Forward from the Sea ... Intelligence and the Untold Story of Operation NOBLE OBELISK

摘要

The paper covers the security situation in Sierra Leone during operation Noble Obelisk and the issues that faced the navy-marine corps intelligence elements in meeting the joint commander's essential elements of information (EEI's), while having to develop an intelligence community has historically had little access. It stresses the criticality of collaboration between operational and intelligence elements inherent in an expeditionary force, the need for streamlined organic sensor management, and identifying the difference between information and intelligence.