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…Assessment Purpose of the Phase Assessment is the measure of progress in a campaign or operation, the means of telling whether desired effects are being created and objectives achieved, and of evaluating what needs to be…

Preface ATP 2-33.4 provides information on how intelligence personnel conduct intelligence analysis in support of unified land operations. It describes approaches used to conduct intelligence analysis and describes how intelligence analysis assists commanders with…

Chapter V V-42 JP 3-0 the release of US mapping materials or imagery products may first require foreign disclosure/release adjudication. For further guidance on GEOINT, refer to JP 2-03, Geospatial Intelligence Support…

98 officially part of a federated team. This support was often slow, due to limitations of existing communication technology. Development of the internet and creation of Intelink, however, ushered in a whole new era of federated…

2 simple attrition with availability of resources, not objectives and the end state, driving operations. Recent conflicts have shown that victory can be achieved more effectively and efficiently through an effects-based approach that extends beyond…

29 AIR TASKING CYCLE PHASES AND THEIR PRODUCTS Objectives, Effects, and Guidance Purpose of the Phase Clear understanding of the commander’s objectives and guidance is essential for effective tasking and targeting. As mentioned in Chapter…

41 CPD MAAP team, which takes the final prioritized list of weaponeered targets and allocates airpower by melding available capabilities and resources with the TET’s weaponeering recommendations. The result is a translation of the total…

FOREWORD Time and time again in the last several decades, air and space power has proven among the most powerful of weapons in the nation’s military arsenal, deciding some conflicts outright and enabling us to…

Glossary GL-2 JP 3-60 IC intelligence community INR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (DOS) IO information operations ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance J-2 intelligence directorate of a joint staff J-3 operations directorate…

113 given effect (AFDD 2) centers of gravity. Those characteristics, capabilities or sources of power from which a military force derives its freedom of action, physical strength or will to fight. Also called COGs. (JP 1…

Chapter II II-20 JP 3-60 Normally, a summary of the plan resulting from the force assignment process, once approved by the component commander, is briefed to the JFC. Generally, operations and intelligence staffs work…

PART ONE Analysis Fundamentals and Skills Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis This chapter discusses the fundamentals of intelligence analysis. It defines the intelligence analysis process and describes this process for single-source and all- source…

…The size of these operational areas and the types of forces employed within them depend on the scope and nature of the mission and the projected duration of operations. b. Combatant Command-Level Areas. GCCs conduct…

Executive Summary xv directorate of a joint staff (J-2) (chief of targets), or similar representative, and meets as required to consolidate and prioritize the draft JIPTL and discuss targeting integration and synchronization issues raised by…

…This complex and continuous interplay of intelligence, planning, operations, and targeting contributes to the success of the air component and the joint force. FUNDAMENTALS OF TARGETING The purpose of the targeting process is to create desired…

…Apportionment guidance should reflect prioritized operational objectives and relevant tactical tasks with approximate weights of effort for each objective. Specific weights of effort should be avoided due to the difficulty in precisely measuring effects of air…

32 Target Development Purpose of the Phase This is the phase in which the efforts of deliberate targeting relate specific targets to objectives, desired effects, and accompanying actions. Targeteers within the ISRD and the CPD TET…

…For example, if the location or phone number of the HVI is unknown, but the analyst knows the location and phone number of the HVI’s spouse or known business contact, these social contacts of the…

…Without operational art, campaigns and operations would be sets of disconnected events. Operational art governs the deployment of forces and the arrangement of operations to achieve military operational and strategic objectives. c. The commander is the…

57 CHAPTER FOUR ASSESSMENT GENERAL Assessment encompasses all efforts to evaluate effects and gauge progress toward accomplishment of actions, effects, and objectives. It also helps evaluate requirements for future action. It helps answer two questions: “How…