Doctrinal foundations of military intelligence — the structural and procedural knowledge that an intelligence professional must master before applying analytical or operational methods.
Organizational structure
- The U.S. Intelligence Community — the eighteen agencies, their missions, authorities, and relationships
- The National Security Council system — the interagency process through which intelligence reaches decision-makers
- Army organization and staff structure — echelons, staff sections, BCT, combatant commands, the S-2/G-2 role
- The military intelligence warfighting function — intelligence as a combat enabler in Army doctrine
Joint and service doctrine
- JP 2-0: Joint Intelligence — the joint doctrinal publication governing intelligence support to military operations
- FM 2-0: Intelligence — the Army’s field manual for intelligence operations
- operating environment — the systematic process for analyzing threat, terrain, weather, and civil considerations
Oversight and legal framework
- Intelligence oversight framework — the legal authorities, executive orders, and Congressional oversight mechanisms governing intelligence activities
- Classification and security — the information security system that protects intelligence sources and methods
Analytical standards
- Intelligence Community Directive 203 — the analytical standards governing how intelligence assessments are produced
- Estimative language standards — the probabilistic vocabulary the community uses to express uncertainty