Foreword

The 21st century will bring challenges and changes in the nature of warfare which will alter the way we do business in military intelligence (MI). Intelligence Training XXI: Ready Now will meet those challenges by providing the intelligence training needed for the Army XXI force.

 It is our charter as the MI proponent of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to determine the path which MI must follow to answer future battle requirements. We must develop the doctrine, organizations, and systems and provide the training needed to meet those requirements. The U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca (USAIC&FH), U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, and units in the field have engaged in a process to identify future requirements—the result is an MI Branch Concept that is now our focus for the future. The vision statement for Intelligence XXI reads:

 

To provide the Ground Component Commander, in a Joint environment, with a knowledge based, prediction oriented Intelligence system, supporting the commander driven requirements of an information age Power Projection Army (Force XXI) capable of land force dominance across the continuum of 21st Century military operations. At the center of this vision are quality soldiers, leaders, and civilians—soldiers, leaders, and civilians whose potential is more closely realized by Information Technology assisting in the collection, production and the presentation of Intelligence, providing the Commander with an understanding of the battlefield, or environment of military operations, and the ability to dominate information.

 

With this vision and guidance from the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Commanding General of TRADOC, we are developing new training strategies. Intelligence Training XXI: Ready Now begins the execution of our plan to implement those strategies. It also reflects a shift in our core competencies that corresponds to new systems and technology; doctrine; and tactics, techniques, and procedures which result from the development of Force XXI. The fielding of new systems to support Force XXI demands that we develop training to produce professionals who are absolutely proficient operators and maintainers. Further, new technology provides the Intelligence School with improved methods to conduct training, including virtual and constructive simulations along with other distance learning techniques.

 Intelligence Training XXI: Ready Now will steer us toward providing seamless training to MI soldiers and the combined arms organizations we support. This is the azimuth and basis for our training future.

 

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