Intel

Question 1

Information Collection Activities

Answer 1

1. Commander’s Input
2. Staff Input
3. Requirements Development
4. Develop Collection Management Plan
5. Tasking and Directing Information Collection
6. Assess Execution of Tactical Task
7. Update Collection Management Plan

mostly confined to the S2

Question 2

Army Intel Process

Answer 2

1. Plan and Direct
2. Collect
3. Produce
4. Disseminate

Continuously Analyze and Assess

Undergraduate Level…CDR and all staff functions participation

Question 3

Collection Management Process

Answer 3

1. Develop Requirement
2. Develop the Collection Management Plan
3. Support Tasking and Directing
4. Assess Collection
5. 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

Question 4

Most Important Step/Task of Collection Management

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

What is information collection?

Answer 5

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)

Question 6

What is the Purpose of information collection?

Answer 6

To provide the Commander detailed, timely, and accurate intelligence to support situational understanding and decision making

Question 7

When does collection begin?

Answer 7

Collection begins as soon as mission requirements are identified.

Question 8

What is the main purpose of intelligence?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Briefly describe the capabilities of the 7 intelligence disciplines.

Answer 9

GHOST-MC

Question 10

What is a Priority Intelligence Requirement?

Answer 10

PIRs identify the information about the enemy and other aspects of the operational environment that the commander considers most important.

Question 11

What makes up a good PIR?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What is Friendly Force Information Requirements?

Answer 12

-FFIRs identify the information about the mission, troops and support available, and time available for friendly forces that the commander considers most important.

Question 13

What is Essential Element of Friendly Information?

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

What is the intelligence Process?

Answer 14

Intelligence Process is model that facilitates situational understanding and supports decision making.

Question 15

What is PIR?

Answer 15

PIRs identify the information about the enemy and other aspects of the operational environment that the commander considers most important.

Question 16

Describe an Information Collection Matrix (ICM)

Answer 16

Links PIRs to indictors, SIRs, NAI, TAIs
Provides detailed Collection and Reporting Requirements
Not a tasking document

Question 17

What is the purpose of a NAI overlay?

Answer 17

NAIs help to focus information collection by visually depicting NAI Locations

Question 18

What is an RFI?

Answer 18

A formal request for informatoin submitted through a staffing process to support an operation

Not necessarily related to standing requirements or scheduled intelligence

Question 19

What is an indicator?

Answer 19

-an item of information that reflects the intention or capability of an adversary “to adopt or reject a COA”. Predictive analysis.

Question 20

2nd Task of collection management cycle

Answer 20

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

Question 21

IC Commander’s input

Answer 21

visualization, SA, SU, Approval of CCIRs, Intent

Question 22

IC Staff input

Answer 22

prepare/update running estimates, evaluate organic assets, develop RFI, develop requirements

Question 23

IC Requirement development

Answer 23

Intel Staff will:

consolidate and validate requirements, recommend taskings to ops staff, submit RFI to higher and lateral commands

Question 24

IC Develop CMP

Answer 24

Intel Staff develops:
requirements matrix
indicators
SIRs
ICM
ICSM

Question 25

IC Task and Direct Info collection

Answer 25

Operations staff:
incorporates tasking into the plan
develops info dissemination criteria
issues orders

Question 26

IC Assess Execution of Tactical tasks

Answer 26

Staff:
monitors tactical situation, maintains synch with ops, ensures task completion via comms, provide feedback to assets, recommends retasking, cues assets to collection opportunities

Question 27

IC Update collection management plan

Answer 27

Intel Staff:
receive input from the commander
eliminate satisfied requirements
develop/add new requirements
transition to the next operations