Part II. Philippine Insurrection, 1899–1902 Insurgency: Modern Warfare Evolves into a Fourth Generationīack to the Street Without Joy: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Vietnam and Other Small WarsĬountering Irregular Threats: A Comprehensive Approach Colonel Evans holds a doctor- ate in history from Temple University and has published two historical monographs. He has also held a range of positions in administrative and educational roles at Quantico and the Pentagon. He has experience at various operational levels, both joint and multinational, in the continental United States and overseas, and has performed duty with all three Marine Expeditionary Forces, Marine Forces Atlantic, Marine Forces Europe, and U.S. Evans, USMCR, researched and compiled this work as a field historian with the Marine Corps History Division. Designed essentially as a primer, this volume is intended to serve as an initial educational resource that provides Marine officers and other national security professionals with the historical basis for modern-day USMC counterinsurgency strategy and operational doctrine.Ĭolonel Stephen S. Like other previously published USMC History Division anthologies on earlier wars, the purpose of this volume is to provide readers with a general overview and introduction to the topic of counterinsurgency and irregular warfare. This anthology presents a collection of 27 articles on counterinsurgency warfare and includes a broad bibliography that collectively describe the role played by the United States in various counterinsurgency and irregular warfare efforts from 1898 until 2007, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Marine Corps in the conduct of such efforts. Marines and Irregular Warfare, 1898-2007 Anthology and Selected Bibliography Edited by Colonel Stephen S. “Our aim is to provide a safe, secure environment for all of the people here.U.S. “We will continue to do these operations throughout Helmand province,” said Ghani. Task Force Southwest and ANDSF are committed to strengthening governmental influence and destroying the enemy within the province. By getting out to the brigades and seeing the issues, it helps us transfer those issues back to the Corps level and fix those problems.” “Advising at the lower levels gives us a better understanding of what the problems are throughout the 215th Corps. “We advise at the Corps level, and in this case at both the Corps and Brigade level, which is very important, and we’ve already seen a lot of benefits just by being out here with them.”Įnhancing tactics, techniques and procedures at subordinate echelons will be an enduring task throughout Helmand, and will allow for more consistent growth of 215th Corps as a whole. “We are right here with them doing it every step of the way,” said Quail. “We were really successful in our first plan, and are preparing to complete our second,” said Ghani.Ī second group of Task Force advisors are also building the capabilities of their 1st Brigade counterparts at Camp New Garmsir as part of the recently released South Asia strategy. they followed that up with local clearing operations around Gereshk as well, continuously putting the enemy on their heels,” said Quail.Īccording to Ghani, Afghan forces destroyed 15 improvised explosive device-making facilities during the first phase of the operation. “They cleared north to south, all the way back to Lashkar Gah, which was huge. The advisors are simultaneously battle tracking the Afghans while developing command and control nodes for 3rd Brigade. Mohammed Ghani, the executive officer of 215th Corps. They were completely demoralized, and unable to fight against the ANDSF,” said ANA Brig. “Because we had good cooperation between ANDSF, we were able to clear the villages, and the enemy sustained a lot of casualties. The ability of numerous ANDSF components to combat and clear the enemy from districts throughout Helmand province has proved crucial in recent success against insurgency. It was a joint effort between the Police, the National Directorate of Security, and the 3rd Brigade, 215th Corps.” “They cleared the Yakchal area, which has historically had high levels of enemy presence. John Quail, the operations advisor to the Afghan National Army 215th Corps with Task Force Southwest. “They’ve made substantial progress,” said U.S. Several advisors relocated to the Gereshk area to support the Afghans with battle tracking and command and control for the duration of the mission. Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest are assisting their counterparts throughout Maiwand Six, which began Sept.
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