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Army Operating Concept Mission Requirement: Expeditionary Operations Integrated with the Theater Intelligence Structure
The Army Operating Concept requires Army forces to be both expeditionary and interoperable with Joint, interagency, and multinational (JIM) partners. Attaining and sustaining readiness to execute regionally aligned forces (RAF) and global response forces (GRF) missions under these conditions compels integration with the Geographic Combatant Command (GCC)/Army Service Component Command's (ASCC) theater intelligence structure beginning with the mission alignment order and lasting through the duration of the force generation cycle.
Central Idea: The MI Brigade (Theater) (MIB(T)) Directly Supports RAF and GRF to Rapidly Integrate into the Theater
Faced with expeditionary mission readiness demands, the Army's MI leaders have committed to establishing the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) and the MI Readiness Command (MIRC) MIB(T)s-under the direction of the Theater Army/ASCC and in turn, the GCCs-as the theater intelligence "Anchor Point" to partner with Army force provider commands (FORSCOM, USAREUR, USARPAC) and RAF and GRF units at all echelons to help "set the theater" and to provide enabling services for all ground forces deploying to, operating in, or otherwise supporting each theater.
Anchor Point Concept: Based on the MIB(T)'s Role as the GCC's Ground Intelligence Organization
The Anchor Point concept builds on the MIB(T)'s central role as the theater's permanently assigned ground intelligence organization, where it has always had the responsibility to support Army forces based in, and deploying to its theater. The MIB(T) is deeply rooted in the theater's operational environment with some MIB(T)s having JIM ties spanning decades. The MIB(T)'s Forward Collection Battalion and Operations Battalion, reinforced by a U.S. Army Reserve Theater Support Battalion, are continuously engaged in meeting the GCC/ASCC's daily operational requirements and conduct intelligence operations under the authorities vested in the GCC.
MIB(T) Anchor Point...