text: PART THREE
  Counterinsurgencies
  Part three provides doctrine for how to counter an insurgency. How commanders and
  staffs counter an insurgency is dependent on the strategic and operational context
  (part one) and the type of insurgency (part two). Chapter 6 discusses command and
  control and mission command. Chapter 7 discusses planning and operational
  considerations. Planning is essential in framing the problem and the possible
  solutions. Chapter 8 covers intelligence. Intelligence is fundamental in gaining
  situational understanding. Chapter 9 discusses direct methods and chapter 10
  discusses indirect methods to counter insurgency. These chapters provide a
  framework to help commanders and staffs develop an overall operational approach
  to counter an insurgency. Chapter 11 discusses working with host-nation forces.
  Chapter 12 discusses assessments, which provide information on effectively using
  measures of performance and measures of effectiveness in counterinsurgency.
  Finally, part three discusses legal considerations in chapter 13.
  Chapter 6
  Mission Command and Command and Control
  6-1. The operations process is the means by which a commander recognizes what needs to be done and
  uses the mission command or command and control process to ensure appropriate actions are taken.
  Sometimes this recognition takes the form of a conscious command decision, as in deciding on a concept of
  operations. Sometimes it takes the form of a rules-based procedure, as in the guiding of an aircraft on final
  approach. Other forms may require a degree of judgment and intuition so that they can only be performed
  by skilled, experienced people, as in devising tactics, operations, and strategies. (See ADP 6-0, ADRP 6-0,
  and MCDP 6 for more information on mission command and command and control.)
  COMMAND IN COUNTERINSURGENCY
  6-2. Command in counterinsurgency often involves a large geographic area and control over multiple
  units performing different types of operations. In Western Iraq, Brigadier General W. Blake Crowe
  commanded a large area that began along the Syrian border and extended to the Jordanian border. He
  executed command over multiple units, performing multiple tasks in different areas. The vignette
  “Command in Counterinsurgency” provides an insight into Brigadier General Crowe’s command during
  the Iraqi War in 2006.