Military intelligence

World War I was one of the first major wars in which intelligence was a key aspect of strategy and success on the battlefield. Throughout Europe many nations began to establish covert operations to gain access to the military secrets of their opposition. Germany was a nation that participated in this trend. However, their collection of intelligence did not involve much covert action. Rather, German intelligence officers used overt intelligence collection methods, including using both personal…

Headquarters Special unit was comprised of three primary denial and deception elements; Visual Imagery Intelligence (IMINT), Radio; Communications Intelligence (COMINT) Sonic, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) or the beginning of the Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT). Deception can be employed to mislead an opponent about the deceivers military, primary material, capabilities, deception in this particular context is also a convenient opportunity to demonstrate some of the potential…

“Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.” -Simon Mainwaring. These type of notions are alien to the United States Army which in my opinion runs as an institution. Some institutions like the United States Army seldom listen to new and challenging ideas. However, if all…

different than previous wars in that it was not only fought in the trenches and battlefields, but also with intelligence. In fact, many government spies have grown to notoriety, including Mata Hari and Carl Hans Lody, not only for the successes in uncovering confidential information, but also for distributing misleading information to enemy nations – a tactic in itself. Military intelligence still relied on basic principles such as the interrogation of prisoners to gather information and…

professional environment, the military, I often spend countless hours just having conversations with my troops. I have found it amazingly enlightening to just have general conversation about their backgrounds, hobbies, likes, dislikes, and goals. By having these types of conversations, it allows me to learn about their extrinsic and intrinsic motivators. You mentioned that employees are often dissatisfied with the compensation based on the…

countries. During World War I spies were used to prevent certain countries from becoming either allies or just neutral with each other. This was because if a country could stop defending themselves from another certain country they could focus their military power and all of their…

Intelligence support for Information Operations is not decidedly different from “normal” intelligence, as described in Joint Doctrine for Intelligence Support to Operations, as knowledge of the adversary, however the is a difference in the perception of intelligence during peacetime military exercises versus armed military conflicts. Intelligence is collected and processed everyday through the intelligence cycle, but the natural tendency to focus and prioritize intelligence processing based on…

eight years of my life, I think about the friendships I’ve gained, the As I sit and gather my thoughts I feel completely overwhelmed. The military has been my life for the past 8 years, since I first joined JROTC in 10th grade. I immediately fell in love with the art of discipline and purpose. For the past years, I have been fully dedicated into my military career. When I started college, I was routinely waking up at 4:30 am to hop on that local train and PT with my battalion. I spent the…

Mindset Growth mindset is the belief that you can improve upon your abilities through practice and effort, as opposed to a fixed mindset in which one believes their abilities are unchangeable (Dweck, 2006). Students with fixed mindset believe intelligence is static and tend to desire looking smart, therefore they avoid challenges, give up easily, see effort as fruitless, ignore useful feedback, and are threatened by others’ success. Students with a fixed mindset report feeling dumb when they…

Around May 1970 intelligence analysts detected the presence of Prisoners of War (POW) at Son Tay. On November 20th 1970 Son Tay POW camp was raided. No POWs were found at Son Tay. In the span of seven months, intelligence failed to detect the transfer of Son Tay POW’s. The Son Tay raid is regarded as a tactical success, and has largely been analyzed from a tactical standpoint. Analysis of the intellectual failure is necessary. Even in the modern era POWs still exist and rescue attempts are still…