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SPRING 2020
Our overall objectives are always to increase military cooperation and capacity , exchange professional dialogue , and build relationships with Intelligence leaders from partner nations .
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process using a fictional enemy order of battle and possible Courses of Action ( COAs ). We close out day three with instruction on the third step of the IPB process , threat integration , where intelligence teams must combine their analysis of the environment and terrain with the threat . Day four is dedicated to syndicate work and , in our view , represents the best opportunity for the cadre to interact with the students and truly faciliate both leadership development and build common understanding . Each syndicate spends the day integrating what they learned in the first two steps of the NATO IPB process to develop two distinct Threat Courses of Action , each with complete Situation Templates , which show a combination of threat doctrine , capability , and terrain , Event Templates that show enemy action over time , and a Decision Support Overlay that identifies where and when the threat must choose one action over another . All this leads the group to define Named and Targeted Areas of Interest ( NAIs and TAIs ) that will enable friendly intelligence collection , targeting , and operation . On the final day , the students deliver a comprehensive IPB brief to MTT instructors as if they were prepared for a unit level mission analysis . We have seen some incredibly capable officers over the year and are always impressed with the level of effort from every audience .
interest and commitment by partners throughout the world . In sum , the enthusiastic and collaborative learning environment established during these events provided a unique opportunity for the LANDCOM G2 to foster relationships and increase interoperability with intelligence professionals from partnership nations . These events continue to serve as one of the key building blocks that form the wall of future security and stability . LC
A VALUABLE INVESTMENT
Across the four Intelligence MTTs we led in 2019 , we routinely interacted with 20-30 students , usually ranging from Lieutenants to Lieutenant Colonels . We did have several Colonels attend the course in Morocco and Kuwait , where we also taught Officers from Oman and Saudi Arabia . We even had the priviledge to host the Deputy G2 of Ukrainian Land Forces Command during our MTT activities in Kiev . We found that during every course , our partners were always highly motivated and demonstrated a great desire to learn . They asked insightful questions , and even challenged our LANDCOM team to include an element of operational level Comprehensive Preparation of the Environment ( CPOE ) into the curriculum to enable greater interoperability above the tactical level . On every occasion , the support staff and facilities from each host nation were wonderful . Locations like the NATO-Istanbul Cooperative Initiative Regional Centre in Kuwait City where we taught really highlight the level of
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