Support to Division:
The
focus of intelligence and counterintelligence should shift from purely
strategic to the support of strategic through tactical operations.
Thus
far detachments/units working to collect intelligence functioned under
one chain of command , a rather autonomous function , what is needed
now the individual operator or special agent operates as a part of a
much larger team than his own unit.Adjacent and far flung companies
should be interconnected w.r.t ''intelligence-awareness'' and hence
lateral communication between all the organic int sections and CI
agents.Shifting from pure strategic to support of strategic through
tactical operations requires modifications in doctrine , requires
organic int capability in combat units.
Every
Battalion has its own organic int section.This int section will also
have 2 CI agents.The int section will be authorized to communicate with
the Regiment G2 Int and laterally with other Battalion int sections.The
G2Int office will have two commissioned officers of the rank of Captain
and Lieutenant.Apart from executing secondary collection activities of
the int requirements of the Battalion Cdr , a Battalion
Detachment Cell composed of selected personnel from among the int
sections will provide int support to the Division separately.As the
personnel staffing the BDC are from among local battalion int cells
they are close to the ground situation in the overall Area of Ops of
the Division and as they come from far and seperated sub-AOs , the
composed team will have personnel of varying rich experience from their
own AO and as a result the admixture will be better able to prioritize
and execute intelligence tasks and be in a much better position (due to
enhanced situational awareness) to feed adequate and accurate
intelligence to the DIV G2.This is lateral intelligence operations
(Battalion wise) and upward vertical intelligence operations(push to
DIV G2).The Battalion int section CI agents will form the
Counterintelligence Control Line spanned across the full area of
operations along the forward/near-border perimiter.Details in next
section.This combitorial arrangement will act as a double sheathed
sword , and mind you the number of collectors per unit AO (due to every
Battalion having its own int cell) is increased considerably with much
greater exploitation of the physical and human terrain.
This horizontal and vertical arrangement has following objectives:
1.Localized intelligence collection activities , each Coy level int cell focussing on the area of operations under its purview.
2.Inter-Battalion
intelligence exchange thus apprising every commander of the overall
situation thus leading to enhanced situation awareness and development.
3.Seperate CI activities in the same vein as above.
4.More intensive coverage w.r.t human terrain exploitation and physical terrain profiling.
5.Organic
intelligence support(with local knowledge and expertise) in form of
Battalion Detachment Cell supporting Div G2 Int planning and execution
, rather than external detachments from Int Corps HQ.
6.Establishing the Counterintelligence Control Line to check infiltration , exfiltration and other ops.
Counterintelligence Control Line:
Composed
of CI agents belonging to Battalion int section , this control
line will be running across the length of the Div or Army sector with
check points established at road junctions , bridges ,
cafes,hotels,villages near the border or a bit more inside.The
objective is to prevent infiltration by screening individuals for
travel reasons/authorization documents,identify suspected enemy agents
and terrorists,and terrorists or enemy soldiers/agents in civilian
clothing.Secondly prevent outward movement of terrorists sympathizers ,
would be terrorists and escape of terrorists .The underlying concept is
increased security consciousness and counterintelligence
effort.Identification documents and stories will be closely scrutinized
by CI personnel in conjunction with troops and MP soldiers manning
checkpoints and roadblocks.As for other points such as hotels ,
villages , cafes , mosques , CI personnel in strength of two can keep a
watch and if need be detain and question suspects.The
Counterintelligence Control Line is a very important line of defense
against the launchpads of terrorists operating from POK.CI agents
, Military Police and Combat elements can collaborate to render the
Counterintelligence Control Line effective.The points of control inside
civil areas can be manned by CI agents in civil attire , trained in
observation and tactical questioning (not interrogation) skills.These
are all 24 hour security posts with small interrogation centers
established near border areas , where questioning of all suspicious
elements will take place..Communication between the control nodes will
make it possible for not too distant units to know about developments
which might affect their area.Communication between CCL nodes and Army
areas will help further in deterring infiltration and
apprehend/identify/liquidate those who have infiltrated or going
outward.
(I am writing further to complete support to DIV/Corps)