Conventional Forces in Irregular Warfare in the Gray Zone

[Kirkhill]

Expanding Irregular Warfare beyond Special Operations.

Pentagon formalizes conventional forces' role in irregular warfare, but will it stick? - Breaking Defense

“When I look at irregular warfare and its utility, for it to be effective ... it had to be much bigger than just a special operations activity," CSIS's Seth Jones told Breaking Defense.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Expanding Irregular Warfare beyond Special Operations.

Pentagon formalizes conventional forces' role in irregular warfare, but will it stick? - Breaking Defense

“When I look at irregular warfare and its utility, for it to be effective ... it had to be much bigger than just a special operations activity," CSIS's Seth Jones told Breaking Defense.

breakingdefense.com

Back to the Seventies when both the Brits and Yanks were up to their knees in paddies.

 

[OldSolduer]

Irregular warfare is a whole different kettle of fish - in fact Chairman Mao had a saying:

"A guerilla is a fish and the people are his sea"

One must study irregular warfare in order to understand it.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Expanding Irregular Warfare beyond Special Operations.

Pentagon formalizes conventional forces' role in irregular warfare, but will it stick? - Breaking Defense

“When I look at irregular warfare and its utility, for it to be effective ... it had to be much bigger than just a special operations activity," CSIS's Seth Jones told Breaking Defense.

breakingdefense.com

As they've failed in just about every counter-insurgency campaign they've ever been involved in I can see where this might be headed

 

[Kirkhill]

As they've failed in just about every counter-insurgency campaign they've ever been involved in I can see where this might be headed

On the other hand that is precisely the battleground their, and our, enemies will choose to engage them. Precisely because they don't succeed there.

They have to figure out how to win on their enemies' terms.

They have to figure out how to win at soccer, rugby and cricket. They can't keep making up their own games and declaring themselves World Champions.