text: Intelligence
  THE INTELLIGENCE WARFIGHTING FUNCTION
  1-21. Intelligence is one of the warfighting functions that enables the Army to generate combat power during
  the conduct of operations. The intelligence warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that facilitate
  understanding the enemy, terrain, weather, civil considerations, and other significant aspects of the
  operational environment (ADP 3-0). Other significant aspects of the OE include—
  ⚫ The operational variables not already covered by the mission variables of enemy, terrain,
  weather, and civil considerations.
  ⚫ Other aspects that are not a threat or hazard to operations, for example, using the intelligence
  warfighting function to provide intelligence on unique requirements to support medical and
  humanitarian operations in an African country.
  1-22. The intelligence warfighting function must be effective and flexible to legally meet the commander and
  staff’s requirements. One way to ensure this effectiveness and flexibility is focusing on those other aspects of
  the OE, as needed, when they are important to the commander, type of operation, and specific mission.
  1-23. The intelligence warfighting function supports operations through a broad range of supporting
  doctrinal tasks, referred to as IWFTs. Army units and organizations perform IWFTs through the intelligence
  process by employing intelligence capabilities to support the commander and staff. Therefore, commanders
  and staffs must know the intelligence staff considerations discussed in chapter 3.
  1-24. IWFTs are interrelated, require the commander and staff’s participation, and are often conducted
  simultaneously. Appendix B provides a detailed description of the IWFTs, which comprise the following:
  ⚫ Provide intelligence support to force generation (IWFT 2.1) supports the Army’s efforts to
  maintain a ready, effective, and flexible intelligence warfighting function globally. This task
  spans intelligence across the entire competition continuum and includes the following subtasks:
  ▪ Provide intelligence readiness (IWFT 2.1.1).
  ▪ Plan, establish, and revise an intelligence architecture (IWFT 2.1.2).
  ▪ Provide intelligence overwatch (IWFT 2.1.3).
  ▪ Tailor the intelligence force (IWFT 2.1.4).
  ⚫ Provide support to situational understanding (IWFT 2.2) entails providing information and
  intelligence to commanders to clearly understand the threat and other relevant aspects of the OE.
  This task includes the following subtasks:
  ▪ Conduct pre-mission analysis of the OE (IWFT 2.2.1). Note. This task was formerly known
  as generate intelligence knowledge.
  ▪ Leverage data, information, and intelligence (IWFT 2.2.2).
  ▪ Perform intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) (IWFT 2.2.3).
  ▪ Perform situation development (IWFT 2.2.4).
  ▪ Provide intelligence support to unique missions (IWFT 2.2.5).
  ▪ Conduct police intelligence operations (IWFT 2.2.6). Note. Police intelligence is not an MI
  task; police intelligence operations encompass different aspects of law enforcement and
  criminal investigations. United States Codes (USCs), executive orders, DOD directives, and
  Army regulations contain specific guidance on the conduct of police intelligence operations.
  ⚫ Conduct information collection (IWFT 2.3) synchronizes and integrates the planning and
  employment of sensors and assets as well as processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED)
  capabilities in direct support (DS) of current and future operations. This task includes the
  following subtasks:
  ▪ Collection management (IWFT 2.3.1).
  ▪ Direct information collection (IWFT 2.3.2).
  ▪ Execute collection (IWFT 2.3.3).
  ▪ Conduct intelligence-related missions and operations (IWFT 2.3.4).