Ideal Sharing of Information NetCentric

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Ideal Sharing of Information (Net-Centric)
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Traditional Information Flow

• Platoon Leader disseminates information through
  PSG and SQD Leaders
• Soldiers receive information from chain of
  command
• Mission is conducted patrol debrief completed
  and sent higher

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Patrol Information Goes Higher
Patrol Leader

• Patrol Leader completes a debrief sends to BN
• BN receives approx. 30 debriefs a day
• BN inputs approx. 20 of debriefs into ASAS-L
• BDE/DIV pull intelligence data from ASAS-L to
  gauge activity and plan future operations

BN S2
ASAS-L
AFATADS
BDE S2
Division G2
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Obvious Gaps

• How is patrol debrief information shared below
  the BN level under the current structure?
• If only 20 of shared data is going higher what
  percentage makes in down to the Soldier on the
  ground?
• There is currently an intelligence void that
  prevents the collection and collaboration of data
  at the company level and below.

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Tactical Ground Reporting System(TIGR)

• In counter-insurgency warfare, it is particularly
  important to provide right tools at the
  company/platoon level for our junior officers who
  are the most important information providers and
  consumers.
• TIGR allows a combat soldier to share his
  knowledge about people, places and events, and
  quickly tap into the collective knowledge being
  gathered by all the other soldiers.
• TIGR is a multimedia debrief system coupled with
  a powerful yet easy-to-use search and analysis
  engine.

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Tactical Ground Reporting System(TIGR)

• Enables Users To
• create standardized reports with collected data
  (digital photos, GPS track etc) on returning from
  a mission
• search the database for relevant geo-indexed
  information prior to going on a mission
• analyze and view data to look for patterns in
  both red and blue activities.

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TIGR Deployment Status

• Camp Taji - 1st Cavalry Division 1BCT (COL Funk)
• -1 battalion fully integrated, 2 battalions being
  set up
• -As of Feb 18 (3 weeks into deployment)
• 4206 events, 600 reports, 67 users, 43000
  queries
• -Six field support contractors
• -Awaiting approval from G6 to connect to SIPR
• 3rd Infantry Division
• -2BCT (COL Terry Ferrell) users trained
• -Field Exercises Mar, 2007
• -May Deployment

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What does this mean?

• Soldiers are placed in an infectious position
  which empowers them to collect, collaborate, and
  process real time information.
• With this technology we achieve a net-centric
  approach to the collection of data.
• Patrol level leaders are better informed and
  better prepared to face the enemy.

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What Happens Next?

• When TIGR extends beyond 2 Brigades in Iraq how
  do we control the input of information?
• How is the information put into the database
  analyzed and interpreted at the higher HQs?
• With emergent technologies such as facial
  recognition software, thumb prints,
  helmet-mounted video feeds, etc. how much is too
  much information for analysts?