The AUC asserted itself as a regional and national counter-insurgency force.

He created an elite counter-insurgency force that lead raids of villages in which the FSLN was most active.

Israel trained counter-insurgency forces in order to counter the armed struggle of the ELF.

Some consider it the world's largest dedicated counter-insurgency force.

The Salvadoran military became a highly trained counter-insurgency force under the tutelage of 7th Group.

The campaign in Angola saw the development and initial deployment of several unique counter-insurgency forces:

The Rhodesians would also later develop a similar concept of horse-mounted counter-insurgency forces, forming the Grey's Scouts.

As a result, the Kwantung Army had essentially been reduced to a light infantry counter-insurgency force with limited mobility and experience.

This is in spite of a large American-led counter-insurgency force which operates in parallel to ISAF.

Air Force Special Forces units became part of the command in 1961 when a counter-insurgency force was activated at Eglin AFB, Florida.