text: PART ONE
  Fundamentals
  Effectively providing doctrine on the nature of intelligence and operations requires a
  sequential approach. Therefore, FM 2-0 is structured in three parts, starting with
  fundamental concepts and progressing to detailed discussions. Part I focuses on
  intelligence and operational fundamentals, concluding with how those fundamentals apply
  across the Army strategic contexts. Part I comprises three chapters that include the
  following points of emphasis:
  • The intelligence warfighting function and intelligence warfighting function tasks
  (IWFTs).
  • The intelligence process.
  • Intelligence capabilities.
  • Fighting for intelligence.
  • Understanding an operational environment (OE).
  • Multidomain operations, the Army’s operational concept.
  • Large-scale combat operations.
  • Operational tenets and imperatives.
  • Operational approach and operational framework.
  • Integrating intelligence into operations.
  • Fighting for intelligence within and across the Army strategic contexts.
  Chapter 1
  Intelligence
  SECTION I – OVERVIEW
  1-1. Intelligence is 1. The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation,
  analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile
  forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. 2. The activities that result in the product. 3.
  The organizations conducting such activities (JP 2-0). It is useful to view intelligence in three ways,
  depending on the context of the discussion—intelligence as a function, as a product, and as a process—which
  together enable the conduct of operations by supporting the commander and command and control (C2)
  (which is accomplished by supporting the rest of the staff).
  1-2. The purpose of intelligence (the function) is to provide commanders and staffs with timely, accurate,
  relevant, predictive, and tailored intelligence (the product) about the threat and other aspects of the OE.
  Intelligence (the process) supports the conduct of operations. Intelligence is most meaningful when it directly
  supports operations or force generation. Intelligence professionals consistently strive to provide intelligence
  that facilitates the commander and staff’s situational understanding.