Military doctrine for the planning and execution of U.S. counterdrug operations, including detection, monitoring, disruption and interdiction of illegal drug trafficking, is presented in a new publication from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. See “Joint Counterdrug Operations” (pdf), Joint Publication JP 3-07.4, 13 June 2007.
The “capstone” publication for all joint military doctrine was also recently updated and reissued. See Joint Publication JP 1, “Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States” (pdf), 14 May 2007.
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