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                                       ~FTER ~CTION REPORTS


                 ITEM:  Collection Management


                 OBSERV~TION:  Collection management must be closely tied to
                 targeting and air operations   From a MarLnO, CENT~F, perspective
                 this appeared to be poorly managed during Desert Storm


                 DISCUSSION:  Targets were nominated without collection reports to
                 ~~~~~~p target intelligence or assess BD~   The collection
                 requests seemed to be independent of the targeting process   In
                       to validate targets, prov~de target intelligence to
~&`.`y~Yt~.~~~ ircrews, `and `garner so~, current operations staff officers had
~~¼)``~{`~``{ ~t9 manipulate the system to take advantage of opportune
                 .econnaisance~' While this yielded valuable information, is was
           ~ ~~haphazard and freque~ly unavailable, resulting in degraded
                  isslon effectiveness.


L                `ESSONS LE~RNED:  Collection management must be closely
                 coordinated with the targeting process in order to efficiently
                 and effectiv ely benefit from reconnaisnace products.
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j~ ~`.~-   `~"`~  ECOMMENDED ~CTION:  The Marine Corps intelligence community
               `~develop procedures to fuse the efforts of the collection manager
           ~`~)and the S~SS.

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                 ~DD TO GENER~L DISCUSSION OF INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO T~RGETING

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