tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post2648406352819930416..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Ultimate SensorGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-34287182986663746502007-06-22T11:19:00.000-04:002007-06-22T11:19:00.000-04:00Your points are well taken. It is my understandin...Your points are well taken. It is my understanding that concerns similar to yours are what motivated the powers that be to give General Clapper (head of USD/I) his dual role as Defense Intelligence Director and why his office is co-sponsoring the big IC conference that will take place in New Orleans this August where the goal will be to get decision makers and warfighters in the same room with analysts and requirements and collections managers for some open and honest dialog. If they are successful, it could be a watershed moment that just might result in better collaboration. The conference is aptly named “Synergy ’07.” Go to www.ncsi.com.<BR/>-AliciaAliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895734807888795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-91427199255432613462007-06-03T13:09:00.000-04:002007-06-03T13:09:00.000-04:00Thanks for the Deptula update. I am a huge fan of ...Thanks for the Deptula update. I am a huge fan of his writings and how he has managed himself in his career. Of all the Generals in the AF, he is the only one I see atill out there who truly gets what Airpower is all about and has managed to avoid the misteps with senior commanders that got his boss at Checkmate run out of Centcom in the runup to Desert Storm. He's still a meat-servo, but he's a meat-servo with an intellectual awareness to know what's right AND a principled heart to DO what's right. For the AFs sake, I hope he soon gets his 4th star on the way to a combatant command billet eventually gettting the Chief of Staff and/or Chairman of the JCS jobs.SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-53030698846749429052007-06-01T06:37:00.000-04:002007-06-01T06:37:00.000-04:00Army has "Soldier as Sensor" (PEO Soldier, I think...Army has "Soldier as Sensor" (PEO Soldier, I think). Also various ISR assets in development at SOCOM. DCGs-A and DCGS-SOF have more of a HUMINT component,, although not fully developed.baddog46https://www.blogger.com/profile/04582901532667729236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-82445330060171049182007-05-31T16:08:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:08:00.000-04:00From "The Implementation of Network-Centric Warfar...From "The Implementation of Network-Centric Warfare" (Published by the DoD, Office of Force Transformation)<BR/><BR/>Tenets and Principles of Network-Centric Warfare: Deep Sensor Reach<BR/><BR/>"Enable every weapon platform to be a sensor, from the individual soldier to a satellite."<BR/><BR/>Straight out of the book. I think the true challenge will be two parts: (1) as you said, integrating the bells and whistles intelligence with HUMINT, and (2) integrating intel across the services, especially through the acquisition process. Unfortunately it seems to me the second part will be very difficult bureaucratically.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05953649845499754508noreply@blogger.com