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The IEW support mission at
all echelons is to provide intelligence, EW, and CI support to
help you accomplish your mission.
SIGINT is analyzed information
derived from monitoring and locating enemy communications and
noncommunications systems (such as enemy radars). Intelligence
derived from monitoring enemy communications is communications
intelligence (COMINT), and intelligence derived from monitoring
noncommunications emitters is electronic intelligence (ELINT).
EW is one of your combat multipliers. It can disrupt enemy command and control and fire support communications when used during a critical phase of the battle. Some aspects of it will protect your communications. The three elements of EW are-
Interrogation of enemy prisoners
of war or civilian detainees provides information on enemy intentions,
composition, and disposition. Debriefing of refugees can also
provide valuable information on the enemy, plus information on
the status of lines of communication and other aspects of the
AO.
LRS units provide reliable
HUMINT against second echelon and follow-on forces and deep targets.
LRS units conduct stationary surveillance and very limited reconnaissance.
They deploy deep into the enemy area to observe and report enemy
dispositions, movement and activities, and battlefield conditions.
They arc not equipped or trained to conduct direct-action missions.
CI protects the force through
evaluation of the enemy's multidiscipline intelligence gathering
capabilities. It detects, evaluates, counteracts, and prevents
hostile intelligence collection, subversion, and sabotage. CI
also provides important support to the commander's OPSEC and deception
programs.
Although not part of MI organizations,
your scouts and cavalry units can also provide you with critical
and exact intelligence information by visual means.
IMINT is used to acquire and
exploit visual representations on the battlefield that contribute
to situation development, targeting, and BDA. IMINT sensors include
electro-optical, infrared, FLIR, and RADAR imaging systems.
No single echelon has sufficient
organic intelligence capabilities to satisfy all your priority
intelligence and targeting requirements. Your intelligence officer
must know and understand how to obtain support from higher and
lower elements of the intelligence system of systems in order
to make it work to satisfy your intelligence requirements. To
most efficiently use your organic resources, you must understand-
A division's IEW systems arc
organic, assigned, or operational control (OPCON) to the MI battalion.
In some situations, IEW assets or units maybe attached to maneuver
units. Circumstances which may require the attachment of an entire
MI company team to a brigade are-
Regardless of how many MI
assets are operating in your AO, the MI battalion will attach
an IEWSO to your brigade. The IEWSO serves as your liaison with
the MI unit. He coordinates your taskings with the MI company
commander and the MI battalion, and helps coordinate terrain management
for the MI collection assets.
When an MI company team is
in direct support of your brigade and focused on your PIR, the
IEWSO coordinates your COMINT taskings with the MI battalion TOC
so its Technical Control and Analysis Element (TCAE) can provide
your collectors the technical data (enemy call signs, frequencies,
etc.) needed 10 execute your taskings.
This MI company has fewer
capabilities (ban the MI battalion but more capabilities (ban
a task organized MI company team. The MI company in support of
the ACR or separate brigade provides-
-Collection Management. -All-source analysis and reporting. -Dissemination. -Technical control and tasking. -Multidiscipline force protection and OPSEC support.
The MI battalion at division
level provides you with ground based communications intercept,
DF capability, ECM, HUMINT collection, and ground based surveillance.
The remaining divisional assets
will be task organized into MI company learns GS to the division
as a whole or DS to designated brigades. MI company teams may
have ground based COMINT collection and EW, CI, and interrogation
capability.
MI company teams in GS to
the division -
-Increases system tasking flexibility(available systems).
-Allows for coordinated DF operations.
-Contributes, to more coordinated and surviable ESM and ECM
operations.
The MI brigade provides you
with ground-based and airborne SIGINT and EW, close and deep HUMINT
collection, and links to national and theater intelligence systems.
The Ml brigade can provide IEW assets to subordinate commands
to weight the main effort. The corps MI brigade has three battalions:
operations, tactical exploitation, and aerial exploitation.
The Operations Battalion provides
the CTOCSE which performs IEW analytical, processing, and management
functions in support of overall corps operations. The Operations
Battalion -
The TEB provides CI, interrogation
of prisoners, ground-based SIGINT and EW support, and LRS support
to corps operations. It provides-
The AEB allows the commander
to "see" the battlefield to the depth of the AO and
beyond. The battalion gives you a deep look aerial reconnaissance,
surveillance, and SIG INT collection capability. It provides-
The Ml brigade (EAC) is tailored
by contingency region (linguists, area analysts, etc. ) and function
(equipment) for a specific geographic area. It directs, collects,
processes, and disseminates HUMINT, CI, IMINT, SIGINT, and technical
intelligence (TECHINT) (the exploitation of captured enemy documents,
equipment, weapons, and other war material). The MI brigade (EAC)
normally supports the Army components of a joint command.
Support relationships arc established through the assignment of Army standard tactical missions (STM). These support relationships determine the degree of control and responsiveness of the IEW organizations supporting you. METT-T will drive the MI unit's STM in any given situation. There arc seven responsibilities inherent to each STM. The following matrix (Figure 4-1) demonstrates these responsibilities.
Your intelligence system has
some limitations you must understand. These include-