CHAPTER 4 ORGANISATION OF AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICE INTRODUCTION de The intelligence staff provides the basis on which the theatre commander can make his operation plans. For this reason, the Intelligence Office should be sited close to Battalion Command Post. During Operations, it may have to share the same accemmodation. At formation level, the intelligence cell will have to be sited close to the “G’ cell. > = 2. The aim of this chapter is to explain the layout of an Intelligence Office in the field. THE LAYOUT OF AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICE THE LAYOUT OF ANINIELLIGENULENFFINE 3. Under ideal condition, the Int office should be divided into 2 parts: a. Outer Office. The outer office contains stores, reserve maps and with working space for making traces. It must be well lighted and capable of being blacked out. Containers must be provided for all stores, maps and 17 RESTRICTEDRESTRICTED ir ion for de ents, Sleeping and resting accommodatio ue locum se ae members of the section should be nearby. The organi: ain and functioning of this office should be the dir responsibility of the Intelligence Sergeant. b. Information Room. Information room, if one is in use, should be sited on the route from the visitor's car park to the HQ. It should be provided with a large scale map and the latest intelligence summaries and should be big enough a (1) Briefing visitors on the current situation. (2) Briefing and debriefing patrol. (3) Holding '0' groups and conferences. 4, The following factors must be considered for the efficiency of an Intelligence Office. a. Adequately trained Personnel and specialist skills. Good and secure communication. c, Centralized control of resources, 5. i i : SinGeneral. The duties of the intelligence staff in a unit are to; a. ; Advise the commander on intelligence matters that will help him know the enemy situation. 18 RESTRICTEDRESTRICTED b. Deal with technical intelligence through proper channels. c. Disseminate information and intelligence. d. Receive issue to sub-units and maintain the supply of maps, Air photos etc. e. Arrange the rapid disposal of prisoners of war, deserters, refugees and surrounded enemy personnel. f. Programme, task and debrief patrols. g. Interrogation of PW, deserters or surrendered enemy personnel. h. General processing of information. i. Watch-keeping in the Intelligence Office. j. Liaison with other agencies. k. Supervision of intelligence and security training within the unit. I. Issuance of protective security and security intelligence policy. m. Conduct and monitor security education and awareness in formations.5-4 19 RESTRICTEDCHAPTER 5 OPS ROOM DUTIES INTRODUCTION 1. Duties and responsibilities are bound to vary in accordance with the location of the Unit and its operational role, but the content of this lecture applies to the battle group, the armoured regiment and the infantry battalion. Generally speaking, Ops Room is an annex to an Int Office where alt equipment relevant to own Ops are displayed to achieve accessibility of information. AlN 23 The aim of this chapter is to acquaint students with the OPS Room duties performed by the Int Staff. 3. ORG OF UNIT OPS ROOM a. The Intelligence Officer. The duties of the Intelligent Officer (10) in an OPS Room include: (1) Supervision of the staff in the OPS Room. (2) Preparation of written briefs. 20 RESTRICTEDb. RESTRICTED (3) Briefing of unit commanders on current situations. (4) Ensure all info are collated on the map as they arrivein the Int Office. (5) Brief the unit commander on situation as it affects his operation plans. (6) Briefing and debriefing of patrols. Wos. At the Bde Int Office, the WO is directly responsible to the BIO and his duties in the OPS Room include: c, (1) Interpretation of air photographs. (2) Supervision of surveillance equipments. (3) See to the administrative set up of the Int Staff inthe OPs Room. Int Sgt. At battalion level, the Int Sgt is directly responsible to the |O. His duties include: (1) Writing of messages - (Intrep, Sitrep and Intsum). 21 RESTRICTEDRESTRICTED (2) Briefing patrols in the absence of the lO. (3) Briefing company/platoon commanders from situation maps or sand model. Cpls. The duties of Int Cplin an Ops Room include: (1) Scaling of air photographs. (2) Marking of ops maps (Collations). (3) Recording of interviews and interrogations. (4) Sketch drawing and making overlays. e. Signal Staff. The duties of the signal staff in the int office includes: (1) Receipt of messages as they come into the Ops Room. (2) Dissemination of messages to units under command. (3) Interception of en messages. (4) Coding and ciphering signal messages etc. 22 RESTRICTEDRESTRICTED Ops Room Equipment. These include: a. Large Scale Map. Large scale map will be used as pictorial intsum where all information regarding the en will be transferred after a period of time. b. Medium Scale Map. The scale of a medium scale map could be 1:50,000 or smaller. This is used to record both en and own activities within a specific period. It is also used for briefing observer and patrols. cy Sand Model. Sand Model refers to the product of attempt at 3-dimensional representation of the natural and artificial features of an area or portion of a map using sand and other materials. Sand models, especially those derived from maps are usually made to scale to facilitate briefing of patrols and easy understanding of route and the going on the ground. This scale is derived from the enlargement of the map scale. d. Overlays. Overlays are transparent materials (with surfaces that can be marked or written on) which, when superimposed on Ops map facilitates the tracing or marking of information from the map without its being defaced. It could be sentas pictorial intsum. é. Other Maps. Other maps include topographical maps, cadastral maps, sketch maps etc. 23 RESTRICTEDRESTRICTED f. Surveillance Devices. Surveillance devices include binoculars, Night Viewing Devices (NVDs), radar, compasses, tape recorders etc.6-5 24 RECTRICTED