text: Preface
  Field Manual (FM) 3-24/ Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 3-33.5 provides doctrine for Army
  and Marine units that are countering an insurgency. It provides a doctrinal foundation for counterinsurgency.
  FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 is a guide for units fighting or training for counterinsurgency operations.
  The principal audience for FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 is battalion, brigade, and regimental commanders and their
  staffs. Commanders and staffs of Army and Marine Corps headquarters serving as joint task force or
  multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of
  military operations and joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educators throughout the Army and Marine
  Corps will also use this publication.
  Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States
  (U.S.), international, and, in some cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their
  Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and the rules of engagement. (See FM 27-10.)
  FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 implements standardization agreement (STANAG) 2611.
  FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint, Army, and Marine Corps terms and
  definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. For terms and their definitions shown in the text, the term is
  italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition.
  FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 applies to the United States Marine Corps, the Active Army, Army National
  Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.
  The proponent of FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 is the United States Army Combined Arms Center. The preparing
  agency is the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, United States Army Combined Arms Center. Send
  comments and recommendations on a DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank
  Forms) to Commander, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, ATTN: ATZL-MCK-D
  (FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5), 300 McPherson Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-2337; by e-mail to
  usarmy.leavenworth.mccoe.mbx.cadd-org-mailbox@mail.mil; or submit an electronic DA Form 2028.