text: Chapter 5
  Table 5-1. Sample information collection assets
  Levels Examples of information collection assets
  • Defense Human Intelligence Service agents.
  • Central Intelligence Agency.
  Strategic • Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  • Defense Intelligence Agency.
  • National Security Agency.
  • Regionally focused joint information centers.
  • Army’s military intelligence brigades.
  Operational
  • Army aerial exploitation battalions.
  • Joint aerial assets.
  • A battlefield surveillance brigade.
  • Target acquisition radars.
  • Reconnaissance and cavalry squadrons and troops.
  Tactical
  • Attack reconnaissance aviation units.
  • Unmanned aircraft system.
  • Any Soldier with information to report.
  OPERATIONAL
  5-6. The intelligence staff requests collection support with theater, joint, and national assets. Respective
  collection managers employ organic means to cover the seams and gaps between units. These organic
  means provide the deploying tactical force with the most complete portrayal possible of the enemy and
  potential adversaries, the populace, and the environmental situation upon entry. The operational-level
  intelligence assets operate from a regional focus center. This regional focus center (located in the crisis
  area) assumes primary analytical overwatch for the alerted tactical maneuver elements. The theater army’s
  military intelligence brigade provides overwatch and functions as both a command post and a research
  node. The military intelligence brigade intelligence staff must completely understand the deploying tactical
  force commanders’ intent. The military intelligence brigade must understand the deploying forces’ situation
  and current mission statuses. In addition, the military intelligence brigade requires access to all relevant
  data and knowledge about what is planned at higher headquarters and national levels.
  TACTICAL
  5-7. The entire information collection and analysis effort shifts to provide tailored support to deploying
  forces in response to their CCIRs. Priority in the brigade combat team (BCT) shifts to planning to deploy
  and conduct offensive operations to secure a lodgment in the objective areas. The BCT prepares to conduct
  combat operations upon arrival. The BCT commander understands the situation sufficiently to employ the
  combat power of the BCT effectively. The BCT’s intelligence element collaborates with higher echelons to
  satisfy CCIRs and provide the context and focus to the information gathered.
  5-8. As the unit prepares to fight upon arrival, it synchronizes its information collection activities with
  division and higher echelon headquarters. Operational-, theater-, and national-level intelligence collection
  reports are used to develop and continually update the COP.
  INFORMATION COLLECTION ASSETS BY PHASE
  5-9. Paragraphs 5-10 through 5-17 illustrate collection activities at different phases of an operation. Units
  perform different tasks during deployment, entry, and transition. Commanders require certain information
  assets to complete each phase of an operation successfully.