counterinsurgency

Definition/Scope: (JP 1-02) Those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.

Used For:

Counter-Insurgency

Acronym:

COIN

Broader Terms:

Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
Irregular Warfare
military operations other than war
military options
Special Forces Assessment and Selection
Special Forces Qualification Course
United Self Defense Forces of Colombia
US Special Operations Command, Combatant Command, Functional

Narrower Terms:

A-37 Dragonfly
A-4 Skyhawk
civilian casualty
Commanders Emergency Response Program
M136 AT4
Observer/Controller/Trainers
Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver
Sons of Iraq

Related Terms:

Agribusiness Development Team
asymmetry (warfare)
Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support
civilian casualty
Civilian Police Assistance Training Team (Iraq)
Coalition Military Assistance Training Team
combat power
combating terrorism
Counterdrug Activities
FM 3-07.22
FM 3-24
foreign internal defense
Gaza Strip
insurgency
insurgent
Irish Republican Army
irregular threat
Israeli Security Forces
low intensity conflict
militia
Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq
Operation Iron Promise
peacekeeping
political conditions
Provincial Reconstruction Teams
shaping operation
Stability operation
support to insurgency
unconventional warfare
Urban Operation
World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders