- Supporting the Commander
Allows the Commander to fight smarter by supporting his selection of the best courses of action.
The ultimate goal is to provide the Commander and his forces the intelligence support needed to prevail in combat.
- Identifying Centers of Gravity and Critical Vulnerabilities
Provides an accurate picture of the battle space from which we can identify clear and attainable objectives.
- Supporting Planning and Execution of Operations
During planning, collection of resources are identified and tasked to meet intelligence requirements in support of the operation.
- Protecting the Forces
Provides early warning of impending hostile action.
Force protection efforts can limit or distort adversary’s assessment of friendly capabilities and intentions.
- Supporting Combat Assessment
The process by which the Commander weighs the effectiveness of military operations by considering battle damage assessment, munitions effectiveness, and re-attack recommendations
What are the 6 steps of intelligence?
- Planning and Direction
- Collection
- Processing and Exploitation
- Analysis and Production
- Dissemination and Integration
- Evaluation and Feedback
- Define Planning and Direction
Identification and need for intelligence by the Commander’s PIRs (Priority Intelligence Requirements)
- Define Collection
Tasking appropriate collection assets to acquire the data and information required to satisfy the collection objective.
- Define Processing and Exploitation
Raw data is transformed into information used by analysts to produce multidiscipline intelligence products
- Define Analysis and Production
Integrating, analyzing, and interpreting information from single or multiple sources into a finished intelligence product
- Define Dissemination and Integration
Intelligence is integrated into the decision making and planning process
- Define Evaluation and Feedback
Continuous evaluation streamlines the process to improve performance
What are the 3 categories of intelligence?
- Strategic Intelligence
- Operational Intelligence
- Tactical Intelligence
- Define Strategic Intelligence
Supports the President and national-level political and military leadership.
Serves as a basis for the national military strategy.
- Define Operational Intelligence
Intelligence required for planning and conducting campaigns.
Example: what is the readiness DPRK of fighter squadrons?
Define Tactical Intelligence
Intelligence required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations
Example: what is the range of the SA-10?
Define National Intelligence Organizations
Such as the Office of Naval Intelligence, are responsible for executive, strategic intelligence.
Example: An ONI “lessons learned@ product regarding the effects of sanctions against a country’s navy.
Define Theater Intelligence Organizations
Such as PACOM JIOC(joint intelligence operations center), handle operational intelligence
Example: a PACOM product analyzing the submarine operations and trends of red-force fleet.
Define Tactical Intelligence Organizations
Such as NAVCENT (USNAVY CENTCOM), fulfill tactical intelligence requirements at the request of the COCOM.
Example: 5th Fleet analyzes the number of mines remaining in the Arabian Gulf
State the Purposes of Naval Intelligence
- Supporting the Commander
- Identifying Centers of Gravity and Critical Vulnerabilities
- Supporting Planning and execution of operations
- Protecting the force
- Supporting combat assessment
