text: _______________________________________________________________________________ FM 2-22.3 5
  INTELLIGENCE REACH COMPONENTS
  7-6. Intelligence reach requires the G2/S2 to develop a strategy on how best
  to support the unit’s mission with intelligence reach capabilities. There are
  eight basic elements of the strategy:
  • Push: Push occurs when the producers of intelligence or information
  are knowledgeable of the customer’s requirements and are able to send
  the desired intelligence to the customer without further requests. Push
  is accomplished through the Joint Dissemination System (JDS) and/or
  the Automated Message Handling System (AMHS).
  • Pull: Pull occurs when the customer is familiar enough with existing
  databases to be able to anticipate the location of the desired
  information. Pull is greatly enhanced through the use of portals and
  homepages with hyperlinks to the various categories of information
  available to the user. This requires the establishment of such a
  homepage at each echelon, thus enabling higher echelons to research
  and pull from lower databases and homepages.
  • Database Access: Access to local, theater, DOD, non-DOD, and
  commercial databases allows analysts to leverage stored knowledge on
  topics ranging from basic demographics to OB information. A validated
  DIA Customer Number (acquired by the J2/G2/S2) in combination with
  SIPRNET and Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
  (JWICS) connectivity establishes access to most of the databases
  online.
  • Integrated Broadcast Services (IBS): IBS is an integrated, interactive
  dissemination system, focusing on tactical user’s information
  requirements using a common message Data Element Dictionary
  (DED) and J-series family of message formats. The goal of IBS is to
  resolve the uncoordinated proliferation of “stovepiped” intelligence or
  information broadcasts by providing the tactical commander with
  integrated time-sensitive tactical information.
  • Collaborative Tools: Collaborative tools are computer-based tools
  (groupware) that help individuals work together and share
  information. They allow for virtual on-line meetings and data sharing.
  As much as possible, collaborative tools should be emplaced with all
  necessary echelons and centers prior to deployment.
  • Request for Information: Reach includes the ability of an intelligence
  officer at any level to request information that is beyond what is
  available at his location, using the Community On-Line Intelligence
  System for End Users and Managers (COLISEUM) System. Once an
  RFI is entered into the system every other user of that system can see
  it. Hence, an echelon several echelons above the actual requester can
  and often does become aware of the request and may, in fact, answer it.
  Reach is also provided through INSCOM’s Information Dominance
  Center and other nodes at J2 and G2.
  • Leveraging Collection Management: The collection and ISR
  management system is established to provide a mechanism for tasking
  and managing collection assets for required information. Analysts who
  are trained and familiar with the system and the various tasking
  procedures can leverage the system for refined information.