Analysis of Intelligence Support to the 1991 Persian Gulf War: Enduring Lessons - DIA, NSA Contribution, Counterintelligence, Human Intelligence, Interrogation, Signals SIGINT, Bomb Damage Assessment

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique publication presents an analysis of Gulf War intelligence collection and analysis efforts, primarily at echelons division through theater, in order to distill the enduring lessons learned. The paper is an unclassified, executive level presentation of the rich, timeless and meaningful intelligence lessons learned from the 1991 Gulf War.

When examining intelligence support to military operations, one cannot truly appreciate where the United States Army is today, or, sense where it must go in the future unless we fully understand and embrace the critical lessons of the past. The 1991 Gulf War presented a number of critical intelligence support lessons which are highly relevant to future U.S. Army operations.

When examining intelligence support to military operations, one cannot truly appreciate where the United States Army is today, or, sense where it must go in the future unless we fully understand and embrace the critical lessons of the past. The 1991 Gulf War presented a number of critical intelligence support lessons which are highly relevant to future U.S. Army operations. The intent of this paper is to analyze the 1991 Gulf War intelligence collection and analysis efforts, primarily at echelons division through theater, in order to distill the enduring lessons learned. The paper is an unclassified, executive level presentation of the rich, timeless and meaningful intelligence lessons learned during OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM.

While it is widely agreed that the allied coalition's defeat of Iraq was truly an outstanding display of military prowess, most military professionals acknowledge that the execution of this complex combat operation was far from perfect. It is imperative that we closely study the intelligence achievements and shortcomings of this combat operation in order to bring back more of Americas' sons and daughters in subsequent combat operations.

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