27 hour course designed to provide student with an understanding of various aspects of intelligence doctrine and its application at the tactical level. The course emphasizes the role of the commander in directing and focusing the intelligence effort and how the intelligence system supports planning, synchronization, and the decision making process. In addition, the course considers other critical tasks the intelligence staff must perform successfully to support operations such as force protection, inteligence synchronization, and collection management. Students will be evaluated through a paper and practical exercises designed to show their ability to apply intelligence doctrine including intelligence preparation of the battlefield, intelligence support to force protectionand intelligence synchronization. Course materials include : Text; Meeting 1, Introduction to intelligence operations; Meeting 3, Intelligence preparation of the battlefield; Meeting 4, Targeting and battle damage assessment; Meeting 5, Force protection; Meetings 8 & 9 Intelligence operations practicum; Intelligence synchronization matrix.

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