Intelligence For The Marine Air Ground Task Force Magtf

Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 2, Intelligence, and Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 2-1, Intelligence Operations, provide doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures for intelligence operations. Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 2-4 Marine Air-Ground Task Force Intelligence Dissemination, complements and expands upon this information by detailing specific doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures for conducting intelligence dissemination in support of the Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF). The primary target audience of this publication is intelligence personnel responsible for planning and executing intelligence dissemination operations, as well as personnel who provide support to intelligence dissemination or who use results from intelligence operations. MCWP 2-4 describes aspects of intelligence dissemination operations including doctrinal fundamentals, responsibilities, management, methodology and planning, and common forms of dissemination, such as estimates, studies, briefings, and reports. MCWP 2-4 provides the information needed by Marines to understand, plan, and execute intelligence dissemination operations in support of the MAGTF across the range of military operations.

MCWP 2-4 describes aspects of intelligence dissemination operations including doctrinal fundamentals, responsibilities, management, methodology and planning, and common forms of dissemination, such as estimates, studies, briefings, and reports. MCWP 2-4 provides the information needed by Marines to understand, plan, and execute intelligence dissemination operations in support of the MAGTF across the range of military operations.

Marine Corps Tactical Publication MCTP 2-10C (Formerly MCWP 2-4) Marine Air-Ground Task Force Intelligence Dissemination 2 May 2016 provide doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures for intelligence operations. This publication complements and expands upon this information by detailing specific doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures for conducting intelligence dissemination in support of the Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF). The primary target audience of this publication is intelligence personnel responsible for planning and executing intelligence dissemination operations, as well as personnel who provide support to intelligence dissemination or who use results from intelligence operations. This publication describes aspects of intelligence dissemination operations including doctrinal fundamentals, responsibilities, management, methodology and planning, and common forms of dissemination, such as estimates, studies, briefings, and reports. MCTP 2-10C provides the information needed by Marines to understand, plan, and execute intelligence dissemination operations in support of the MAGTF across the range of military operations.

Aviation intelligence is critical to the success of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF). For the last quarter of a century, Marine aviation has not faced a serious enemy challenge in the skies and has operated with relative freedom of maneuver. This lack of a credible threat has resulted in the aviation intelligence community's losing sight of their role and has weakened the MAGTF. An analysis of the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities and Policy dedicated to Marine Corps aviation intelligence and the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprise, reveals that they do not adequately support Marine Corps aviation in its current and near-future operations. As countries like Russia and China develop technologies to deny Marines access and to destroy Marine aviation, it is imperative that Marine Corps aviation intelligence refocuses. The USMC aviation intelligence community has not had to focus on aviation threats and thus has not truly been tested. Instead, the focus has predominantly been on collections in the form of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, as well as targeting. As the nation's 911 force, the USMC must be in a constant state of readiness so that it can conduct forcible entry against its enemies, as directed by U.S. leadership. If one of these enemies possesses a credible threat to USMC aviation, will USMC aviation intelligence be prepared? ABSTRACT * ACKNOWLEDGMENTS * ACRONYMS * CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION * Background * Problem * Primary Research Question * Secondary Research Questions * USMC Aviation Legacy * History of USMC Aviation * The Six Functions of Aviation * Offensive Air Support * Anti-Air Warfare * Assault Support * Air Reconnaissance * Electronic Warfare * Control of Aircraft and Missiles * Aviation Intelligence * The Spoils of Air Superiority * Developing Threat Capabilities * Definitions * Limitations and Scope * Delimitations * Assumptions * Expertise * CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW * Marine Corps Gazette Articles * Intelligence is a Team Sport * Solving the 0202 Shortfall and Intelligence Occupational Field * Air Intelligence MOS Needed * Rebuilding the 0207 Aviation Intelligence Office * Reorganizing the Way We Do Aviation Intelligence * Rand Corporation Alert and Ready * Intelligence Career Paths and the Joint Strike Fighter * Conclusion * CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY * Purpose of the Study * The Approach and Methods * CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS * Doctrine * Organization * MCIA * MEF Intelligence Battalion * Joint Billets * Training * Training and Readiness Manual * AIOC * MIOC * MAWTS-1 * VMFT-401 Aggressor Squadron * Leadership * Personnel * Enlisted Intelligence Personnel * Intelligence Officer Personnel * Weapons and Tactics Instructors * CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Conclusions * Lack of Doctrine * Lack of High-Level Support * Lack of Defined Training * Lack of Career Progression * Poor Personnel Management * Secondary Questions * Recommendations * Doctrine * Organization * Training * Career Progression * Personnel Management * Items Requiring Further Research * Material: Technology Support to Aviation Intelligence * Facilities: Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities * Policy: Defense Intelligence Analysis Program * BIBLIOGRAPHY

This Fleet Marine Force Manual (FMFM) sets forth the organization, doctrine, tactics, and techniques to be used in the formation and employment of Marine air-ground task forces (MAFTF's).--p. i.

This USMC manual, Marine Corps Reference Publication MCRP 2-10A.9 Air Intelligence January 2021, is dedicated entirely to intelligence support to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force's (MAGTF) Aviation Combat Element (ACE). It provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for air intelligence in support of the ACE and the MAGTF. MCRP 2-10A.9 Air Intelligence describes the unique aspects of intelligence support to the ACE and MAGTF relating to the enemy, weather, and terrain impacting the air domain. It includes doctrinal and scientific fundamentals, multidiscipline intelligence support to the ACE, frameworks for analyzing and understanding enemy air and air defense systems, and guidance on supporting the ACE and MAGTF commander's planning, decision-making, execution, and assessments cycle. This publication sets the foundation for training requirements, formal schools, organizational structure, and, most importantly, how we provide intelligence support to the ACE and MAGTF in combat. As such, it represents only a starting point and must be continually updated as the state of the art changes. Its users must continue to validate its contents and make recommended changes when more effective techniques or processes are developed.

Dissemination management involves dissemination priorities, selection of dissemination means, and monitoring the flow of intelligence throughout the command. The objective of dissemination management is to deliver the required intelligence to the appropriate user in the proper form at the right time, while ensuring that individual consumers and the dissemination system are not overloaded by attempting to move unneeded or irrelevant information. Dissemination management also provides for the use of security controls, which do not impede the timely delivery or subsequent use of intelligence, while protecting intelligence sources and methods.

Marine Corps Warfighting Publication MCWP 2-10 Formerly MCWP 2-1 US Marine Corps 2 May 2016, builds on the doctrinal foundation established in Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 2, Intelligence. It provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) intelligence operations. This publication is intended for commanders, other users of intelligence, and intelligence personnel who plan and execute intelligence operations.

Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 2-1, Intelligence Operations, builds on the doctrinal foundation established in Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 2, Intelligence. It provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) intelligence operations. This publication is intended for commanders, other users of intelligence, and intelligence personnel who plan and execute intelligence operations.