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Appendix A
GLOSSARY
Intelligence Terms
Combat Information -- That knowledge of the enemy situation, weather, and terrain required by a commander in the planning and conducting of tactical operations.
Counterintelligence -- That aspect of intelligence activity devoted to destroying the effectiveness of enemy foreign intelligence activities and protecting information against espionage, individuals against subversion, and installations or materiel against sabotage.
Deception -- CI measures designed to mislead the enemy by manipulating, distorting, or falsifying evidence to induce it to react in a manner prejudicial to its interests.
Denial -- CI measures used to prevent the enemy from obtaining information or producing intelligence about friendly forces.
Detection -- CI measures designed to expose and neutralize the enemy intelligence effort.
Espionage -- Actions directed toward the acquisition of information through clandestine operations.
Imagery Analyst -- An intelligence specialist qualified to recognize, identify, locate, describe, and analyze objects, activities, and terrain represented on imagery, and to extract intelligence information there from.
Imagery -- The representations of objects reproduced electronically or by optical means on film, electronic display devices, or other media.
Information Requirements -- Information required by the commander or his staff to make sound decisions, but of second priority to priority intelligence requirements.
Intelligence -- The product resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis, integration, and interpretation of all available information which concerns one or more aspects of foreign nations or of areas of operations and which is immediately or potentially significant to military planning and operations.
Intelligence Annex -- A supporting document of an operations plan or order which provides detailed information on the enemy situation, assignment of intelligence tasks, and intelligence administrative procedures.
Intelligence Cycle -- The steps by which information is assembled, converted into intelligence, and made available to users. These steps are in five phases: plan and direct, collect, process, produce, and disseminate.
Intelligence Journal -- A chronological log of intelligence activities covering a stated period, usually 24 hours. It is a permanent and official record of reports and messages received and transmitted, important events, and actions taken.
Intelligence Officer -- The staff officer who assists the commander in fulfilling his intelligence responsibilities by supervising all intelligence and CI activities of the unit. At brigade and battalion the intelligence officer is the S2 on the special staff; at division is the G2 and all echelon above is the J2 on the joint staff.
Intelligence Specialists -- Personnel specifically trained to perform functions in the collection or processing of intelligence.
Intelligence Summary -- A specific report providing a summary of items of intelligence information normally produced at battalion/squadron, or higher level in tactical operations, usually at six-hour intervals.
Intelligence Workbook -- A recording aid for sorting, evaluating, and interpreting information and preparing intelligence reports. Information is grouped by subject matter and continually updated. The intelligence workbook is not a permanent record nor is it distributed to outside units or agencies.
Military Intelligence Organization -- Tables of Organization and Equipment units which provide intelligence specialist support to augment organic assets of the intelligence section from field army down to separate brigade or armored cavalry regiment level.
Order of Battle -- The identification, strength, command structure, and disposition of the personnel, units, and equipment of any military force.
Periodic Intelligence Report -- A summary of intelligence information normally prepared at corps level or higher, and at 24-hour intervals.
Personnel Security Investigation -- A prerequisite to granting a security clearance. The extent of the investigation is dependent upon the individual's personal situation and the level of security clearance desired.
Priority Intelligence Requirements -- The critical items of information regarding the enemy and its environment required in order to make timely decisions.
Reconnaissance -- A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy, or about the characteristics of a particular area.
Sabotage -- An act with an intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring, destroying or attempting to injure or destroy any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities.
Sedition -- Willful making or conveying of reports or statements with the intent to interfere with the operation or the success of the United States armed forces or to promote the success of its enemies; the willful causing of insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny or refusal of duty in the armed forces, or willful obstruction of recruiting or enlistment service of the United States.
Strategic Intelligence -- Intelligence required for the formation of policy and military plans at national and international levels.
Subversion -- Action designed to undermine the military, economic, psychological, moral, or political strength of a regime.
Surveillance -- The systematic observation of aerospace, surface or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things by visual, aerial, electronic, photographic, or other means for intelligence purposes.
Target Acquisition -- The detection, identification, and location of a target in sufficient detail to permit the effective use of weapons.
Target Development -- The acquisition of targets through the analysis and correlation of information from all collection means; also called indirect target acquisition.
Technical Intelligence -- Intelligence concerning foreign technological developments, performance, and operational capabilities of foreign materiel which has or may have a practical application for military purposes.
