Focus Area 16 (Actionable Intelligence)

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Introducing the concept of "Actionable Intelligence"
Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, Jan-March, 2004
by Stephen K. Iwicki

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The Army is developing 17 immediate Focus Areas intended to steer the Army into the future. Most of the 17 interconnect with or impact Military Intelligence (MI) in someway. The Army Chief of Staff (CSA) assigned responsibility for each Focus Area to either the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) or Department of the Army staff elements; the Army G2 has the lead for Focus Area 16 (Actionable Intelligence).

The CSA's guidance to Task Force Actionable Intelligence (TF-AI) emphasized rapidly implementing a capability that provides shared situational understanding across the force and instilling an Army-wide culture and mind-set that every soldier is a collector, in learning, adaptive organizations that leverage inherent intelligence capabilities.

Developing the Actionable Intelligence Concept

TF-AI, consisting of experienced active and retired MI personnel from throughout the Army, is developing new concepts, initiatives, and processes that will provide (the product) Actionable Intelligence to any Soldier or commander at any echelon within the Army. TF-AI is looking across the Army doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, and facilities (DOTMLPF) to determine what the current and future MI issues are and how to fix them. The Army is vetting merging recommendations through the Army and Joint Senior Intelligence Leadership, with review by a group of "out-of-the-box thinkers" (academia, scientists, writers) and a "Gray Beard" panel of senior retired Army and sister Service flag officers, representing the perspectives of both the Operations and Intelligence communities.

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Definition

"Actionable Intelligence "--Product developed for commanders and
Soldiers to provide shared situational understanding allowing
commanders and Soldiers to operate with the speed, accuracy, and
timeliness necessary to conduct successful operations.

Fix The Current--Design and Posture For The Future
Essential Tasks

[] Instill the mindset that every Soldier is both a collector and
a consumer of intelligence information.

[] Provide leaders and Soldiers a framework that links analytic
centers, sensors, and databases into a structure that
supports operations.

[] Design modular intelligence force packages that are easily and
quickly tailored and aligned to support any battlefield mission.

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