Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone’s commitment and intelligence.
Margaret J. Wheatley
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. — Sun Tzu
The Tactical Intelligence Operations Course (TIOC) draws upon years of experience from our instructors to bring intelligence planning and gathering down to the platoon and company level.
This 15-day course will teach conventional and special forces alike the tools that they need to operate in today’s intelligence-led battlespace.
Day 1
08:00 – Course intro
09:00 – Explain Security Measures
10:00 – Secure Information Technology (IT) and Work Areas
11:00 – Secure Information Technology (IT) and Work Areas
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Utilize NATO Military Symbols
14:00 – Utilize NATO Military Symbols
15:00 – Produce Overlays and Traces
Day 2
08:00 – Describe Intelligence
09:00 – Describe Intelligence
10:00 – Describe Intelligence
11:00 – Develop Intelligence Collection Plan (ICP)
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Develop ICP
14:00 – Develop ICP
15:00 – Develop ICP
Day 3
08:00 – Select Appropriate Sources
09:00 – Describe the Intelligence Functions in Support to Operations
10:00 – Describe the Intelligence Functions in Support to Operations
11:00 – Describe the Intelligence Functions in Support to Operations
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Describe Information Operation (IO)
14:00 – Produce Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (IPB)
15:00 – Produce Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (IPB)
Day 4
08:00 – Produce Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (IPB)
09:00 – Write the Tactical Intelligence Estimate
10:00 – Describe the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Process
11:00 – Describe the ISTAR Process
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Research Data / OSINT
14:00 – Research Data / OSINT
15:00 – Research Data / OSINT
Day 5
08:00 – Research Data / OSINT
09:00 – Research Data / OSINT
10:00 – Collate Data
11:00 – Collate Data
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Analyze Data
14:00 – Analyze Data
15:00 – Analyze Data
Day 6
08:00 – Intro to HUMINT
09:00 – Intro to CI
10:00 – Intro to Surveillance Ops
11:00 – Intro to Counter Surveillance Ops
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Intro to TSCM
14:00 – Intro to covert photography
15:00 – Intro to deception detection
Day 7
08:00 – Intro to spatial-temporal analysis
09:00 – Intro to link analysis
10:00 – Intro to Pattern analysis
11:00 – Intro to cryptography / encryption techniques
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Intro to deception detection
14:00 – Intro to deception detection
15:00 – Intro to cross cultural interactions
Day 8
08:00 – Produce Intelligence Products/reports
09:00 – Produce Intelligence Products/reports
10:00 – Produce Intelligence Products/reports
11:00 – Produce Intelligence Products/reports
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Intro to Interviewing techniques
14:00 – Intro to Interviewing techniques
15:00 – Cognitive biases and analysis
Day 9
08:00 – Prepare Intelligence Briefings / Individual feedback on Int products
09:00 – Prepare Intelligence Briefings / Individual feedback on Int products
10:00 – Prepare Intelligence Briefings / Individual feedback on Int products
11:00 – Prepare Intelligence Briefings / Individual feedback on Int products
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Prepare Intelligence Briefings / Individual feedback on Int products
14:00 – Intelligence culture and why it can lead to biases
15:00 – The healthy mind and resiliency in intelligence
Day 10
08:00 – Conduct Intelligence Briefings
09:00 – Conduct Intelligence Briefings
10:00 – Conduct Intelligence Briefings
11:00 – Conduct Intelligence Briefings
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Conduct Intelligence Briefings
14:00 – Conduct Intelligence Briefings
15:00 – Conduct Intelligence Briefings
Day 11
08:00 – Drone types and applications
09:00 – Drone types and applications
10:00 – Utilizing drone footage in Int products and presentations
11:00 – Utilizing drone footage in Int products and presentations
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Drone ex
14:00 – Drone ex
15:00 – Drone ex
Day 12
08:00 – Google Earth
09:00 – Spy Glass app
10:00 – Utilize software and apps that assist in defining the battlespace
11:00 – Social Media Int – live updates of the tactical picture
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Maltego
14:00 – Anonymize yourself on the web
15:00 – Circumvent blocked sites
Day 13
08:00 – Processing obtained equipment
09:00 – Processing obtained equipment
10:00 – Technology in Intelligence
11:00 – Technology in Intelligence exercise
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Advise on capture
14:00 – Advise on capture
15:00 – Advise on capture
Day 14
08:00 – Final Exercise
09:00 – Final Exercise
10:00 – Final Exercise
11:00 – Final Exercise
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Final Exercise
14:00 – Final Exercise
15:00 – Final Exercise
Day 15
08:00 – Final Exercise
09:00 – Final Exercise
10:00 – Final Exercise
11:00 – Final Exercise
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Final Exercise
14:00 – Final Exercise
15:00 – Course Wrap up
Course itinerary is for reference purposes only and is subject to change without notice
The cost for this course is $9,499.00 per person