COIN standards for Afghanistan approved
Secretary Gates has approved a COIN skills list (COIN Qualification Standards) for troops in Afghanistan. It is rather extraordinary for top civilian officials to approve pre-deployment tactical and operational training tasks. Perhaps this is an effort for General Petreaus to dictate that a certain level of COIN proficiency is required prior to deployment. Sounds reasonable, right? But, why does this kind of guidance have to be rubber-stamped by Secretary Gates? Can’t the uniformed service ...
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