Manual Of Counterinsurgency

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FMI 3-24.2 (FM 90-8, FM 7-98)

Tactics in Counterinsurgency
MARCH 2009
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

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Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited.

* FMI 3-24.2 (FM 90-8, FM 7-98)
Field Manual Interim No. 3-24.2 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC,_____________

Tactics in Counterinsurgency
Contents
PagePREFACE ................................................................................................................. viii INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1 OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF COUNTERINSURGENCY ........................... 1-1 SectionI—OVERVIEW............................................................................................. 1-1 Insurgency........................................................................................................... 1-1 Counterinsurgency.............................................................................................. 1-2 Influences on Current Operational Environments............................................... 1-2Section II—OPERATIONAL AND MISSION VARIABLES ..................................... 1-3 Operational Variables ......................................................................................... 1-3 Mission Variables................................................................................................ 1-6 Section III—ANALYSIS OF CIVIL CONSIDERATIONS USING ASCOPE............. 1-8Methodology........................................................................................................ 1-8 Civil Considerations Overlay.............................................................................1-10 Civil Consideration Matrixes .............................................................................1-10 Section IV—EFFECTS...........................................................................................1-17 Prerequisites .....................................................................................................1-17 Root Causes .....................................................................................................1-18 Section V—CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ...1-19Culture...............................................................................................................1-19 Cultural Capability.............................................................................................1-24 Cultural Proficiency Levels................................................................................1-25 Culturally Influenced Situational Awareness....................................................1-26 Chapter 2 FOUNDATIONS OF INSURGENCY .........................................................................2-1 Section I—OVERVIEW............................................................................................. 2-1 Components........................................................................................................ 2-1 Manifestations.....................................................................................................2-1 Historical Insurgency........................................................................................... 2-2 Section II—ELEMENTS ........................................................................................... 2-2 Leaders............................................................................................................... 2-3 Guerrillas............................................................................................................. 2-4
Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. * This publication supersedes FM 90-8, 29 August 1986 and FM 7-98, 19 October 1992.

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