Operational Documents

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INTSUM

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Intelligence Summary

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Intelligence Summary
What is?

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Summarizes the intel situation for a specific time,
May be every 4 hours; usually covers 12 hrs;
Addresses enemy activities for time covered;
Lists enemy capabilities and vulnerabilities, giving probable enemy sources enemy courses of action (ECOA),

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Intelligence Summary
Vital Significance

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Can be used to verify source information

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INTSUM
Administrative Data

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FROM:
TO:
Classification
INTSUM: INTSUM NUMBER AND DTG

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INTSUM Paragraph 1

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1. Summary of Enemy Activity for the Period

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Summary of enemy activity for the period

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ground activity, trace of forward elements, potential targets for nuclear weapons, nuclear, biological, and chemical activity, Air activity, naval activity, SIGACTS

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INTSUM Paragraph 2,3 & 4

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2. Enemy Personnel and equipment losses
3. New obstacles and barriers
4. Administrative activities

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Enemy Personnel and equipment losses

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Personnel ,
Equipment and material

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INTSUM Paragraph 5, 6 & 7

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5. New identifications
6. Enemy movements
7. Estimated number and types of vehicles, ships, aircraft

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5. New Identification

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a. Threat Organizations

b. Personalities

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INTSUM Paragraph 8

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8. Weather and Terrain Conditions

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INTSUM
Weather and Terrain conditions

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a. Maneuver, b. Fire Support, c. Air Defense, d. Intelligence, e. Command, f. Maintenance Checks and Services (M/C/S);
g. Logistics

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INTSUM Paragraph 9

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9. Predictive analysis for the next 12 hours

RECOMMENDATIONS:

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What paragraph in the INTSUM lists a summary of enemy activities?

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Paragraph 1

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Intelligence Estimate

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Produced by the intel officer (G2/S2);
Enables supported Commanders to decide Courses of Action

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Intel Estimate
Significance?

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We use this to help in planning for source questioning

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Intel Estimate Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 1: Missions
A brief restatement of the unit's specified or assigned mission.

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Intel Estimate Paragraph 2

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Paragraph 2: Area of Operations (AO) -
Discusses how the enemy Courses of Action may be influenced by:
Weather, Economics, Transportations Systems, Politics, Sociology, Terrain

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Intel Estimate Paragraph 2
Significance?

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Knowledge of the AO will enable you to control the source since you will be better able to judge the truthfulness of his statements.

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Intel Estimate Paragraph 3

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Paragraph 3: Enemy Situation
Provides data on dispositions, composition, strengths, significance activities, and peculiarities and weaknesses if the enemy.

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Intel Estimate: Enemy Situation

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Refers to published SITMAPS and overlays
HUMINT contributes to this paragraph via SALUTE and other reports

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Intel Estimate: Paragraph 3
Significance?

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Helps update OB holdings and develop control questions, since it includes information gained from other collection assets such as SIGINT and IMINT

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Intel Estimate Paragraph 4

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Enemy capabilities

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Intel Estimate - Enemy capabilites

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lists the Intel Officer's estimate of the following:
what the enemy can do
when and where they can do it
with what strength

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Intel Estimate Paragraph 4 Enemy Capabilities

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Doctrine and practices of the opposing forces are combined with previous obtained data to select actions an enemy commander might choose

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Intel Estimate Paragraph 5: Conclusions

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Ties all the information together

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Intel Estimate Para. 5 - Conclusion

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The Big Picture
reviews the AO and enemy situations/capabilities
lists conclusions about probablye ECOAs in priority order, forms the bases for the friendly commander's COA and OPORD

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Intel Estimate:
We judge the source's truthfuness by:

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Known OB holdings
Repeat and Control questions

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Intel Estimate - Conclusions

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Possibly incorrect and outdated

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Why is Intel Estimate so important to HUMINT collectors?

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We use the Intel Estimate to obtain an overall view of the enemy and to help guide us in planning and preparing for source questioning.

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Operations Order

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OPORD

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OPORD
What is?

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Provides for coordinated action to carry out the decisions of a commander in the conduct if an operation at any echelon.

Uses a 5-paragraph to organize information

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OPORD Paragraphs 1,2 & 3

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Paragraph 1 - Situation
Enemy and Friendly Forces
Paragraph 2 - Mission
Task to be accomplished and purpose
Paragraph 3 - Execution
Concept of the operation, start to finish

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OPORD Paragraphs 4 &5

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Paragraph 4 - Service Support - Instructions for logistical support

Paragraph 5 - Command and Signal - Location of headquarter elements, and communication details.

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Intel Annex of an OPORD

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The intel Annex is a formal taking document, accompanies the OPORD and is updated as necessary

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Intel Annex
What, Who, How

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What is needed to be collected
Who is to collect it
How it is to be reported

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Intel Annex Para. 1,2,3,4

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1.Summary of enemy situation
2.Intelligence requirements
3. Intelligence acquisition tasks
4. Measures for handling personnel, documents and materiel.

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Intel Annex Para. 5,6,7,8

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5. Documents or equipment required
6. Counterintelligence
7. Reports and distribution, enemy and friendly
8. Miscellaneous Instructions

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In what paragraph of the Intel Annex would you normally find PIR(s)?

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Paragraph 2: Intelligence requirements