Joint Special Operations University Report 05-2_Celeski (2005)

Celeski: Operationalizing COIN to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency. Also called FID. (JP 1-02) host nation. A nation that receives the forces and/or supplies of allied nations, coalition partners, and/or NATO organizations to be located on, to operate in, or to transit through its territory. Also called HN. (JP 1-02) insurgency. An organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict. (JP 1-02) internal defense and development. The full range of measures taken by a nation to promote its growth and to protect itself from subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency. It focuses on building viable institutions (political, economic, social, and military) that respond to the needs of society.

Also called IDAD. (JP 1-02) irregular challenges. Employment of “unconventional” forms of competition and resistance such as terrorism, insurgency, insurrection, and criminality to counter traditional U.S. advantages. (OSD) joint task force. A joint force that is constituted and so designated by the Secretary of Defense, a combatant commander, a subordinate unified command commander, or an existing joint task force commander. Also called JTF. (JP 1-02) lines of operation. A line of operation defines the orientation of the force in time and space, or purpose in relation to an adversary or objective. Commanders may describe the operation along lines of operations that are physical, logical, or both. A physical line of operation connects a series of decisive points over time that lead to control of a geographic objective or defeat of an enemy force. A logical line of operation links multiple decisive points with the logic of purpose to defeat an enemy or achieve an objective. (Draft JP 3-0) military civic action. The use of preponderantly indigenous military forces on projects useful to the local population at all levels in such fields as education, training, public works, agriculture, transportation, communications, health, sanitation, and others contributing to economic and social development, which would also serve to improve the standing of the military forces with the population. (US forces may at 103