General Al Gray created the Marine Corps Intelligence Center (MCIA) because he understood that expeditionary and constabulary operations were unique, and that intelligence support for the USMC was not to be had from others.
I now believe that HUMINT must be elevated to be the “first service” (inclusive of OSINT) and that the intelligence directors or advisors to agency heads, Cabinet Secretaries, and commanders, among others, must be, above all, skilled at HUMINT requirements definition and consumption as well as sharing all information they touch on their own. Below is my illustration integrating the three main consumer groups and the ten threats and twelve policies they must address, while also depicting the internal HUMINT capabilities, the external HUMINT network of “eight tribes” and the M4IS2 environment.
Figure 13: HUMINT Field—Sources, Targets, and Consumers
The military is responsible for defending against all threats, not just armed threats. I believe that the Republic is facing the most serious threats to its survival, threats both domestic and foreign, and that DoD and DIA must rise to these challenges if we are to preserve and protect the USA in the 21st Century.
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