MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence Support to the Warfighter

Allard, Kenneth. "Information Operations in Bosnia: A Preliminary Assessment." American Intelligence Journal 17, no. 3/4 (1997): 55-58.

"While its effects are often overstated, an unprecedented amount of information flows from Washington to European headquarters and intermediate staging bases.... But elaborate information flows between higher command levels do not always translate into better support for the warfighter. In fact, life in Bosnia has not changed very much for the American soldier, because the information revolution largely stops at Division level."

Bissell, Schuyler, and Daniel G. Kniola. "Intelligence for War Fighting." Signal 41 (Sep. 1986): 48-49. [Petersen]

Blair, Dennis C. [Associate DCI for Military Support] "The Future of Intelligence Support to the Armed Forces." Defense Intelligence Journal 4, no. 2 (Fall 1995): 7-15.

Blair looks at intelligence support to "the four general phases" of military operations: preparation and planning, deployment, employment, and post-conflict monitoring. He concludes, regarding the future, that "the question is: 'What is required?' not 'What is desired?'"

Bullock, Joan G. "Intelligence Support of Military Operations: A Perspective." International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 4, no. 2 (Summer 1990): 181-198.

Defense Intelligence Journal. "Intelligence Support to the Warfighter." 4, no. 2 (Fall 1995): Entire edition.

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Hoffman, Daniel M. [LT/USNR] "Naval Counterintelligence in the 90s: A Whole New Way of Doing Things." Naval Intelligence Professionals Quarterly 11, no. 1 (Winter 1995): 5-7.

Messer, William. "Getting Space-Based ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance] Data to Warfighters." Military Review 81 (Nov.-Dec. 2001): 42-45.

Monteiro, Alfred, Jr.

1. "Mustering the Force: Cryptologic Support to Military Operations." Defense Intelligence Journal 4, no. 2 (Fall 1995): 67-82.

NSA has adopted a broad definition of "warfighter": "Any individual, regardless of rank or position, responsible for making operational decisions which result in the use of military forces. This includes everyone from the President, deciding whether or not to commit troops to battle, to the individual soldier, airman or marine deciding whether or not to fire."

2. "Cryptologic Support to Military Operations." American Intelligence Journal 17, no. 3/4 (1997): 39-44.

Reprint of above article, identified as a summary of an NSA management study.

Ross, William A. [LTC/USAF].

1. "Space Support to the Warrior: The Intelligence Professional's Responsibility." American Intelligence Journal 15, no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 1994): 72-76.

The author concludes that "space warfare has arrived and DESERT STORM was the first space war." To make space work for the intelligence professional in supporting the warfighter "the military intelligence community needs to ... define space war fighting doctrine and vision and ... [develop] a robust and dynamic intelligence-wide training program."

2. "Space Support to the Warfighter." Military Intelligence 21, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995): 23-25, 53.

"[T]he intelligence community has yet to develop a clear direction, policy, and doctrine regarding space application, system requirements, and training.... Desert Storm proved space-based capabilities are invaluable for threat warning and mission execution.... A significant lesson learned from Desert Storm is the criticality of operational electronic intelligence (ELINT) analysis.... MI professionals ... currently lack the necessary tools and understanding to effectively support the warfighter with space intelligence."

Sadler, Lori M. [COL/USMC] "Improving National Intelligence Support to Marine Corps Expeditionary Forces." American Intelligence Journal 13, no. 3 (Summer 1992): 49-51.

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