
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S)) is the principal staff element of the DoD for all matters regarding intelligence, counterintelligence, security, sensitive activities, and other intelligence- and security-related matters. In 2019, Congress renamed the office from Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence ( USD(I)) to Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security as part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act. The under secretary is appointed as a civilian by the president and confirmed by the Senate to serve at the pleasure of the president. Department of Defense (DoD) that acts as the principal civilian advisor and deputy to the secretary of defense (SecDef) and deputy secretary of defense (DepSecDef) on matters relating to military intelligence and security. The under secretary of defense for intelligence and security or USD(I&S) is a high-ranking civilian position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) within the U.S. Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Mike Shoemaker (l), chapter secretary, presents Allenbaugh with a gift of thanks for his presentation to the membership in February.Fourth in Secretary of Defense succession Richard Allenbaugh, director of the Ground Intelligence Support Activity (GISA) – Bragg, discusses LandISRNet during the chapter's February meeting. We owe it to our future warfighters to give them the best tools possible to enable the mission success. In the end, regardless of the technology, it's all about people, Allenbaugh said. The goal for LandISRNet is to focus on stronger analytics for Army soldiers and synchronization of all of the data sources for all phases of military operations.

LandISRNet has many stakeholders throughout the Army to include the Army Forces Command, Army Component Commands and the Army Intelligence and Security Command. “It's a question of how we reduce complexity and exploit technology for advanced analytics on a common framework to ensure the soldier in the field can act on credible intelligence in a faster manner.” Allenbaugh then outlined the footprint and potential design of the LandISRNet architecture. “It's a question of how we get that information from an MI soldier that could be in a direct supporting role stateside to that soldier in the field,” Allenbaugh said. While technological advances in the intelligence realm present great opportunities for future intelligence warriors, Allenbaugh said the key challenge remains in establishing secure, fixed and mobile communications at the last tactical mile. But in the end, it's about how we can improve combat readiness, send fewer people forward over time and still remain effective, Allenbaugh said. Allenbaugh further iterated that by having Army intelligence capabilities move to virtualization, consolidating data centers and focusing more on mobile application development and employment, the intelligence soldiers of tomorrow will have incredible technology expectations. The Army intelligence system is Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) that transforms to a cloud architecture for ease of data access. He discussed the intelligence process and access to essential information, the need for flexible, mobile and secure applications, and he outlined how the intelligence community, especially within the Army, is set to change the way it gathers, processes, disseminates and acts on real-time intelligence. He stated that the Army intelligence must support all six phases of joint operations to include phase 0 (Shape Operations) and four phases of Army Force Generation. Allenbaugh, a former Army officer and a now Defense Department civilian, spoke on the past, present and future of tactical and strategic intelligence. Richard Allenbaugh, director of the Ground Intelligence Support Activity (GISA) – Bragg, outlined LandISRNet and the future of tactical and strategic intelligence for Army forces during the chapter's monthly luncheon at The Fort Bragg Club in February.

NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER CHAPTER - Feb 09, 2012įuture Army Intelligence Architecture Outlined
