INTELLIGENCE PLANS

N2 department staff is the critical link between the MIOC and the intelligence planning function. This staff ensures that intelligence is fully integrated into regional security engagement and planning efforts conducted by the MPG. See section 5.3 for a description of maritime planning activities. Intelligence requirements in the context of planning have two elements: (1) integrating the commander’s intelligence requirements and collection plans with theater and national intelligence requirements and collection plans and (2) the use of the planning process to develop plans that will help satisfy the commander’s intelligence needs.

As new missions are assigned or operations escalate, the MIOC staff will align intelligence resources with the needs of the planning effort. IPOE and Red Cell analysis become the primary planning enablers of intelligence support to the planning process. Planning for targeting functions will be supported by providing the full range of target database lists and target materials necessary for achieving effects identified in the planning process while also supporting the assessment process. Personnel may be redirected to IPOE and Red Cell as new missions are assigned or operations increase. Targeting efforts may be redirected at future effects-based operations rather than baseline collection

The MIOC staff develops and prioritizes mission-essential information (MEI) exchanges required to accomplish the mission and meet the commander’s intent. These exchanges must define who exchanges what information with whom, why the information is necessary, and in what manner the exchange takes place. The MOC staff works with the N6 planners to determine the network and communication transport requirements necessary to support these exchanges. Well defined and prioritized MEIs are necessary to ensure preplanned responses (PPRs) to disconnected, interrupted, low-bandwidth (DIL) events continue to move the plan forward.

Intelligence plans function as the focal point for coordination of intelligence support to contingency and crisis action planning (CAP). Personnel assigned are the primary candidates to fill intelligence positions on whatever future planning and future operations organizations are established in the command.

MIOC targeting includes all targeting capabilities necessary to identify, develop, analyze, prioritize, and nominate targets in support of HHQ’s and the commander’s objectives, as well as to assess kinetic and nonkinetic target prosecution. Support to the MOC fires element (FE) and targeting is primarily achieved through target

development and nomination, coordination, deconfliction, and combat assessment (CA) for both deliberate and dynamic targeting. See section 3.7 for additional information on targeting organization and processes within the MOC.

2.2.1 Intelligence Planning Functions

1. Produce the intelligence annex (Annex B) to OPLANs, operation orders (OPORD) or supplementary plans.

Coordinate with MIOC cells for input into the appropriate Annex B sections (for example: exploitation, production, analysis, and dissemination (EPAD) should provide input on the threat assessment portion of Annex B).

2. Draft PIR submission for SIO review.

3. Provide intelligence input to planning support tools such as a synchronization matrix.

4. Collect and maintain a master intelligence requirements list to support planning.

5. Ensure the SIO is notified whenever intelligence requirements with low likelihood of satisfaction are submitted.

6. Assess and report the impact of degradation, losses, intrusion, and/or denial of intelligence capability and how it effects current operations and plans to the BWC. Recommend mitigation courses of action (COA) and provide the estimated duration of impacts to BWC and other N3/N6 watch standers.

7. Ensure IPOE activities are informed by planning requirements and vice versa.

8. Execute and manage the commander’s portion of the federated targeting plan in coordination with the MOC fires element.

9. Plan and coordinate targeting aspects of OPLANs, concept plans (CONPLANs), and special projects with the MOC fires element.

10. Manage and coordinate target-related information exchange among assigned assets, other component targeting cells, theater joint intelligence operations center (JIOC), and federated partners to facilitate effective and timely flow of federated target development.

11. Provide assigned assets with specific targeting guidance and procedures.

12. Conduct target research, target system analysis, aimpoint recommendations, target material production, target database management, collateral damage estimates, weaponeering recommendations, and precision coordinate mensuration, as required, in support of maritime missions, tasks, and objectives.

13. Receive and exploit national, theater, and organic imagery in support of deliberate and dynamic targeting requirements.

14. In coordination with the MOC fires element, conduct target validation, including law of armed conflict (LOAC) and ROE considerations, as well as vetting of nominated targets, against the no-strike list (NSL) and restricted target list (RTL).

15. In support of the MOC fires element, generate target development nominations (TDNs) for addition of new targets to joint target list (JTL).

16. In support of the MOC fires element, develop deconflicted and prioritized target nomination lists with subordinate tactical commands: maritime prioritized target list (MPTL) for maritime organic missions and maritime target nomination list (MTNL) for targets requiring joint mission support and inclusion on the joint integrated prioritized target list (JIPTL).

17. Nominate targets to RTL and NSL.

18. In support of the MOC fires element, nominate targets to JFC’s time-sensitive target (TST) list.

19. In support of the MOC fires element, develop and maintain list of high-payoff targets (HPTs).

20. In support of the MOC fires element, nominate selected HPTs for the JFMCC’s maritime dynamic targeting (MDT) list.

21. Generate and coordinate intelligence collection requirements (CRs) in support of deliberate and dynamic targeting.

22. Access, display, and update targeting data within joint COP and modernized integrated database (MIDB).

23. Participate collaboratively in the JFC targeting process.

24. Attend appropriate HHQ targeting coordination meetings to coordinate and articulate the commander’s target prioritization, issues, and concerns.

25. Submit target development and production requirements to theater JIOC and/or federated partners, as required.

26. Provide personnel and expertise to CFT organizations, as required.

2.2.2 Composition As assigned.

2.2.3 Points of Coordination 1. Internal:

a. Red Cell

b. Maritime planning group c. Future operations

d. FUPLANS/MPG/OPTs

e. Maritime assessment group f. Information operations cell

g. Knowledge and information management WG

h. LRC

i. Fires element

j. Maritime air operations cell.

2. External:

a. Joint force commander JISE b. Theater JIOC

c. National intelligence organizations

d. Subordinate commander staff intelligence organizations e. Other components.

2.2.4 Inputs

1. Theater campaign plan

2. Theater security cooperation plan 3. Other, as required.

2.2.5 Outputs

1. Annex B, Intelligence, to OPLANs/OPORDs

2. Master list of intelligence requirements to support planning.