POST SUPPORTS EUCOM FY08 PROPOSAL FOR TACTICAL

UNCLAS TBILISI 000064 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR STATE EUR/CARC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MCAP PINR GG SUBJECT: POST SUPPORTS EUCOM FY08 PROPOSAL FOR TACTICAL HUMINT SEMINARS ¶1. Chief of Mission fully supports EUCOM J2/USAREUR G2 FY08 proposal to train tactical military human intelligence (HUMINT) operators. This training program will provide the Georgian military a better understanding of the commander's intelligence needs, how to gather, report, analyze, and disseminate military intelligence in combat, peacekeeping, reconstruction, and Global War on Terror (GWOT) missions. ¶2. The proposed military HUMINT and counter-intelligence (CI) training opportunities will directly support Georgia's emergent tactical and operational intelligence capacity and will enable Georgia to deploy tactical military HUMINT forces in support of stability and counter-terrorism operations with the same level of collective training as U.S. soldiers deploying from the United States Army - Europe (USAREUR). This proposal fits within USG goals of establishing host nation capabilities to participate in such missions. ¶3. This training program will provide Georgia the ability to develop their military HUMINT and CI doctrine with a focus toward NATO interoperability and coalition missions. This will provide the host nation's nascent tactical and operational military HUMINT/CI forces the right type of training at the right engagement level and prepare the host nation to collect actionable intelligence and encourage intelligence sharing amongst allies. ¶4. The modular nature of this training approach offers the country team the ability to select the most appropriate events to suit the host nation's abilities and objectives without requiring large scale force commitments to any one event. TEFFT