"Information and Intelligence' is the 'Fire and Maneuver' of the 21st Century."
-Major General Michael Flynn, March 2011
The intelligence cycle doesn't stop at the Tactical Level. Information needs to go down to the teams, but at the same time, not all of the strategic priorities necessarily need to be known by the teams that are doing the work. The strategic priorities have to be sorted and distributed to the teams so that they can take action. This is where the F3EAD process comes in, as it is another process that is used by specialized teams to achieve their targets.
F3EAD is a version of the targeting methodology employed by the special operations forces (SOF) that are accountable for some of the most highly-publicized missions in support of incidents happening overseas. F3EAD is a system that enables them to foresee...