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21st Century U.S. Army Field Manuals: Intelligence Collection Management and Synchronization Planning, FM 34-2 (Ringbound)
21st Century US Army Field Manuals Intelligence Collection Management and Synchronization Planning FM 342 - Ringbound Author:U.S. Army This ringbound book provides a reproduction of the U.S. Army Field Manual, Intelligence Collection Management and Synchronization Planning, FM 34-2. This manual provides a doctrinal framework to support collection management (CM) operations. Normally, the greatest challenge for commanders is to focus the intelligence effort, and to gain di... more »ssemination of intelligence to the right place in time for key decisions. This manual provides the doctrinal framework for synchronizing the Intelligence System of systems (ISOS), maximizing collection technologies in support of commanders. The ISOS is a flexible and tailorable architecture of procedures, organizations, and equipment that supports the combat commander by meeting his intelligence needs. Key to this concept is the recognition that current and evolving collection, exploitation, and dissemination technologies provide commanders with an unprecedented capability to truly see the battlefield. Definition: The set of procedures that orchestrate ISOS organizations and systems to focus the intelligence effort in support of warfighting and operations other than war. Intelligence soldiers perform collection management at all echelons, across the scope of military operations. For Example: An Army collection manager at a theater Joint Intelligence Center (JIC) supports a JTF deployment with imagery coverage of an aerial port of debarkation. A staff sergeant in the Corps Analysis and Control Company initiates action to task the Corps MI Brigade to report any increase in radar emissions from a series of tactical surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites. An S2 briefs the scout platoon leader to perform reconnaissance along route ZEBRA and report any indications of enemy reconnaissance activity at named areas of interest (NAIs). Desired End Effect: The collection manager acquires information that satisfies the command's intelligence requirements within timelines that support operational decisions. Success Results In: Commanders receive the intelligence they require in time to make and execute operational decisions. Consequences of Failure: Commanders do not receive the intelligence they need to make informed decisions, forcing them to accept risk.« less