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Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). This supports theRegimental mission to “advise and assist” ANSF and to increasetheir operational effectiveness by sharing intelligence.Conversely, the deployed Regimental intelligencesection focuses on the immediate threat and current operations;plans and directs intelligence collection efforts, andpublishes daily and weekly intelligence summaries. MAJPatrick Miller, 2 CR’s Intelligence Officer, explains it bestwhen he stated, “the DISE augments our deployed force bytaking on recurring intelligence production requirementsallowing our forward intelligence Soldiers the flexibility tohandle our current enemy situation and threat.”DISE Functional Capability:ÊÊAccess to coalition networksÊÊMultidiscipline IntelligenceÊÊLive Collection/Fusion CapabilityÊÊNear real time Situational AwarenessDISE all-source analysts use information from all disciplinesand available sources to create an intelligence estimate forthe Commander. All-source analysts comprise the majorityof the Soldiers in the DISE and are divided into four groups:Enemy Networks and Diagrams, Lines of Communication,Governance, and Situational Templates, each led by anexperienced noncommissioned officer. These groups areprimarily responsible for leveraging the single-source disciplinesto create a weekly multi-intelligence layered product,called the Commander’s Intelligence Update Brief (CIUB).The CIUB is a comprehensive intelligence estimate briefeddirectly to the Regimental Commander once a week, and isdesigned to answer the Commander’s Priority IntelligenceRequirements.Out of the four disciplines in the DISE, HUMINT Soldiersperform their Operational Management Team (OMT) dutiesfar from their comfort zones and in a radically differentway than doctrine dictates. Maverick Troop deployed twoHCTs, trained to extract information from human sourcesand subsequently write Intelligence Information Reports.Doctrinally, the OMT is designed to provide operational andtechnical control and guidance to the deployed HCT. It isalso designed to be located where it can provide oversightof team operations and best support the dissemination oftasking, reports, and technical data between the unit andthe deployed collection assets. The OMT relies on continuouscommunication with the deployed HCTs in order to ensureall administrative and operational reports are accurateand adhere to strict regulations.More than any other intelligence discipline in the DISE,the SIGINT section is just as capable, if not more capable,of producing intelligence in an IROC construct, unconstrainedby geographic proximity. This is primarily becauseSIGINT relies exclusively on technology, automations, andU.S. based servers, allowing SIGINT collection and analysisto take place virtually anywhere with adequate systems andnetworks. This makes a permanent facility with secure, robust,and reliable connectivity an ideal location to conductSIGINT operations.SIGINT Soldiers in the DISE maintain the same capabilitiesas SIGINT Soldiers deployed, with few exceptions. In theDISE, SIGINT concentrates on report publishing while SIGINTforward concentrates more on targeting and current operations.In the DISE, SIGINT Soldiers are armed with the JointWorldwide Intelligence Communications System as well asNational Security Agency access, all with the respective programsto perform their mission. Forward deployed SIGINTSoldiers have further access to various programs and withthe necessary adjustment, SIGINT could exclusively performtheir mission geographically separated from the operationalenvironment.GEOINT, similar to SIGINT, is another ideal intelligence disciplinefor an IROC construct. GEOINT relies entirely on internalsystems and programs in order to adequately exploitand analyze imagery and geospatial information; therefore,GEOINT is capable of performing its mission unconstrainedby geographic boundaries. The DISE currently leveragesGEOINT for terrain analysis, base defense products, movingtarget indicator, and forensic analysis.Regardless of the DISE’s ability to provide intelligence in anIROC construct, it is important to understand that while intelligencereach augments a forward deployed intelligencesection, it does not replace it. In 2 CR’s experience there aretwo significant limitations that hinder the DISE’s capabilitiesand effectiveness.First, because of the DISE’s considerable geographic separationfrom the Regimental headquarters, direct collab-Camp Aachen, Tower Barracks, GermanyPhoto by WO1 Jamie Garcia, MI TRP, 2 CR10 Military Intelligence