ISRAEL: IDF UNIT 8200 PARTICIPATES IN 1ST 'OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE' COMBAT DRILL

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• Publication Date: August 28, 2012

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COUNTRY: ISRAEL
SUBJ: (U) ISRAEL: IDF UNIT 8200 PARTICIPATES IN 1ST 'OPERATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE' COMBAT DRILL
SOURCE: TEL AVIV YEDI'OT AHARONOT IN HEBREW 27 AUG 12 P
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TEXT:
(U) Report by Yosi Yehoshu'a: "Combat Intelligence"
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In the US Armed Forces, green berets denote Special Forces. Here
they identify Military Intelligence MI. However, our green
berets left their offices and maps for one day, also capturing
fortified targets and storming terrorist dens.
Several weeks ago, the senior command echelon at the MI's Unit
8200 held its first-ever exercise, much like a battalion-level
Infantry drill. The objective was to show MI personnel what the
fighters and commanders on the terrain undergo so that they can
better meet their intelligence requirements during combat.
Northern Command personnel were surprised to see the
green-bereted lieutenant colonels arrive at the Northern
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Command's training base in Elyaqim together with unit commander
Brigadier General N., who initiated this special training. The
officers simulated capturing built and open combat zones as well
as fighting in "nature reserves" -- Hizballahs battle areas in
Southern Lebanon.
"The officers experienced all the intelligence dilemmas of an
infantry battalion, getting a hands-on understanding of what
information its men need and when," reported Northern Command
sources. "It was good to see their desire to comprehend how the
infantry men view their intelligence information and what can
help them during battle. They experienced the hardships of the
exercise and simultaneously tried to figure out how to improve
the flow of information to the combatants."
For years, Unit 8200 has been considered one of the world's
leading intelligence units and Israel's central
intelligence-gathering agency. In the past two years, since Major
General Aviv Kokhavi -- a former paratrooper -- entered office as
MI chief, a broad conceptual change has taken place there, known
as "operational intelligence," which basically involves the
transmission of precise intelligence information to the combatants
in the field within a short time.
As part of that conceptual change, the MI realized that today's
wars are shorter and "quicker" than before while the challenges
that the IDF soldiers will encounter on the front necessitate
coordinated intelligence transfer so that it reaches the field
echelons in real time and remains relevant. During the Second
Lebanon War harsh criticism was leveled over the fact that very
often the intelligence information was kept in boxes in the Tel
Aviv IDF headquarters or in the Northern Command but failed to
:each those divisions and brigades on the ground that needed it.
At the end of the exercise, after all the targets were captured
and eliminated, the drill was termed a huge success. "I have been
collecting intelligence to help the combat forces for years,"
said one of the Unit 8200 officers to the trainers on the base,
"and only now do I understand what, from the intelligence angle,
an Infantry battalion officer experiences during combat."
Description of Source: Tel Aviv Yedi'ot Aharonot in Hebrew
independent, centrist, second-largest circulation daily
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Source Name: Yedi'ot Aharonot
Source Type(s): Publications
Source City: Tel Aviv
Source Country: Israel
Source Start Date: 27 Aug 12
Source End Date: 27 Aug 12
Language(s): Hebrew
Article Metadata
Document ID: GMP20120827741001
Content Type: Translation/Transcription
Processing Ind: OSC Translated Text
Precedence: Routine
Country(s): Israel
Region(s): Middle East
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