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This fourteen week long course is academically
demanding. Before attending the Soldier should have at least the rank of
Staff Sergeant (SSG E-6) and have a minimum of two years ODA or ODB time.
The course is currently taught in two phases with eleven weeks at Fort
Bragg, NC and the last three weeks in the Washington, DC area.
Purpose of the Course. To train
selected Special Forces NCOs in Skill Level 4 conventional and
unconventional intelligence functions in support of all Special Forces
missions across the operational continuum. Graduates will fill positions
at the operational detachment, company, battalion, group, and higher unit,
staff and school levels.
Scope of the Course. Conventional
and Unconventional Intelligence collection, exploitation and processing;
threat vulnerability assessments; analytical techniques and training;
intelligence reports and reporting architecture; asymmetric target
analysis; intelligence preparation of the environment (IPE); interagency
operations, fingerprinting, photography, biometrics identification
systems, digital intelligence systems, geospatial intelligence systems,
and a course culmination targeting exercise (TAREX).
Phase 1 - Fort Bragg, NC. This
eleven week phase covers much of the content of the course mentioned
above.
Phase 2 - Washington, DC.
This three week phase consists of intensive on-site training at national
intelligence agencies in the DC area. These agencies include DIA, NGIA,
NSA, DHS, and others.
Publications about the Special Forces
Intelligence Sergeant
"Special Forces Intelligence Sergeant Course",
Special Warfare Magazine, October - December 2011, page 9. Accessed
here.
STP 31-18F4-SM-TG, Soldier's Manual and Trainer's
Guide, MOS 18F, Special Forces Assistant Operations and Intelligence
Sergeant, 20 Sep 1994. Accessed
here on Army Pubs doctrine library. Requires AKO login.
TC 31-20-2, Special Forces Handbook for the
Fingerprint Identification System, 30 Sep 2009. Accessed
here on Army Pubs doctrine library. Requires AKO login.
ATP 3-90.15, Site Exploitation, July 2015.
http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/atp3_90x15.pdf
Other Websites with Info on SF Intel Sgt
SF O&I (18F). By
About.com. This is older info reflecting the course length of 10
weeks and the old title for the MOS. Access the web site
here.
Intel Support to COIN. Many of the activities of a Special Force
detachment revolve around counterinsurgency or COIN. The SF Intel Sgt
should be knowledgeable about
intelligence support to counterinsurgency.
Time Sensitive Targeting. The SF Intel Sgt should be aware of the
targeting process. SOF uses a network-based targeting process called
"Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze, and Disseminate" or
F3EAD.
Law Enforcement (Police) Intelligence. Many of the skills and analytic
methodologies used in an
Unconventional Warfare (UW) or
Counterinsurgency environments are applicable to the civilian law
enforcement agencies such as the FBI, DEA, state, and local police
agencies. But . . . equally important, are those aspects of police and law
enforcement intelligence techniques and processes that are applicable to
Unconventional Warfare and/or Counterinsurgency environments. Learn more
about law
enforcement and police intelligence techniques and methodologies.
Biometrics. The Intel Sgt on the SF team is usually (but not always) one
of the team members who is knowlegable of biometrics. Biometric-Enabled
Intelligence (BEI) is an important component of a counterinsurgency or
counterterrorism fight. Read more in
"Biometric-Enabled Intelligence in Regional Command - East", Joint
Forces Quarterly 72, January 2014; posted on the website of the
National Defense University Press.
Counter Threat Financing. One of the priinciple ways of
interdicting terrorist and insurgent groups is the disruption of their
funding operations. One example is the raid that an SF AOB conducted in
Tikrit, Iraq in 2007 against a Hawala operation which resulted in a
tremendous cache of intelligence about insurgent financing. Read more
about
counter threat financing.
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