The US Army COIN Center is pleased to host Colonel Gian Gentile at the next FM 3-24 related webcast. COL Gentile is an associate professor of military history at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and has written and spoken extensively about the need to revise Army counterinsurgency doctrine (FM 3-24). He states "population-centric COIN doctrine needs fundamental revision. The Army's current fixation on COIN is a straightjacket that prevents thinking about alternative models of irregular conflict and, more importantly, encourages the atrophy of combined arms warfare skills". His brief is Thursday, 25 August 2011 at 10:00 CDT (1100 EDT, 15:00 ZULU). Those interested in attending may view the meeting online at https://connect.dco.dod.mil/coinweb and participate via Defense Connect Online (DCO) as a guest. Remote attendees will be able to ask questions and view the slides through the software.