Interrogations are a critical method for the United States of America to identify and develop intelligence on an asymmetric battlefield. The ability to gathering information that allows other elements within the military to conduct surgical attacks...
During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I (OIF I), U.S. soldiers waged a desperate war against a growing insurgency. Mounting U.S. casualties became the catalyst for a hidden "war within the war." Arrayed on one side of this secret conflict were leaders who...
This manual provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing employment of interrogators as human intelligence (HUMINT) collection assets in support of the commander's intelligence needs. It outlines the interrogator's role within...
This monograph addresses a perceived imbalance in U.S. Army tactical force structure between technical means of intelligence collection and non-technical means, specifically interrogators. It proposes to provide a judgment on whether or not, in...
Chief Warrant Officer John Groseclose served as the officer in charge of the tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) team section for Charlie Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad, Iraq, through 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2009 -- 01. In this essay, the hypothesis that the essential ethical position assumed by leaders is the most important determinant of, one, the level of...
Relationships matter: humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Haiti. LT GEN P.K. (Ken) Keen, U.S. Army; MAJ GEN Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto, Army of Brazil; LT COL Charles W. Nolan, U.S. Army; LT COL Jennifer L. Kimmey, U.S. Army; and...
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kenneth Kilbourne served as the officer in charge of the tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) section of Alpha Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
Prepared by G-3 Section, Headquarters, 15 Army Group Italy
To meet the moutainous characteristics of Italy, "new techniques had to be developed, and variations of standard tactical doctrine devised. The improvizations and adaptatons used throughout the campaign to meet the varied situations presented led...
This study investigates Interrogation of Prisoner of War (IPW) operations by analyzing selected elements of U.S. Army and German Army IPW experiences from World War II, and by comparing these historical practices to current U.S. Army AirLand Battle...
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Crisman served as the intelligence officer for 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he talks about detainee holding areas at the...
Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Hoepner served as the operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Iraq from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he talks about...
The organization and functions of the unit known as a combat psychological detachment is detailed in this document. The detachment headquarters section (command, administrative, supply, and transportation functions), intelligence section...
Military interrogation of terror suspects: imaginative does not have to mean unlawful. LT COL David G. Bolgiano, U.S. Air Force, and COL L. Morgan Banks, U.S. Army; The Army should mandate a rigorous selection of military interrogators and remove...
Major Brad Johnson served as the intelligence officer for 1st Battalion, 13th Armor in Iraq from March through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he discusses American jurisdiction over...
Ms. Amanda Meyer served as a tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) team leader and section sergeant in A Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email interview, she talks...
Lieutenant Colonel Russell Godsil served as the intelligence officer for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad, Iraq, from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about how the brigade's...
In 2004 unspeakable crimes against prisoners that were held in a detention facility in Iraq became synonymous with torture and framed a problem that was larger than anticipated. Stories were posted on the internet and news shows that showcased...
The experience gained in the conducting of interrogation operations during hostilities in Panama proved to be invaluable in the success of operation JUST CAUSE as well as in defining the role of the interrogator in future, post cold war operations....
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Elizabeth Rogers served as the operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion at Camp Cropper, Iraq, from May 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. In this interview, she talks...