The focus of counterinsurgency (coin) operations generally progresses through three stages. which stage tries to achieve stability with efforts aimed at assisting the patient through long-term recovery or restoration of health?

The answer is the middle stage or also known as the inpatient care – recovery. This stage is characterized by efforts targeted at assisting the patients through long-term recovery – which in this case means achieving stability. The aspiration in this stage is to develop and build resident capability and capacity in the HN government and security forces.  As civil security is guaranteed, focus expands to include governance, provision of essential services, and stimulation of economic development. The main nation upsurges its sincerity through providing security, expanding effective governance, providing essential services, and achieving incremental success in meeting public expectations.