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Operation anaconda orientation
1. Lawrence D. Dietz, COL (R), USAR
Adjunct Professor
American Military University
Photo
Source:http://www.history.army.mil/books/A
MH-V2/AMH%20V2/chapter14.htm
2. Forum Week 5: Intelligence Requirements, Collection &
Research
In this Forum you are to address the build-up of
intelligence collection operations against suspected
Taliban and AQ targets in the area around Gardez and
Khost, Afghanistan.
The object is to allow you to apply the fundamentals you
have been covering in class to actual contemporary
operations in a building-block fashion. Be specific and
detailed in your contributions.
3.
4. CO-5 Identify essential tasks of the intelligence
section in collating and evaluating information,
to include that on the enemy.
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6. • Echelon of Command
• Available Resources
• Volume of input
• Time
• Categorization and Classification
– Special Forces & The CIA are unique
– SIGINT Classification may preclude distribution;
should it be excluded from the process?
– On the Ground versus Remote
• Role of National Assets
• Effectiveness of ‘reachback’ to higher echelons
7. Consider the work product you will have to develop.
– Know your audience.
– Blend in to the Battle Update Briefing
– Your customers are under a lot of pressure
– The more carefully you plan for processing, analysis and dissemination
the smoother the intelligence process and the greater the contribution
to the operation.
Photo Source: Disney
8. • Consider all aspects of deception to include the importance
of deceiving SIGINT Collectors
• How can the Internet aid in a deception plan?
– Remember the role of Facebook the recent exposure of PLA
Hacking
• Can you really deceive in the Google Earth era?
• Adapt section operations based on the skills of your
personnel.
• How can you encourage more intelligence involvement by
line forces?
– Can personally owned equipment (mobile phone cameras) be
employed to collect tactical intelligence?
• Balance necessity with security.
9. • CIA Article on Testing the Intelligence Cycle through systems
modeling and simulation: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-
the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-
monographs/analytic-culture-in-the-u-s-intelligence-
community/chapter_4_systems_model.htm
• CIA Basic Intro (High School) to the intelligence cycle:
https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/who-we-are-what-
we-do/the-intelligence-cycle.html
• FBI Version of the Intelligence Cycle:
http://www.fbi.gov/intelligence/di_cycle.htm
• Source of photo for title slide: Canadian View of the Intelligence
Cycle; http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo8/no1/images/Rivard-fig-2-
eng.jpg
10. Forum Week 6: Tactical Intelligence Support of
Operations
This Forum is intended to pull together the learnings in
tactical intelligence and apply them to the contemporary
battlefield. You should draw on your readings of the
doctrinal publications, Battling the Elements, Koch, and
the readings in the course materials folder. The case study
of Operation Anaconda is a classic vehicle though which
to apply and emphasize the core lessons in tactical
intelligence.
11. CO-6 Evaluate considerations and define the
types of tactical intelligence collection and
assess the impact of deception on collection
operations.
12. • Each type of intelligence has strengths and
weaknesses.
• Consider how to use one source or intelligence type
to confirm intelligence from another source.
• Sometimes unreliable can be the best you can do.
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14. • Echelon of Command
• Available Resources
• Volume of input
• Time
• Categorization and Classification
– Special Forces & The CIA are unique
– SIGINT Classification may preclude distribution;
should it be excluded from the process?
– On the Ground versus Remote
• Role of National Assets
• Effectiveness of ‘reachback’ to higher echelons
15. • Incorporate what you learned last week
concerning weather and terrain.
• Would the intelligence picture have changed if
Operational Anaconda was on it’s own and did
not have national asset help or CENTCOM
oversight?
• Was weather less of a factor in Operation
anaconda than for any other previous military
campaign in Afghanistan?
16. • A Time Magazine Guide to Operation Anaconda:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020318/popup/
• Overview article on Operation Anaconda:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oef-
anaconda.htm
• MIT Seminar write-up featuring Sean Naylor:
http://web.mit.edu/ssp/seminars/wed_archives_06spring/na
ylor.htm
• Asian perspective on Operation Anaconda:
http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/DC22Ag01.html
• Source of title slide photo:
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/Afghanistan/Images/
39.jpg
