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INTRODUCTION

  • Chapter 1 * INTRODUCTION *
    Warfighter Guides *
    Warfighter Guide to Intelligence Communications Architectures *
    Warfighter Guide 2000 Today’s Technology tomorrows Intelligence *

     

    1. INTRODUCTION

      2. "There is a deep chasm between the advent of technology ;and its

      full implementation in doctrine and strategy." The future of War

      George & Meredith Friedman

      Intelligence and information media continue to evolve at an unprecedented pace. Their sophistication, application of technology and accessibility, to any and all comers, amplifies the necessity for today’s intelligence professionals to learn the art of both retrieval and dissemination of a wide variety of information. A basic understanding of computer system, applications, Web based technologies, information system networking and communications infrastructure is critical for all intelligence professionals in order for them to be able to continue to contribute to the tactical, strategic, and operational level commanders decision making cycle.

    2. Warfighter Guides
      1. Warfighter Guide to Intelligence Communications Architectures

        2. The warfighter’s guide to Intelligence Communications Architectures was written and published in 1996 and 1997. The purpose of this document was to assist the Military Intelligence professional with an understanding of the development of communications architectures that would supporter the Intelligence Battle Operating System (BOS) both in and out of garrison. Many of the concepts and architectures represented in this guide are still applicable in today’s warfighting environments.

        This publication provided support to programs involved in modernization and support of the Intelligence BOS. These programs included, but were not limited to the All-Source Analysis System (ASAS), the TROJAN Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal (SPIRIT) system, and the Tactical Exploitation of national Capabilities (TENCAP) program. The manual provided guidance for intelligence staff officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and analysts at all skill levels and echelons.

        The first Warfighter’s Guide focused on the many specific relationships between intelligence-related communications processors and gave the reader a better understanding of the Army Common User system. Many specific integration techniques were outlined. Each technique was chosen for inclusion in the document in order to expose the reader to a wide variety of common protocols. Although all the possible relationships between intelligence related communications processors were not represented in the guide, the techniques and protocols used provided the tools necessary for the Intelligence professionals within our community to accomplish the greatest of dissemination challenges.

        The Warfighter’s Guide to Communications Architecture was approved by the Department of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (DCSINT), the National Security Agency (NSA); and the Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). The proponent for the publication was the 743rd MI Battalion, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Distribution of the document occurred in July of 1996. Initially the distribution only included a personal copy to each 352C and 352J in the Army, Divisional G2s and G2 Collection Managers. The value of the document became readily apparent when it became the resource in units for the development of Intelligence support communications architectures. The utility of this document was quickly recognized by the Military Intelligence school and was included as a source document for Army Intelligence Officer, Warrant Officer and Non Commissioned Officer training.

      2. Warfighter Guide 2000: Today’s Technology, tomorrow’s Intelligence

    This Guide will focus on techniques available for the intelligence professional of today to develop, support, and implement a wide variety of information dissemination support tools. All of the systems represented in the previous publication will be included in this document. Notable additions to the Warfighters Guide include a reference to support the exploitation of Web based technologies. In this section, HTML references and UNIX based file permissions are described in detail. Many of the conventions used in the last Warfighters Guide continue to be used to support the production of this edition. During descriptions of Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) throughout the manual, text that is bolded and red represents sequences that depict expected input in support of a specific process, text that is bolded and blue represent sequences that represent the expected output of a described process.

    As we conducted research for this product I found that technology and our tactics techniques and procedures relating to communications architectures has steadily become more sophisticated. Today’s intelligence professional is rising to the challenges of a fast-paced and evolving support communications architecture. In fact many of our cohorts are coming to terms with the concepts relating to web based dissemination techniques. These techniques alleviate a lot of the system incompatibilities that were of paramount importance just a few short years ago. Because of this realization, this document focuses on many potential solutions that our community will employ in the near term. We will continue to suffer from personnel shortages and thus have to do more with less.

     


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