braun
03-03-2007, 03:57 AM
I am a strong believer in the concept of things moving in cycles. As an historical researcher, I delve into the past and often see parallels with modern goings-on, particularly when it comes to military operations.
I am not a participant in the GWOT or OIF so I am unable to contribute in any meaningful way to council discussions on current operations, but I am an interested observer and student of history with a bit of an idea of "on the ground" grunt and int. work. I wonder if some of the lessons of previous UW and COIN campaigns/ops have not been lost over time. Maybe those who have done similar things against a different adversary can offer some guidance to our policy makers and those on the sharp end.
I remember reading somewhere that OIF is kind of ike a weird mish-mash of Viet Nam and the US Occupation of Germany after WWII.
Below are some links to pdf downloads of vintage US Doctrine dealing with Stability and Support Operations, Civic Action, and COIN. I hope they are of some utility to the modern warfighter.
FM 31-16 Counterguerrilla Operations (182 pages) [25 July 1969]
Part 1: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?7v2A.r7WgJduPErVXLD2R9l2wERm3RxVLz89 hHPAsMe3Ha7ZJ4PkxqJAAQDLnKJjKJIJWI0lGkqzTc3iA6r53V E4ZBvYwJWB7NrG4PtFSLs/1370518001a.pdf) Part 2: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?Nlesxbmcz9uLtxV@Kvlds.ssRGTzpEF5CGZv nEJaq9CcYTB11pC2S188fjsH3EgIUpPVPR.XZ@TQLRvHNtWxDe KP1yAtAIKS6uggSFmxpNI/1370518001b.pdf)
Part 3: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?90yj8FEZ7ZVg8UmVYhJAlu7WS2DMRLlrqQqT OfLRX8SzqaaqUzgLcs3hyrzzJpXZu4VIYGq4ptgsBzjhlTTmLn fbigV9T1ChJu9X2BhxtOQ/1370518001c.pdf)
Part 4: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?ZfAFEcdMOewNr4YktUAZbH.jnVl1y5NezwkR 3qwSnSqpBD5u@cqFTPE6QdysB.qvwPHgMf85uyR97fuTgN4Ti0 N.y66OQ6KrpkEWqFPxqF8/1370518001d.pdf)
USMC Fleet Marine Force Manual 8-2 Counterinsurgency Operations (200 pages) [22 December 1967]
Part 1: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?4Ta9bIs4LvVvpjt7rT3tk9f5zFPmT0I57aId qtS9F68oOkhkXN..lQFhHC2cN7GKw8Zv1@Fifjr71DosTIvU41 4Npg7@KlpktRqfbvgeNaw/1370521001a.pdf)
Part 2: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?5LAH3ksW@i4PZiJkXiTxH4.2FJweZjSeXXKD rVqFxNRrjfQjCcesUqCYO.CENWzrYBAeZt3ZK6MBWXFDTSJOr7 rp2tdAR1NbsEj7SHW6plA/1370521001b.pdf)
Part 3: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?CVUYEZJs7F9Te3a.DruKcREjV@VpkhyHLqoZ X9QtXbTObHvN4kmBQubPwbvDypg6Fh7Tn3SYl49i1oU0Rq.w3Z ssZl3uK8TOZamwfZRX4c8/1370521001c.pdf)
Part 4: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?1jcsAvZDfEaequu5@B9QCAgXim9I.x4yFCJT 4iyQf2uaCp78dzapCQVI1jVHhwNsW6vz.fhZGJYDDEEHUCsMMq NOZOylaCaZpounDtLcSYc/1370521001d.pdf)
Phung Hoang Advisor Handbook (36 pages) [20 November 1970]
Download (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?Q.JuPjZvKcyVJs8.srryQzVGrah@Lx75ZOoR 7DCG3JwvLF2.77FAzeR@n5e2a0lIAZnkRtW1IE0yggPzK9xts2 i1YAhTxYnnUeErWtvVuYI/1370406001.pdf)
FM 41-10 Civil Affairs Operations (183 pages) [03 August 1967]
Part 1: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?xH1vSzffUUEyqyATiqSgBg97MdXcU46KDBu3 QjrjNoIPz0oOy9l0vnzgMkkYdqBAf23iqGGd3S1O49F8bkp0FD ZAsj9bsfFsbN2vcUPGJwk/1370517001a.pdf)
Part 2: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?R0KaXI71cDkqfOnETR8XJbSLU.Q68mI4LP0D wQ@6HcCQRIwL1FUnaWanPvHHOdltP9AGx8wpv@hQKlgs@ZJJQi UoUPjb75nvMUUrRoou420/1370517001b.pdf)
Part 3: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?ak9rozt5WcofQQJj4SREVMYmnry9JGj1eLrD rJvmAG44.NRgKzMCXa7xXORkEA0BRNvdR73MpCybiUqFU@J4w9 duwySzOs8q@unCT@OheLE/1370517001c.pdf)
Part 4: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?iM5.5fYetvKXdBUDyTwYg@6tDi8uP26j8vfu rQKEww5m.ZyUbOD5baw3feIAalreggXdABzEBJxZ0a9Nh2dnsl mwIpi2NLAlqWTAaJPLweQ/1370517001d.pdf)
FM 31-22: U.S. Army counterinsurgency forces, 1963
Download (http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll9&CISOPTR=19)
FM 31-23 : Stability and support operations, 1972
Download (http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll9&CISOPTR=25)
More to follow
I am not a participant in the GWOT or OIF so I am unable to contribute in any meaningful way to council discussions on current operations, but I am an interested observer and student of history with a bit of an idea of "on the ground" grunt and int. work. I wonder if some of the lessons of previous UW and COIN campaigns/ops have not been lost over time. Maybe those who have done similar things against a different adversary can offer some guidance to our policy makers and those on the sharp end.
I remember reading somewhere that OIF is kind of ike a weird mish-mash of Viet Nam and the US Occupation of Germany after WWII.
Below are some links to pdf downloads of vintage US Doctrine dealing with Stability and Support Operations, Civic Action, and COIN. I hope they are of some utility to the modern warfighter.
FM 31-16 Counterguerrilla Operations (182 pages) [25 July 1969]
Part 1: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?7v2A.r7WgJduPErVXLD2R9l2wERm3RxVLz89 hHPAsMe3Ha7ZJ4PkxqJAAQDLnKJjKJIJWI0lGkqzTc3iA6r53V E4ZBvYwJWB7NrG4PtFSLs/1370518001a.pdf) Part 2: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?Nlesxbmcz9uLtxV@Kvlds.ssRGTzpEF5CGZv nEJaq9CcYTB11pC2S188fjsH3EgIUpPVPR.XZ@TQLRvHNtWxDe KP1yAtAIKS6uggSFmxpNI/1370518001b.pdf)
Part 3: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?90yj8FEZ7ZVg8UmVYhJAlu7WS2DMRLlrqQqT OfLRX8SzqaaqUzgLcs3hyrzzJpXZu4VIYGq4ptgsBzjhlTTmLn fbigV9T1ChJu9X2BhxtOQ/1370518001c.pdf)
Part 4: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?ZfAFEcdMOewNr4YktUAZbH.jnVl1y5NezwkR 3qwSnSqpBD5u@cqFTPE6QdysB.qvwPHgMf85uyR97fuTgN4Ti0 N.y66OQ6KrpkEWqFPxqF8/1370518001d.pdf)
USMC Fleet Marine Force Manual 8-2 Counterinsurgency Operations (200 pages) [22 December 1967]
Part 1: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?4Ta9bIs4LvVvpjt7rT3tk9f5zFPmT0I57aId qtS9F68oOkhkXN..lQFhHC2cN7GKw8Zv1@Fifjr71DosTIvU41 4Npg7@KlpktRqfbvgeNaw/1370521001a.pdf)
Part 2: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?5LAH3ksW@i4PZiJkXiTxH4.2FJweZjSeXXKD rVqFxNRrjfQjCcesUqCYO.CENWzrYBAeZt3ZK6MBWXFDTSJOr7 rp2tdAR1NbsEj7SHW6plA/1370521001b.pdf)
Part 3: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?CVUYEZJs7F9Te3a.DruKcREjV@VpkhyHLqoZ X9QtXbTObHvN4kmBQubPwbvDypg6Fh7Tn3SYl49i1oU0Rq.w3Z ssZl3uK8TOZamwfZRX4c8/1370521001c.pdf)
Part 4: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?1jcsAvZDfEaequu5@B9QCAgXim9I.x4yFCJT 4iyQf2uaCp78dzapCQVI1jVHhwNsW6vz.fhZGJYDDEEHUCsMMq NOZOylaCaZpounDtLcSYc/1370521001d.pdf)
Phung Hoang Advisor Handbook (36 pages) [20 November 1970]
Download (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?Q.JuPjZvKcyVJs8.srryQzVGrah@Lx75ZOoR 7DCG3JwvLF2.77FAzeR@n5e2a0lIAZnkRtW1IE0yggPzK9xts2 i1YAhTxYnnUeErWtvVuYI/1370406001.pdf)
FM 41-10 Civil Affairs Operations (183 pages) [03 August 1967]
Part 1: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?xH1vSzffUUEyqyATiqSgBg97MdXcU46KDBu3 QjrjNoIPz0oOy9l0vnzgMkkYdqBAf23iqGGd3S1O49F8bkp0FD ZAsj9bsfFsbN2vcUPGJwk/1370517001a.pdf)
Part 2: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?R0KaXI71cDkqfOnETR8XJbSLU.Q68mI4LP0D wQ@6HcCQRIwL1FUnaWanPvHHOdltP9AGx8wpv@hQKlgs@ZJJQi UoUPjb75nvMUUrRoou420/1370517001b.pdf)
Part 3: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?ak9rozt5WcofQQJj4SREVMYmnry9JGj1eLrD rJvmAG44.NRgKzMCXa7xXORkEA0BRNvdR73MpCybiUqFU@J4w9 duwySzOs8q@unCT@OheLE/1370517001c.pdf)
Part 4: (http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?iM5.5fYetvKXdBUDyTwYg@6tDi8uP26j8vfu rQKEww5m.ZyUbOD5baw3feIAalreggXdABzEBJxZ0a9Nh2dnsl mwIpi2NLAlqWTAaJPLweQ/1370517001d.pdf)
FM 31-22: U.S. Army counterinsurgency forces, 1963
Download (http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll9&CISOPTR=19)
FM 31-23 : Stability and support operations, 1972
Download (http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll9&CISOPTR=25)
More to follow