text: Chapter 7
  ALL-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES
  7-118. All-source intelligence support at the BCT level is very basic and focuses on ground operations. The
  other domains are only addressed based on how they affect BCT operations. All-source support is organized
  to meet BCT requirements across main and tactical forward CPs. Table 7-9 describes BCT-level all-source
  intelligence capabilities.
  Table 7-9. Brigade combat team-level all-source intelligence capabilities
  Intelligence
  Analytical focus: BCT Analytical window
  support to—
  Analytical tasks:
  • Provide warning intelligence.
  Current operations • Perform situation development of enemy tactical ground element forces. Current to 12 hours
  • Conduct collection management.
  • Further refine intelligence products received from future operations.
  • Analytical tasks: Conduct pre-mission analysis of the OE for BCT and adjacent 12 to 24 hours
  forces, provide tactical inputs to intelligence database support to higher and Echelon focus:
  lower echelons, perform tactical IPOE, perform situation development, and • Division to battalion maneuver
  Plans conduct collection management. units.
  • Provide IPOE products and mission analysis for the next mission. • Groupings of artillery and
  • Provide analytical support to the BCT commander’s MDMP requirements. rockets.
  • Provide intelligence products to current operations. • Follow-on ground units.
  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.
  BCT brigade combat team MDMP military decision-making process
  IPOE intelligence preparation of the operational environment OE operational environment
  COMPETITION
  7-119. BCTs focus on perfecting tactical tasks to execute OPLANs for large-scale combat operations.
  Forward deployed BCTs assess and improve protection measures against adversary capabilities and promote
  interoperability with host-nation tactical units. For BCTs that are not forward deployed, BCT S-2s and MI
  company leaders plan and prepare for movement into the theater and accomplishing RSOI. While most of
  the rotational brigade’s training occurs in CONUS and does not involve partner-nation forces, brigades
  anticipate and plan how to integrate with host-nation forces. (See FM 3-0 and FM 3-16.)
  7-120. The BCT S-2 and MI company collaborate to train intelligence teams across the BCT. Specifically,
  BCT and MI company leaders collaborate to develop individual Soldier skills, crew drills, and battle drills,
  and refine tactical SOPs. Each set of tactical SOPs must be tailored to address theater-specific TTP and
  integrate new or additional capabilities required to operate in the designated joint operations area. New or
  additional capabilities can include materiel (quick reaction capabilities, system upgrades) and personnel
  (military or contract linguists, PED platoons, CI teams, additional HUMINT and SIGINT teams).
  CRISIS
  7-121. During crisis, brigades provide strategic leaders and JFCs with an alternative to deploying a corps
  or division. (See FM 3-0.) If strategic leaders or JFCs require a credible and rapidly deployable deterrent
  during an escalating crisis, they may decide to deploy a BCT, functional brigade, multifunctional brigade, or
  a combination thereof as part of a flexible deterrent option or flexible response option. MI forces may be
  included within the flexible deterrent option or flexible response option to provide capabilities to support
  deterrent and response options to prevent further escalation.
  7-122. When BCTs provide support during crisis, they further tailor tactical SOPs to address theater-
  specific TTP. BCT intelligence leaders, granted with direct liaison authorized permissions by higher
  headquarters, collaborate closely with INSCOM and the national agencies to tailor capabilities to the specific
  OE and integrate new or additional capabilities, which can include materiel (such as quick reaction
  capabilities, hardware or software upgrades) and additional personnel (such as military or contract linguists).
  BCTs also establish communications and liaisons, as necessary.