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Counter-insurgency and Operations Other Than War requireintelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, reconnaissancesystems, and supporting intelligence processes of greaterprecision. Still, low-tech skills built up over the years must notbe abandoned.
America's experience in the Philippines during the 1899-1902imperial wars showcases senior and junior leaders' ability to adaptand innovate to local conditions, to recognize the nature ofinsurgency, and to develop effective counterinsurgency methods andpolicies. The lack of attention to stability operations in today'smilitary has had increasingly serious consequences for U.S.military policy.