Military Operations In Iraq: Military Analysis

Interesting post. At the beginning of the Iraqi war the enemy was a step ahead of coalition forces. With improved intelligence techniques and capabilities, the dynamic of the intelligence community changed for the better. 1 New systems and trained personnel gave the combat commanders exactly what they needed, timely intelligence to plan a successful mission. “Army and Marine intelligence along with the Department of Defense (DOD) and national intelligence agencies have made significant changes to better support counterinsurgency operations in Iraq”. 2 The intelligence community contributed greatly in its efforts in Iraq followed by combat operations in Afghanistan. Even with some of the same techniques, procedures, and equipment the biggest difference between military and civilian intelligence components is that they operate differently, under different authorities.
Additionally, each intelligence discipline had a role in Iraqi. The role of each “intelligence discipline - human intelligence (HUMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT Imagery intelligence (IMINT), as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems -- primarily unmanned aerial vehicles” replicated its efforts in Afghanistan.3 HUMINT has improved significantly in Iraq and Afghanistan, many …show more content…
I am sure that every combatant commander would agree that the best asset during war is boots on the ground, advising and assisting, when hearts and minds. During both conflicts HUMINT operations lead to many high value targets getting captured or killed. Let’s take the raid on Bin Laden, for example it all started with boots on the ground surveillance and embedding in with the local populace. Attempting to set up a MEDCAP within the vicinity of the area where Bin Laden suspected to be won hearts and minds of the people. What are your