I am a student at the USMC Command and Staff College. Command and Staff College is conducting a "Small Wars Manual" project. Like the original SWM, individual chapters are being assigned to different students.

My topic is "disarming the local population". I am looking for military members with first hand experience in disarming the local population in the following areas:

1) Iraq
2) Afghanistan
3) Balkans
4) Somalia

I am trying to discern what worked and what did not. The hope is to find some common patterns across conflicts that may assist future operations. I welcome any input