text: Intelligence at and Across Echelons
  7-50. The MIB-T continues to conduct MI C2, single-source and all-source analysis, and intelligence
  collection, as well as coordinate for reach PED as directed by the information collection plan. However, there
  is more emphasis on support to force protection and on indications of how the theater is reacting to crisis.
  ARMED CONFLICT
  7-51. The theater army may provide the core of a land component command or may have a subordinate field
  army. The MIB-T’s operations battalion forms the theater army ACE. The joint force J-2 federates production
  requirements with the theater army ACE responsible for maintaining the enemy ground COP and the CIP,
  which are used in various forums to update the JFC. In a combined environment, the theater army ACE
  conducts the bulk of its operations in combined workspaces and on combined networks while maintaining
  some unique U.S. only facilities or capabilities.
  7-52. The theater army ACE has an important role in assessing the effectiveness of friendly operations
  through combat assessment that enables the JFC’s decision making at key points in the OPLAN (such as the
  transition to armed conflict). Additionally, the theater army ACE conducts target development for the land
  component to support both JFC and land component commander targeting priorities. The theater battlefield
  coordination detachment assists the G-3 and G-2 in coordinating input into the joint prioritized integrated
  target list.
  7-53. As a component of the joint force, the theater army represents subordinate Army forces in joint boards
  and planning cells. The most important of these for the G-2 is the joint collection management board, which
  enables the JFC’s decision making on the apportionment and allocation of ISR assets. In turn, the theater
  army may establish a process to further allocate ISR assets to either a field army or subordinate corps
  headquarters to support daily combat operations. The battlefield coordination detachment maintains close
  coordination with the combined air operations center’s ISR directorate duty officer and can assist in
  deconflicting ISR coverage issues generated by maintenance, weather, or changes in priority.
  7-54. A key aspect of apportionment and allocation of ISR assets is the allocation of Army intelligence forces
  and Army special operations forces within the time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD). This
  includes USAR forces such as interrogation battalions that support a joint interrogation and debriefing center.
  Furthermore, the theater army, based on the theater army G-2’s recommendation, incorporates additional
  nonstandard and quick reaction intelligence capabilities into the theater army G-2, the MIB-T, or other
  subordinate units.
  7-55. The theater army G-2 organizes the effort to ensure there is sufficient PED of all assigned or allocated
  collection assets through a combination of organic forces and intelligence reach capabilities. The theater G-2
  also supports campaign planning to address major changes to the situation such as the transition from large-
  scale combat operations to stability operations.
  SECTION V – CORPS
  7-56. The corps is the Army’s most versatile formation that employs organic and assigned units for
  operations. A corps headquarters is organized, trained, and equipped to control the operations of two to five
  divisions. The corps conducts large-scale combat operations as part of a joint campaign, employing divisions
  as its base. Corps are central to the conduct of large-scale combat operations as they are organized, trained,
  and equipped for the deep, rear, and close operations that enable success during close combat. In addition to
  divisional units, the corps may command BCTs and several types of multifunctional and functional brigades.
  7-57. The corps is best positioned and resourced to achieve convergence with Army and joint capabilities.
  Corps integrate joint capabilities at the right echelon, defeat enemy long- and mid-range fires capabilities,
  maintain tempo, allow divisions to focus on close and deep operations, and expand division efforts to
  consolidate gains. When operating independently during large-scale combat, the corps may serve as the
  ARFOR—the Army component and senior Army headquarters of all Army forces assigned or attached to a
  combatant command, subordinate joint force command, joint functional command, or multinational
  command (FM 3-94)—or as the JFLCC, but significant augmentation from joint and multinational forces is
  required to perform this role successfully.