Ops & Intel Flashcards
(55 cards)
Four steps of IPB process
- Define the Operational Environment
- Describe Environmental Effects
- Evaluate the Threat
- Determine Threat COAs
7 Steps of MDMP
- Receipt of Mission
- Mission Analysis
- COA Development
- COA Analysis
- COA Comparison
- COA Approval
- Orders Production, Dissemination, & Transition
Special Forces Principle Tasks
- Unconventional Warfare (UW)
- Foreign Internal Defense (FID)
- Counterinsurgency (CI)
- Security Force Assistance (SFA)
- Special Reconnaissance (SR)
- Direct Action (DA)
- Counterterrorism (CT)
- Counterproliferation of WMD
- Preparation of the Environment
U. S. Code governing Special Operations
Title 10, Section 167
Special Forces Operations Manual
FM 3-18
MDMP is:
Iterative
A running estimate:
Should always be updated upon receipt of mission
Implied task MUST require:
An allocation of resources or it isn’t an implied task
Key Terrain is:
Terrain both you and the enemy would like to control. Designed by a K in a contiguous shape. PURPLE
PMESII-PT
P - Political M - Military E - Economic S - Social I - Information I - Infrastructure
P - Physical Environment
T - Time
8 Aspects of Weather
V - Visibility
W - Wind
P - Precipitation
C - Cloud Cover
T - Temperature
H - Humidity
A - Atmospheric Pressure
S - Sea State
Intel Oversight Regulation
AR 381-10
How long can a collector retain control of information on a USPER?
90 Days. For the purpose of determining nationality
A person is a USPER if: (4 things)
- Is born in the US (or naturalized)
- Has a green card (permanent resident status)
- Certain unincorporated associations (US business made up of US citizens)
- 50+ % of any corporation incorporated in the US is considered USPER
SODARS
Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System
SODARS offers:
AARs
Lessons Learned
Ground truth reporting
Three LEVELS of intelligence
- Strategic (supports formation of strategy, policy, military plans & ops)
- Operational (supports planning and execution of campaigns and major ops)
- Tactical (supports execution of battle)
Three TYPES of intelligence
- Basic
- Current
- Warning
CCIR
Commander’s Critical Information Requirement
identified by the Commander as being critical to facilitating timely decision making
Army Information Security Regulation
AR 380-5
PIR
Priority Information Report
Requirements stated as a priority that the commander and staff need to understand the enemy or operational environment
FFIR
Friendly Force Information Requirement
Information that pertains to friendly forces to and during mission execution
Which Annex to an OPORD is Intelligence?
Annex B
Most important element is enemy MPCOA and MDCOA
Four Steps of Intelligence Process
- Plan and Direct
- Collect
- Produce
- Disseminate