WHY CFET

INTELLIGENCE TRAINING TO EFFECT SUPPORT TO COUNTERINSURGENCY AND OTHER FORMS OF ASYMMETRIC WARFARE

PROPOSED SUPPORT HEADQUARTERS

AMERICAN TACTICS TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES CONFIGURED TO INDIAN ASYMMETRIC BATTLESPACE.PUSHING DOWN INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITY TO BOOT LEVEL.THUS EVEN A BATALLION/COMPANY WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH ITS OWN ORGANIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION CAPABILITY , WITHOUT HAVING TO DEPEND SOLELY ON INT ASSETS AT BRIGADE/DIV LEVEL.THIS WILL FACILITATE REAL TIME IMMEDIATE ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE THUS AFFORDING THE COMMANDER ACCURATE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ENABLING HIM TO TAKE TARGETING DECISIONS IN A MUCH BETTER FASHION.INT-ENABLED RECONNAISANCE AND SURVEILLANCE/TARGET ACQUISITION+BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT,INTELLIGENCE PROJECTION,HUMINT AND CI SUPPORT TO BATALLION/COMPANY LEVEL TACTICAL FORCES,TRAINING NON-INT PERSONNEL LIKE MP-INFANTRY MEN TO ACT AS SECONDARY INTELLIGENCE ASSETS GIVEN BASIC TRAINING IN TACTICAL QUESTIONING/DOCEX/SCREENING/OBSERVATION AND SURVEILLANCE AND TRAINING OF NCO'S/SENIOR NCO'S TO ACT AS BATTLE STAFF TO MAN COMMAND POSTS/TACTICAL OPS CENTERS WHICH WILL BE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE BATTLEFIELD THUS ENABLING AN INTELLIGENCE ENVELOPE CREATION OVER THE BATTLESPACE ENABLING SITUATIONAL DEVELOPMENT(COMMON OPERATION PICTURE) OF THE COMMANDERS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS TACTICAL OPERATIONS.THESE INTEL BATTLE STAFF WILL INTERACT WITH THE OTHER BATTLE STAFF (CORRESPONDING TO OTHER WARFIGHTING OPS LIKE OPS,MANEUVER,LOGISTICS,C2) COLLEAGUES IN THE SAME CP/TOC AND OTHER CP's/TOC's LATEWRALLY ON THE BATTLEFIELD TO DELIVER PRECISE SITUATION BRIEFS TO THE COMMANDER AND HIGHER HQ's.IN FACT PROPERLY TRAINED BATTLE STAFF NCOs CAN ANTICIPATE HEADQUATERS REQUIREMENTS 2 LEVELS UP.

CFET WILL STRIVE TO IMPART TRAINING IN ALL THESE FIELDS CONTAINED IN THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH.THE INDIAN ARMY DECISION TO SOON EQUIP THE INFANTRY SOLDIER WITH THE BEST WEAPON/BODY GEAR IS A STEP WELCOMED BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE HIM AN INTEGRAL PART OF A BATTLESPACE WHICH IS CURRENTLY NONLINEAR , DISTRIBUTED AND FACTORED WITHIN BY THREATS CLEVERLY DEVISED BY AN ADAPTIVE ASYMMETRIC ENEMY.ADAPTIVE THAT IS.TO COUNTER ANY NEW TACTIC/TECHNIQUE OF OUR FORCES WITH BETTER , CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE COUNTERMEASURES.THUS DESPITE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND FAR BETTER WEAPONS SYSTEMS/PROTECTIVE GEAR FOIR THE INFANTRY MAN AND ADVANCED R&S SYSTEMS , LAND BASED AND AIRBORNE--WE STILL NEED THE HUMINT AND CI OPERATIVE AS BADLY AS 6 DECADES BACK DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS,IN FACT TO BE PRECISE , HUMINT/CI ARE NOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.IN A JUNGLE TERRAIN , OR URBAN WARFARE OR EVEN THE HUMAN TERRAIN (LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE IN FACT THE CENTER OF GRAVITIES OF INSURGENT THREAT--IN COIN WE CANT LOCATE PRECISE C2 NODES , LOGISTIC ROUTES , AMMO DUMPS , ETC AS IN CONVENTIONAL WARFARE SO AS TO EXECUTE TARGET NOMINATION).WE NEED HUMINT TEAMS SPECIALISING IN HUMAN EXPLOITATION (HETs) AND ASSISTED BY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE AND A LINGUIST.BE IT A ROUTINE PATROL WHERE TRAINED MP/INFANTRYMEN CAN EXTRACT INFORMATION OF INTELLIGENCE VALUE BY SIMPLY ELICITING INFORMATION FROM LOCAL PEOPLE THEY ENCOUNTER/DETAINEES OR GOING A STEP FURTHER , BY TACTICAL QUESTIONING (VERY DIFFERENT FROM INTERROGATION) AND IF ANY INFORMATION IS EXTRACTED IT IS PASSED ON TO THE UNIT INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND IF THEY FEEL THERE IS MORE TO IT WITH THE DETAINEE , ESCORT HIM TO THE CI OPERATIVE IN THE HET TEAM. IN CASE OF DEEP R&STA , IF THE RSTA TEAM INCLUDES ONE CI OPERATIVE , THEY CAN INTERROGATE ON THE SPOT ANY PERSON THEY ENCOUNTER BY CHANCE WITHOUT ENGAGING THE ENEMY.DURING THE BATALLIONS SEARCH OPS , SAY AFTER AN ATTACK , OR DURING FULL CORDON AND SEARCH OPS , OR AT CHECKPOINTS OR AT AREAS/LINES WHICH SEE INFLUX OF REFUGEES (EVEN APPARENTLY HARMLESS VILLAGERS WHO SUDDENLY COME FROM NOWHERE DURING HOT PURSUIT OF INSURGENTS OR IN THE FIELD OF FIRE OF THE COUNTERINSURGENT WEAPONS EMPLACED AT PROFILED LOCATIONS)--HUMINT TEAMS AIDED BY ONE OR TWO CI PERSONNEL+LINGUIST CAN CONDUCT ON THE SPOT TACTICAL QUESTIONING , INTERROGATION TO EXTRACT INFORMATION OF INTELLIGENCE VALUE,EVEN DETAIN INDIVIDUALS FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING.IN JUNGLE/HUMAN/URBAN TERRAIN OVERHEAD SENSORS WONT WORK DUE TO CANOPY PROBLEM , BUILDING DENSITY PROBLEMS AS THESE SURVEILLANCE PLATFORMS WORK ON THE PRINCIPLE OF A STRAIGHT LINE OF SIGHT MODE OF CAPTURE.YES , SIGINT ASSETS CAN COMPLEMENT HUMINT/CI TEAMS.TARGETING WILL BE GIVEN SEPERATE EMPHASIS.SHORTENING THE KILL CHAIN--SENSOR TO SHOOTER WILL BE PRIORITY.FORCE PROTECTION WILL BE DEALT WITH SEPERATELY.IT IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE AND SHOULD PREDICATE THE SETTING UP OF ANY DOCTRINE.

THUS HUMINT AND CI ARE INDISPENSABLE IN ANY BATTLE TODAY.MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT , THEY FORM THE FOUNDATION OF AN EFFECTIVE WARNING SYSTEM WHICH WILL ALERT US OF ANY IMMINENT OR FUTURE ATTACK.THE POINT IS OUR LINE SOLDIERS MUST BE MADE INT-SAVVY , NOT INT-SPECIALISTS.AND WE MUST HAVE SPECIALIST TEAMS LIKE THE HETs , DOCEX TEAMS AND CEE TEAMS.

I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CREATE A SEAMLESS INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE BEGINNING FROM HIGHER HQ ORDER ANALYSIS , MISSION STATEMENT , COMMANDERS GUIDANCE,PRIORITIZATION OF INT REQUIREMENTS , PLANNING-DIRECTION-ASSET & COLLECTION MANAGEMENT-REPORT WRITING-DISSEMINATION-FEEDBACK AND EVALUATION,SYNCHRONIZATION OF COLLECTION ASSETS--MISSION-NEEDS-CAPABILITY ANALYSIS,INTEGRATING OPS AND INT,RSTA AND BDA TEAMS NOT ONLY PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE BUT ''FIGHTING FOR INFORMATION'' DURING R&S DEEP INTO ENEMY TERRITORY,THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD,BATTLE STAFF NCO's AND SENIOR NCO'S TO MAN TACTICAL OPS CENTERS/CP's RIGHT UPTO CREATING ORGANIC/ASSIGNED/SUPPORT INT UNITS FOR FIGHTING UNITS AT BN LEVEL AND BELOW. TRAINING INCLUDES BASIC HUMINT/CI TRAINING FOR NON-INT LINE SOLDIERS AND MP PERSONNEL SO AS TO RENDER A SECONDARY-COLLECTOR FLAVOUR , THIS WILL FREE HUMINT/CI SPECIALISTS FOR MORE SERIOUS TASKS, CREATION OF ONLINE COURSES IN HUMINT , CI , FORCE PROTECTION , TACTICAL HUMINT FOR OFFICERS, AND AN OVERALL CFET INT HQ WITH OPS SECTION , HEADQUARTERS AND HQ SERVICE SECTION AND INT CONTROL (TECHNICAL CONTROL , HUMINT CONTROL TEAM,CI COORDINATING TEAM)..WHEREIN OPS AND INT WILL BE FULLY INTEGRATED. THE HQ WILL HAVE STAFF OFFICERS WHO WILL BE TAKEN NOT FROM NORMAL REGIMENTAL UNITS BUT AS PER THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALITY CORRESSPONDING TO THE PARTICULAR STAFF SECTION.

FINALLY AND OF HEIGHTENED IMPORTANCE IS ADDRESSING FORCE PROTECTION. COMMANDERS EDUCATION WILL BE INCLUDED AND A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF 600 QUESTIONS IN FORCE PROTECTION , INTELLIGENCE , ANTITERRORISM AND CI HAS ALREADY BEEN SETUP IN ONLINE MODE.

CFET WILL ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THESE TRAINING REGIMEN.

SUPPORT UNITS

CFET COMMANDER

KESHAV MAZUMDAR
Associate Degree Military Sc , Dip Criminology, Fellow of New Westminister College Canada , Sr Vice President ATAB USA , Advisor in Antiterrorism/Intelligence RIEAS Greece
Antiterrorism Officer , CAS , CMAS , ASC , CRC