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  Table 7-2. Theater army organic and supporting intelligence collection capabilities (continued)
  Theater army organic collection capabilities (continued)
  • SIGINT: (Mission- and theater-dependent capabilities) Leverages theater and national SIGINT collection as well as organic collection
  capabilities available in some MIB-Ts.
  • TECHINT: (No organic collection capability) Leverages from USAR. Limited foreign materiel exploitation, technical assessments, and threat
  capability/vulnerability identification.
  Theater army supporting collection capabilities
  • During large-scale combat operations, the aerial exploitation battalion or an aerial ISR task force (from the aerial intelligence brigade) will most
  likely support the theater army or corps echelon based on the mission variables.
  • Limited national, joint, and INSCOM units and organizations provide theater-specific and special intelligence capabilities, as required, during
  normal operations and can provide surge capabilities when required.
  Notes. A theater army may receive intelligence and information from Army space control companies in the theater MDTF’s multidomain effects
  battalion and from the 1st Space Brigade, including reconnaissance and the characterization of adversary space domain activities.
  Operational conditions may restrict the use of organic systems. The communications infrastructure, the threat, and the tempo may affect the ability
  to employ or emplace collectors and collection platforms.
  1 In highly contested, lethal environments where enemies employ effective long-range fires and other capabilities, it is imperative to identify windows
  of opportunity to deploy national, joint, and theater collection capabilities.
  CI counterintelligence MDTF multidomain task force
  G-2 assistant chief of staff, intelligence MIB-T military intelligence brigade-theater
  GEOINT geospatial intelligence OSINT open-source intelligence
  HUMINT human intelligence SIGINT signals intelligence
  INSCOM United States Army Intelligence and Security Command TECHINT technical intelligence
  ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance USAR United States Army Reserve
  MASINT measurement and signature intelligence
  ALL-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES
  7-39. All-source intelligence support at the theater army level consists of robust and sophisticated
  capabilities focused on analyzing a broad range of operational and mission variables across the domains and
  dimensions. The analytical focus is at the strategic and operational levels. This all-source support occurs
  across all theater army CPs and is a key component of the intelligence architecture. All-source intelligence
  support includes the various elements of the theater army intelligence cell, the MIB-T operations battalion,
  and the regionally aligned USAR theater support battalion.
  7-40. The primary all-source analytical element supporting the theater army is the ACE. Most theater army
  ACEs do not deploy forward. However, tailored analytical elements deploy forward to support the theater
  army CP structure. Table 7-3 describes theater army-level all-source intelligence capabilities.
  Table 7-3. Theater army-level all-source intelligence capabilities
  Intelligence
  Analytical focus: Theater army Analytical window
  support to—
  • Analytical tasks: Provide warning intelligence, perform situation development, and conduct
  collection management.
  Current operations Current to 72 hours
  • Perform specified analytical tasks to support theater army operations as directed.
  • Further refine intelligence products provided from future operations.
  • Analytical tasks: Conduct pre-mission analysis of the OE for all theater army forces, provide 72 hours to 9 days
  theater army database support, perform IPOE, perform situation development, and conduct Echelon focus:
  collection management. • Theater to division
  • Provide analytical support and address multidomain operation considerations for lower maneuver units.
  echelons. • Groupings of long-
  Future operations • Provide analytical support to the joint task force or joint force land component commander as range fires,
  required. artillery, and
  • Provide regional expertise of enemy ground combat forces. rockets.
  • Develop IPOE products and mission analysis for the next operation. • All specialty and
  • Support the integration of regionally aligned forces into the theater OE. supporting ground
  • Perform specified analytical tasks to support the theater as directed by the theater commander. forces.
  • Analytical tasks: Participate in IPOE and situation development and provide support to
  Targeting (for lethal targeting.
  72 hours to 9 days
  and nonlethal effects) • Emphasize defining and assessing target nominations, target validations, and
  comprehensive battle damage assessments at strategic and operational levels.
  Note. Time windows are examples; actual time windows depend on the situation. All analysis thoroughly accounts for civil considerations, terrain,
  and weather forecasts and effects on capabilities.
  IPOE intelligence preparation of the operational environment OE operational environment