1. Counterinsurgency Education & Training; Achieving Balance
Colonel Theodore Bale
CCJ7
23 September 2010

2. Agenda (U) Background Requirements Challenges
Identified Training Focus Areas
Bottom up Approach
Road to Deployment
Way Ahead
Questions

4. Background (U)
(U) COMISAF/USFOR-A “Counterinsurgency (COIN) Training Guidance” dtd 10 Nov 2009
(U) SECDEF memo 24 May 2010 “Implementing COIN Training Guidance to Support Execution of the President’s Af-Pak Strategy”
(U) COMISAF/USFOR-A memo “Counterinsurgency (COIN) Training Guidance” dtd 27 Jul 2010 (New)
(U) Afghanistan Counterinsurgency Mission Task List Workshop, 23 Jul 2010, Fort Leavenworth, KS
(U) Counterinsurgency Shura, Aug 2010, Kabul, AFG
(U) COMISAF/USFOR-A COIN Qualification Standards for Afghanistan dtd 27 Aug 2010

5. Requirements (U) Service directed individual tasks
Unit specific Core Mission Essential Task List (C-METL)
Directed Mission Essential Task List (D-METL)
USCENTCOM Theater-Entry Requirements
Combined Joint Operation Area (CJOA) directed pre-deployment training
Present the challenge of balancing Service individual tasks, unit specific core mission essential tasks, USCENTCOM theater entry requirements, Combined Joint Operation Area – directed pre-deployment training, and Directed Mission Essential Tasks

6. Challenges (U)
(U) Minimal level of counterinsurgency understanding and pre-deployment training
(U) Counterterrorism to Counterinsurgency paradigm
(U) Mindset drives the training and operations
(U) Theory and practical implementation
(U) The sheer number of requirements and multiple sources

7. Service Directed Individual Tasks (U)
US Army: Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills
Shoot ( 7 tasks*)
Move (3 tasks)
Communicate (2 Tasks)
Urban Operations (2 Tasks)
Fight (18 Tasks)
Battle Drills (12)
Warrior Tasks
Shoot
Qualify with individual assigned weapon
Operate M240B Machine Gun
Operate M249 Machine Gun
Operate M2 Cal. 50 Machine Gun
Employ Claymore mine and hand grenades
Engage targets with weapon using a night vision sight
Engage targets with weapon using an aiming light
Move
Determine location on ground (terrain association/map/GPS)
Navigate from one point to another (dismounted)
Move over, through, or around obstacles
Communicate
Perform voice communications (SITREP/SPOTREP/9-Line MEDEVAC)
Use visual signaling techniques
Urban Operations
Perform movement techniques during an urban operation
Engage targets during an urban operation
Fight
Move under direct fire
React to indirect fire (dismounted & mounted)
React to direct fire (dismounted & mounted)
React to unexploded ordnance hazard
React to man-to-man contact (combatives)
React to chemical or biological attack/hazard
Decontaminate yourself & individual equipment using chemical decontaminating kits
Maintain weapons and equipment
Select temporary fighting position
Certify as a Combat Lifesaver
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) defeat
Assess and Respond to Threats (Escalation of Force)
Understand Personnel Recovery Responsibility
Maintain Situational Awareness / Every Soldier as a sensor
Perform field sanitation & preventive medicine field craft
Maintain Battle-Focused Physical and Mental Readiness
Perform Detainee Operations at Point of Capture
Perform Sniper Countermeasures
Battle Drills
React to contact (visual, IED, direct fire [includes RPG])
React to indirect fire
React to chemical attack
Break contact
Dismount a vehicle
React to ambush (near)
React to ambush (far)
Evacuate a casualty (dismounted and mounted)
Establish security at a halt
Checkpoint entry operations
React to Vehicle Roll-Over
Enter and Clear a Room

8. Mission-Essential Tasks General Mission-Essential Tasks
C-METL / D-METL (U)
Adjust when assigned a directed mission or in conjunction with commander
Core Capabilities
Mission-Essential Tasks
Oriented on doctrinal mission
Based on units enduring capabilities
Addresses “what the unit was designed to do”
Addresses full spectrum operations +
General Mission-Essential Tasks
applicable to all units in full spectrum operations
Core Mission-Essential Task List
Commander’s Guidance
Directed Mission-Essential Tasks related to –
Named operation
Specific operation order, operation plan, or contingency plan
Required for a directed mission
Directed Mission-Essential Task List
CMETL: A core capability mission-essential task is a mission-essential task approved by Headquarters,
Department of the Army, that is specific to a type of unit resourced according to its
authorization document and doctrine.
GMETL: A general mission-essential task is a mission-essential task approved by Headquarters, Department
of the Army, that all units, regardless of type, must be able to accomplish.
DMETL: A list of the mission-essential tasks a unit must perform to accomplish a directed mission.

9. Theater Entry Requirements (U)
Level 1 Anti-terrorism (AT) Training
Area of Operation update
Cultural aspects of host country (ies)
Rules of engagement (when applicable)
CBRN personal protective measures and CBRN defense survival skills as prescribed by service directives
Medical threats and appropriate force health protection countermeasures
Medical self-aid / buddy care as prescribed by service directives
Qualify with assigned weapon(s) IAW service regulations
Use of deadly force
Mine and unexploded ordnance awareness training as applicable
Any additional training as applicable with emphasis on individual protection and cultural education
Individuals deploying to Kuwait that will train on Udairi Range will conduct Depleted Uranium Awareness Training prior to deployment

10. Identified Training Focus Areas (U)
* Non-standard forces are a joint sourced solution for a joint capability, an in-lieu-of unit, an ad-hoc mission, or an individual augmentee staff requirement
Educate COIN Fundamentals
Strengthen COIN collective training tasks
US & Coalition Partners review and align individual theater entry requirements
CDR Certification
MET-based unit pre-deployment training
JOA-A directed (PDSS, CIED, MRAP roll over) Individual
JOA-directed mission
Non-standard* Forces “A” Code Unit Tng
USCENTCOM Theater Entry Requirements (FP/AT Lvl 1, basic wpn qual, etc.)
USCENTCOM required Individual Combat Skills Tng for Non-standard* Forces
Service-directed
(Info Assurance, SERE, MOS quals, etc.)
Collective
Individual & Collective
Individual

11. “Bottom Up Approach” (U)
CENTCOM Missions
CDR
derived
HQ Tasks Conditions Standards
CENTCOM
JMETL
USFOR-A Missions
JFC derived
USFOR-A
RC HQ (Division, MAGTF) Missions
Joint & Service
Regional
Cmd
BCT/RCT Missions
Service Unit Tasks Conditions Standards
BCT/RCT
PLT
Missions CO
BTN Missions
Tasks Conditions Standards
Lowest Service Unit Tasks Conditions Standards
BTN
Joint METs
Service METs
Used a “Bottom Up Approach” to strengthen COIN basic capabilities at the lowest level (district / battalion task force).
- Review existing task above the BN / TF level to identify supporting non-existent UJT and service component universal tasks.
Focus of CJOA-A COIN Mission Essential Tasks

12. Road to Deployment (U) Unit Core Mission Essential Tasks
MONTHS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Unit Core Mission Essential Tasks
Unit Directed Mission Essential Tasks
Service Specific Individual Requirements
CENTCOM Theater Entry Training Requirements
CJOA Directed Pre-deployment Training
CDR Certification
MET-based unit pre-deployment training
JOA-A directed (PDSS, CIED, MRAP roll over) Individual
JOA-directed mission
Non-standard* Forces “A” Code Unit Tng
USCENTCOM Theater Entry Requirements (FP/AT Lvl 1, basic wpn qual, etc.)
USCENTCOM required Individual Combat Skills Tng for Non-standard* Forces
Service-directed
(Info Assurance, SERE, MOS quals, etc.)
Collective
Individual & Collective
Individual

13. COIN Qualification Standards for CJOA-A (U)
Receive Individual Afghan Specific COIN Education
Understand the Operational Environment (OE)
Conduct Relief in Place (RIP)
Conduct Decentralized Operations
Partner with Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)
Conduct Information Operations (IO)
Create Conditions for Stability
Conduct Detainee Operations
Develop a Learning Organization

14. Way Ahead 2010 August September October Service-directed Collective
CDR Certification
MET-based unit pre-deployment training
JOA-A directed (PDSS, CIED, MRAP roll over) Individual
JOA-directed mission
Non-standard* Forces “A” Code Unit Tng
USCENTCOM Theater Entry Requirements (FP/AT Lvl 1, basic wpn qual, etc.)
USCENTCOM required Individual Combat Skills Tng for Non-standard* Forces
Service-directed
(Info Assurance, SERE, MOS quals, etc.)
Collective
Individual & Collective
Individual
USCENTCOM OPORD
05-02
(ANNEX T; 16 JUN 08)
USFOR-A
FRAGO
10-121
Other
Directives / Recommendations
2010
August
September
October
17 SEP 10 CENTCOM J7 Publishes All Known Pre-Deployment Training Requirements for POC Review
12 – 15 OCT 10
Conduct Pre-Deployment Training Workshop with POCs (Qatar)
31 AUG 10
Identify Directorate / Staff Section / Component Point of Contacts
CENTCOM
MARCENT
ARCENT
AFCENT
USF-I
NAVCENT
USFOR-A
ODRP
SOCCENT
Endstate
Publish CENTCOM Single Source Pre-Deployment Training Requirements for CENTCOM AOR

15. Summary (U) (U) Taking a tiered approach from individual to collective
(U) Educate the force, then reinforce through application during pre-deployment training
(U) Ties SECDEF guidance to COM ISAF guidance
(U) Articulates (highlights) the most contentious or most pressing

16. QUESTIONS?

17. COIN Guidance to Priority Task Matrix