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IMHO,I would say that the COIN, which I am unfamilar with, is the advanced and "fun" stuff but one has to learn first the basics, such as control of emotions, to really appreciate things.
IE, as military police, I often commented that tactical, drills, searches, and such, was more fun than being in the office. But one needs the basics to draw on to support themselves in other affairs.
Once had a situation where a servicewoman decided she wasn't going to obey orders any more. While searching her room to ensure there wasn't anything she could harm herself/others with, there were fisticuffs and insults. Later on while she was being examined by an O-6 psychiatrist to see if she was fit to go to the regional brig, the XO "complemented" both my police officers and I about our ability not to lash out on such a person for he might have. I commented in a Spock like manner that he would find his training as a plebe very useful in such a situation. The manner which I addressed him was perhaps not proper, I had "fallen" into a state where my emotions had shut down (and my ability to take hits without plunging into rage increased), but the basic statement was sound.
One learns not to react to insult when one has been lined up against a wall while an upperclassman is in their face, yelling.
That's the basic, that's what one needs to learn first. The "toys" come later.
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(After discovering that all the horrors they have been facing are caused by thoughts. "Fall in! Stand at attention! Clear your mind! Focus only on what I am saying!"--Kirk, (w,stte), ST:TOS "Shoreleave")
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