56–57; postwar stabilization plans, 12–13; PRTs, 163, 164; security operations, 69; setbacks to U.S., 2–3; shift of military approach, 59; stability operations, 57–58 AFP, 90–91 Aideed, Mohamed Farrah, 48–49 Air Force Doctrine Center, 132 Air Force Doctrine Document 2-3, 132–33 Air Force Joint Tactical Air Control program, 86 Air University, 132 al-Askari Mosque (Samarra) bombing attack, 104, 112 Allison, Graham, 15 All Marine Messages (2003, 2005), 67 al-Maliki, Nouri, 122–23 al-Qaeda, 54–57, 104 al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), 126, 127 anticipation, in counterinsurgency syndrome , 27–28 AQI, 126, 127 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), 90–91 Army Action Plan for Stability Operations , 132 Army Comprehensive Guide to Modularity (2004), 155 Army Focus Areas, 67 Army National Guard recruitment, 160, 215n107 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 38 Army Posture Statement (2007), 148 Army Strategic Policy Guidance (2005), 67 Army War College, 144 ARVN, 38 ASG, 90–91 Association of the United States Army, 134 asymmetric armed threats, 2. See also irregular warfare/operations Atlacatl battalion, 38 Atonal battalion, 38 Aviation Captains Career Course (Army), 143–44 Aylwin-Foster, Nigel R. F., 78, 104 Bacevich, Andrew J., 39 Badr Organization, 129 Baghdad Security Plan, 171 balance of military priorities, 141–67; budget as indicator of, 145–51; and force structure, 151–66; institutional constraints in, 142–45 Balkans peace operations, 49–51, 57 Basic Officer Course (USMC), 144 BCTs. See brigade combat teams Belloso battalion, 38 Berdal, Mats, 14 “Best Practices in Counterinsurgency” (Kalev I. Sepp), 76–77 Binnendijk, Hans, 152 Blaufarb, Douglas, 4, 32, 40, 41, 43, 44 Board for Low Intensity Conflict (National Security Council), 33 Boot, Max, 87, 93, 125, 150, 213n59 Bosnia peace operations, 49–51 bottom-up learning, 16, 17 Breaking the Phalanx (Douglas A. MacGregor ), 153 brigade combat teams (BCTs), 85–86, 152–56, 161, 162, 173 British Army, 11, 16, 76, 181 budget(s), 173; and 2006 QDR decisions , 84–85; 2007 defense budget requests, 87; and future successes, 181–82; as indicator of priorities, 145–51; for technologies, 19–20 Bush, George W., 4, 47; and ground forces increase, 120, 158, 159; Iraq situation blamed on, 179; on McMaster , 75; military priorities/strategies of, 51–54, 99; and new Iraq strategy, 112–15, 177; and Petraeus ’s promotion, 131; and positive effects of surge, 131; and Rumsfeld’s resignation, 113, 177; transformation supported by, 193n32; veto of military funding bill by, 121 C4ISR, 55 CAOCL, 72, 73 capability for counterinsurgency, 18–21; during 1960s, 31–32; during 1980s, 32–33 CAP program, 28, 43 Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO), 71 Captains Career Course (Army), 143 Caraher, Leigh C., 21 Casey, George W., Jr., 76, 115, 120 Cassidy, Robert, 42 CCJO, 71 CENTCOM, 131, 177, 178 Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL) (Quantico, Virginia), 72, 73 Center for Low-Intensity Conflict (CLIC), 32–33 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), 145 “Changing the Army for Counterinsurgency Operations” (Nigel R. F. Aylwin -Foster), 78 Chapman, Leonard F., 30 Chiarelli, Peter W., 77, 106, 131–32, 134 civilian agencies: availability/capability of, 68, 94–100; counterinsurgency tasks conducted by, 12; division of labor with, 110, 169; FM 324 /MCWP 3-33.5 input from, 105; military’s criticism of, 180; Response Readiness Reserve, 97; Stability Operations JOC provisions for, 68–69 Civilian Reserve Corps, 97–98 Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support. See CORDS program Civil War (U.S.), 28 CJTF-HOA, 90 clear, hold, and build strategy, 74–75, 84, 115 CLIC, 32–33 Clinton, Bill, 49, 50 Cody, Richard, 135 COIN. See counterinsurgency campaigns /operations COIN Academy (Camp Taji, Iraq), 76 COIN community, 78, 103; and counterinsurgency conference, 108–9; and FM 3-24, 112, 114, 116, 119; and future events in Iraq War, 178; 248 Index Gates’s association with, 134; learning by, 170; resistance to, 134, 137, 172–74; and success of the surge, 121 Cold War, 31, 173–74, 181 collective punishment, 28 Combined Action Platoon (CAP) program , 28, 43 Combined...