Unconventional Warfare Command?

[tolsen]

Why not create a service specifically for "Counter-Insurgencies" and generally mixed military-police roles (overseas ONLY of course)? Maybe something that is roughly to the army what the Coast Guard is to the Navy.

The biggest problem I see is the opposition from the established services - no one wants to give up their "turf".

[Abu Suleyman]

Why not create a service specifically for "Counter-Insurgencies" and generally mixed military-police roles (overseas ONLY of course)? Maybe something that is roughly to the army what the Coast Guard is to the Navy.

The biggest problem I see is the opposition from the established services - no one wants to give up their "turf".

That was actually proposed a while back, and I believe that the Italian Carabinieri were held up as an example as a successful model. Of course the turf war would be a problem, but I think that even bigger and issue would be budgeting. Who would front it, and then where would the leaders come from? Would you simply start from scratch, or would you take from all the services?