Intel Flashcards
Information Collection Activities
- Commander’s Input
- Staff Input
- Requirements Development
- Develop Collection Management Plan
- Tasking and Directing Information Collection
- Assess Execution of Tactical Task
- Update Collection Management Plan
mostly confined to the S2
Army Intel Process
- Plan and Direct
- Collect
- Produce
- Disseminate
Continuously Analyze and Assess
Undergraduate Level…CDR and all staff functions participation
Collection Management Process
- Develop Requirement
- Develop the Collection Management Plan
- Support Tasking and Directing
- Assess Collection
- Update the Collection Management Plan
PHASE: Requirements Management - Steps 1 and 2
PHASE: Mission Management - Steps 3 and 4
PHASE: Execution Management - Step 4 and 5
Graduate level representation.
Commander and all Staff sections participation
Most Important Step/Task of Collection Management
Develop Requirements-a poor requirements development plan will lead to inefficient and ineffective collection. Time and resources are wasted on requirements that do not reflect the true priorities of the commander/unit.
What is information collection?
An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and employment of sensors and assets as well as the processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of operations (ADP 2-0)
What is the Purpose of information collection?
To provide the Commander detailed, timely, and accurate intelligence to support situational understanding and decision making
When does collection begin?
Collection begins as soon as mission requirements are identified.
What is the main purpose of intelligence?
To inform Commander and decision makers
Provided situational understanding of the threat, terrain, weather, and civil considerations (OE)
Supports planning, preparing, execution, and assessment of operations
Briefly describe the capabilities of the 7 intelligence disciplines.
GHOST-MC
What is a Priority Intelligence Requirement?
PIRs identify the information about the enemy and other aspects of the operational environment that the commander considers most important.
What makes up a good PIR?
Asks one question
Focus on a specific fact, event, or activity
Are linked to a location (NAI) and time / event
Supports one of the Commander’s operational decision points
What is Friendly Force Information Requirements?
-FFIRs identify the information about the mission, troops and support available, and time available for friendly forces that the commander considers most important.
What is Essential Element of Friendly Information?
An essential element of friendly information is a critical aspect of a friendly operation that, if known by the enemy, would subsequently compromise, lead to failure, or limit success of the operation and therefore should be protected from enemy detection.
What is the intelligence Process?
Intelligence Process is model that facilitates situational understanding and supports decision making.
What is PIR?
PIRs identify the information about the enemy and other aspects of the operational environment that the commander considers most important.
Describe an Information Collection Matrix (ICM)
Links PIRs to indictors, SIRs, NAI, TAIs
Provides detailed Collection and Reporting Requirements
Not a tasking document
What is the purpose of a NAI overlay?
NAIs help to focus information collection by visually depicting NAI Locations
What is an RFI?
A formal request for informatoin submitted through a staffing process to support an operation
Not necessarily related to standing requirements or scheduled intelligence
What is an indicator?
-an item of information that reflects the intention or capability of an adversary “to adopt or reject a COA”. Predictive analysis.
2nd Task of collection management cycle
Develop the Collection Management Plan
- evaluate collection assets: availability, capability, vulnerability, sustainability
- develop collection strategy: match collection assets to SIRs, Submit RFIs, Submit RFCs
- develop collection management tools: ICM, ICSM, ICO
IC Commander’s input
visualization, SA, SU, Approval of CCIRs, Intent
IC Staff input
prepare/update running estimates, evaluate organic assets, develop RFI, develop requirements
IC Requirement development
Intel Staff will:
consolidate and validate requirements, recommend taskings to ops staff, submit RFI to higher and lateral commands
IC Develop CMP
Intel Staff develops: requirements matrix indicators SIRs ICM ICSM
IC Task and Direct Info collection
Operations staff:
incorporates tasking into the plan
develops info dissemination criteria
issues orders
IC Assess Execution of Tactical tasks
Staff:
monitors tactical situation, maintains synch with ops, ensures task completion via comms, provide feedback to assets, recommends retasking, cues assets to collection opportunities
IC Update collection management plan
Intel Staff: receive input from the commander eliminate satisfied requirements develop/add new requirements transition to the next operations
