Graphic: Information Operations (IO) Eras

Col Dr. Max Manwaring defined the first six generations of warfare, Robert Steele converted those to information operaitons (IO) eras, and added the 7th era, which is easiy to achieve with leadership integrity, virtually impossible to achieve as long as any government persists in retaining legacy systems that are stovepipes within stovepipes surrounded by security …

Reference: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on Information Operations (IO), Electronic Warfare (EW), and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues

Information Operations (IO) is improperly defined by most as being technical in nature.  It is not.  Properly understood, IO should cover the totality of information in all its forms, and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) is the primary player.  Below is a fine CRS report on this topic from an electronic point of view. The Special Operations …

Graphic: OSINT Multinational Information Operations

This slide, originally created for THE NEW CRAFT OF INTELLIGENCE was morphed to address needs in a briefing to the Coalition Coordination Center (CCC) in Tampa within the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM).  This remains the core time-energy slide for harnessing the distributed intelligence of the Whole Earth leveraging multinational multifunctional information-sharing and sense-making agreements.

Information Operations (IO) Archives for Public Intelligence (2006)

2006 US IO Analysis Steele IO Analysis 101 (Five Slides with Notes) 2006 US IO Conepts Corman et al Strategic Communications Concepts for Dealing with Jihadists 2006 US IO Intel Stewart InfoOps and Intelligence 2006 US IO Multinational Steele Multinational Information Operations Center (Brief to Coalition CENT) 2006 CA IO Technical Garigue Technical Preface to …

2006 Information Operations (IO) Back into DIME

DIME is military for Diplomatic, Information, Military, Economic.  It is an old acronym that leaves out Social, Cultural, Technical, Demographic, Natural, and Geographic as well as Political and Criminal, but we work with what we have. The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) at the Army War College in Carlisle, PA is one of America’s gems, along …