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The Application of Airpower to U.S. Navy Riverine Squadrons During Counterinsurgency Operations

The Application of Airpower to U.S. Navy Riverine Squadrons During Counterinsurgency Operations

Fitzpatrick, Brian S.

Paperback

Air CombatArmed Forces

ISBN10: 1288274645
ISBN13: 9781288274642
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 9 2012
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The creation of a Riverine Group by the United States Navy pushes that service out of its comfort zone and into the green and brown water environment. However, these agile and effective forces are only being used in Iraq on the rivers of Mesopotamia. The world's populations historically cluster around sources of water and transportation, which include rivers and coasts. Insurgent forces seeking to overturn national authority need these populations for political ideology and sustainment of forces. The Navy is only now beginning to realize its physical influence in this environment. The Counterinsurgency Field Manual codified America's new counterinsurgency (COIN) theory and it identified the population as the Center of Gravity. The Field Manual explains this theory and applies twenty-first century American military strategy techniques to defeating an insurgency. Written in 1940, The Marine Corps Small War Manual detailed riverine operations coupled with air support. The Field Manual does not. The Navy has successfully applied these concepts. From 1965 to 1971, the United States Navy fought for control of the Center of Gravity in the Mekong Delta and the Rung Sat Special Zone with a robust riverine force, which not only blockaded the coast of South Vietnam but also pushed into the interior. Furthermore, the Navy recognized and leveraged airpower in this successful struggle.

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