Gavin Bulloch
Although retired Bulloch was active in redrafting the British Army's countinsurgency doctrine in 2007 Described by the leader of the team Col. Alexander Alderson as the Army's 'pre-eminent doctrine writer'[1] he is associated with the Land Warfare Centre, where Alderson is also based.[2]
Career
Bulloch 'served as an infantry officer for 36 years and was involved in counterinsurgency operations in several theaters during his service. He is a graduate of the Army Staff College and the National Defence College. Brigadier Bulloch commanded a battalion on duties in Northern Ireland, served at NATO Headquarters on the Strategic Plans Staff, and finally served in Greece as a Defence attaché before retirement.'[3]
Views on counterinsurgency
- Brigadier Gavin Bulloch (British Army, Ret.), goes even further and suggests that, "Commanders should seek 'soft' methods of destroying the enemy; by arrest, physical isolation, or subversion, for example. The use of the minimum necessary force is a well-proven counterinsurgency lesson."(12) In other words, while engaging in OOTW [Operations Other Than War], military personnel may increasingly find themselves engaging what appear to be "law enforcement duties" -- actually, in furtherance of larger counterinsurgency goals.[4]
Publications
Gavin Bulloch, 'Military Doctrine and Counter-Insurgency: A British Perspective,' Parameters 26 (Summer 1996).
Notes
- ↑ Alderson, A. 'Revising the British Army's Counter-indurgency doctrine', RUSI Journal August 2007, 152(4)
- ↑ http://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/05_Programme.doc
- ↑ Interview with Gavin Bulloch, no longer available online. Version posted here: Interview with Gavin Bulloch
- ↑ "Military Doctrine and Counterinsurgency: A British Perspective," Brigadier Gavin Bulloch (British Army, Ret.), From Parameters, Summer 1996, pp. 4-16, Available on-line at: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/parameters/96summer/bulloch.htm, cited in Rules of Engagement; The Reality, not the movie... By C. L. Staten, Sr. National Security Analyst Emergency Response & Research Institute 28 November 2000