SENTINEL FORCE 2000+
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Intelligence Force Development Guide, Sentinel Force 2000+, identifies
strategies to acquire, train, develop, utilize, maintain and enhance a
high-quality intelligence force which can deliver on-time, tailored intelligence
to users worldwide--from the crew member to the Commander-in-Chief. This
guide encompasses the entire intelligence team--civilian, active and Air
Reserve Component (ARC) forces as well as the Intelligence-related workforce
which supports the Air Force mission.
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The objectives of Sentinel Force 2000+ are as follows:
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Provide a broad look at the Intelligence Career Field
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Describe the Air Force Intelligence professional--to include functions,
career opportunities and philosophies
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Provide a cohesive, logical approach to long-range Intelligence force management--to
include accessions, utilization, development and maintenance and enhancement
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Support Air Force strategic goals
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Provide a road map for personnel to use in career planning and resource
management
The intelligence force must be as adaptable and flexible as its principal
consumers--the warfighting commanders and their forces, the acquisition
community, policy makers, and planners. The development of this force must
be based on the evolving requirements of these consumers in these mission
areas. To do this, the HQ Air Force Intelligence Force Development Team
has joined forces with counterparts at all levels in order to achieve the
best possible product and address current and future concerns.
The Air Force intelligence force is ideally suited for the challenges
posed by today's security environment. The men and women who have preceded
us invested heavily in technology, force structure, research, and training
to create robust air and space intelligence forces. Our challenge today
is to expand the role of intelligence professionals to include duties as
information operators. An information operator collects, analyzes, reports
and secures information critical to the decision maker and denies the enemy
the ability to do the same. Information Operations include: surveillance;
reconnaissance; command and control; communications; combat identification;
precision navigation; and weather. Information operators will be even more
capable of providing the warfighter with dominant battlespace knowledge,
presence and awareness.
