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Provides daily briefings and reports to the commander and enterprise, informing thecommand of relevant news, trends, and analysis that could impact real-time planningand operations, allowing commanders to effectively mitigate risk. Develops detailed,media-based analytic products linking the command’s priorities with the national defense strategy and current events.Analyzes reporting from hundreds of sources, including traditional, social, andforeign media, to determine atmospherics of relevant information environments.Coordinates with other information-related capability providers to address knowledgegaps and requirements and identify opportunities for follow-on collections or operations.Follows, analyzes, and digests relevant executive and legislative affairs andgovernment agency news, including hearings, testimonies, and press conferences,and creates executive summaries for the command’s leaders. In coordination with thespecial operations legislative assistant, prepares backgrounders on visitingcongressional delegations and other distinguished visitors to shape the command’s strategic engagements.

Trained, assisted, and advised partner nation forces in intelligence operations andmilitary strategy, including the Military Decision Making Process, IntelligencePreparation of the Battlefield, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissanceplanning.Coordinated with interagency and intelligence community partners, as well as otherDOD agencies, to incorporate, deconflict, and manage intelligence assets formaximum effect and efficiency.Supported partner nation campaign planning, resulting in successful combatoperations in highly contested regions of Afghanistan and increasing AfghanGovernment control.

Developed, analyzed, and disseminated intelligence from both classified and opensource channels to support joint national training exercises.Conducted maintenance and operations of deployed intelligence systems. Trainedforeign partner forces in the use of intelligence systems in accordance with forceagreements.Managed the training and career progression of subordinates, identifyingopportunities for advancement and professional development commensurate witheach person’s abilities and motivations.

Tested new technology and equipment developed by the United States Army orpartners as part of Network Integration Evaluation field exercises (NIE) and advisedon necessary changes to improve operational readiness.Developed opposing force plans and intelligence preparation of the battlefield toidentify gaps in unit tactics, techniques, and procedures and better prepare the unitfor future operations.As part of Joint Task Force North, collected and analyzed all source intelligence forcounter-narcotic and counter-terrorism operations.