JP 2-0 serves as the keystone document for joint intelligence.
Provides guidance for intelligence support to joint operations.
Focuses on integrating operations, plans, and intelligence.
Scope and Purpose
Governs activities and performance of the Armed Forces in joint operations.
Provides doctrinal basis for U.S. military coordination with other agencies and multinational operations.
Offers guidance for combatant commanders and joint force commanders.
Application
Applies to joint staff, commanders of combatant commands, sub-unified commands, and combat support agencies.
Doctrine is authoritative; must be followed unless exceptional circumstances dictate otherwise.
Summary of Changes
Revision of terms and processes, including intelligence interrogation and sociocultural analysis (SCA).
New definitions and modifications for intelligence processes and categories.
Nature of Intelligence
Intelligence integrates into military operations, providing insights for decision-making.
Involves collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination.
Supports commanders with assessments and estimates of the operational environment (OE).
Roles and Responsibilities of Joint Intelligence
Primary role is to facilitate mission accomplishment through information and assessments.
Responsibilities include informing the commander, describing the OE, supporting planning and execution, and assessing operations.
Joint Intelligence Process
Consists of six categories: planning and direction, collection, processing and exploitation, analysis and production, dissemination and integration, evaluation and feedback.
Intelligence process is dynamic and continuous.
Principles of Joint Intelligence
Perspective: Understand all aspects of the OE, including sociocultural factors.
Synchronization: Synchronize intelligence with plans and operations.
Integrity: Maintain intellectual honesty and avoid cognitive biases.
Unity of Effort: Centralized planning with decentralized execution.
Prioritization: Focus intelligence efforts based on commander’s guidance.
Excellence: Aim for high-quality intelligence products.
Prediction: Accept the risk of predicting adversary intentions.
Agility: Remain flexible and adaptable.
Collaboration: Leverage diverse analytic resources.
Fusion: Integrate information from all sources.
Intelligence Organizations and Responsibilities
The intelligence community (IC) includes 17 member organizations.
Key roles of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Joint intelligence operations centers (JIOCs) and Joint Task Force intelligence support (JISEs) play central roles.
Intelligence Support to Joint Operations
Joint operation planning involves intelligence support through annex B.
Intelligence Planning (IP) processes involve two lines of effort: support to planning and planning intelligence operations.
Continuous assessment and adaptation are critical.
Intelligence Sharing and Cooperation
Multinational Sharing: Align with national disclosure policy, maintain unity of effort, and share necessary information.
Interorganizational Collaboration: Establish strong networks, mutual trust, and continuous communication.
Appendices
Detailed references, processes, and definitions for various intelligence operations and methodologies.