Its 1,100-member force was organized into 7 companies and trained in counterinsurgency techniques.
As the GAO noted, U.S. training included such topics as counterinsurgency techniques, weapons use, and Communist ideology.
Devising effective counterinsurgency techniques is a challenge.
It is well armed and understands counterinsurgency techniques.
The commission listed the American training of the officer corps in counterinsurgency techniques as a key factor that "had a significant bearing on human rights violations during the armed confrontation."
Nhu sent him to Malaysia to study counterinsurgency techniques, and upon his return, Thảo became a vital part of Nhu's efforts to purge the army of disloyal officers.
This was the 98th's first substantial exposure to the asymmetric battlefield, requiring training in counterinsurgency techniques and preparing to face an opponent who did not fight along traditional fronts.
Additionally, in an agreement reached in 1984, Israeli security personnel (reportedly from Shin Bet, the Israeli counterespionage and internal security organization) trained army officers in counterinsurgency techniques.
In 1960 he was assigned to State Department's International Cooperation Administration, going to South American countries to teach "advanced counterinsurgency techniques."
United States forces have held 41 training exercises with the Indonesia military since 1993, including courses in counterinsurgency techniques, psychological warfare and military operations in urban areas.