Afghan COIN Standards Approved By Gates
December 06 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has approved the counterinsurgency (COIN) skills said to be needed for troops headed to Afghanistan, reports the Army Times.
The COIN Qualification Standards cover nine major skill areas with around 52 subtasks intended to focus unit training before deployments to Afghanistan.
The standards were initially approved in August by Army Gen. David Petraeus, the head of coalition operations in Afghanistan and then reviewed by Marine Gen. James Mattis,...
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