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CHAPTER ONE
US ARMY TRAINING

There are many reasons why the US Army needs to improve training. One of the primary reasons is the global increase in asymmetric wars. Conventional wars are still a major concern; but more and more we see unstable, transient, or semiautonomous governments being intimidated, coerced, bullied, and manipulated by terrorists. The antisocial groups that use unconventional tactics don’t follow any rules and don’t care if they injure or kill civilians. Government and civilian targets alike are bombed and attacked with little or no concern. In fact, most attacks are against easy targets, and more often than not, that means civilians. These soft targets usually have little or no security, so they’re easy to attack and it’s easy to get away after the attack. Sometimes the goal of these groups is nothing more than publicity. Other times, they have a religious or political cause. In a few cases, irregular tactics have resulted in the actual overthrow of established sovereign governments. Combating loosely organized and sometimes well-funded terrorist groups is a difficult, dangerous, and fast-paced job. History shows us that terrorism has been dealt with in many ways; some of these ways worked and some didn’t. This book looks at training for counter-insurgency operations.
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