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DEPARTMENT  OF 
•GREICN  SCIENCE  ANT  TECHNOLOGY  CENTER 
2  20  Seventh  Street  ,  N.E. 
Charlottesville,  Virginia  22901 
NUM3ER  331-1* 
25  November  1985 
Military  Intelligence 
CURRENT  INTELLIGENCE  BRIEFING 
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Definition   
Responsibilities   
Procedures   
Frequency  and  Attendance- 
Changes  to  Schedule   
Exclusions   
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~-   Definition.   The  Current.  Intelligence  Briefing  is  a  Research  and 
Analysis  Directorate  (RA)  briefing  of  significant  scientific  and  technical 
findings  for  the  Commander,  FSTC. 
2.  Responsibilities.   The  Director,  RA,  is  responsible  for  the  selection 
of  items  to  be  presented  for  the  briefing,  with  this  authority  delegated  to 
the  current  intelligence  officer  (Chief,  ID3) .   Items  can  be  submitted  by 
all  RA  personnel.   Items  can  also  be  requested  from  RA  analysts  by  ID3.   In 
addition,  items  may  also  be  submitted  by  the  Collection  Management  Office. 
The  briefing  will  be  presented  by  ID3  personnel;  however,  special  items  may 
be  briefed  by  the  analyst  concerned.   This  determination  will  be  made  on  a 
case-by-case  basis  by  the  analyst  and  the  Chief,  ID3. 
3.  Procedures.   The  Current  Intelligence  Briefing  will  consist  of  a  brief 
summary  of  items  published  in  the  Scientific  and  Technical  Analysis  Bulletin 
(STAB)  or  Biweekly  Intelligence  Summary  (BIS) .   Analysts  are  encouraged  to 
submit  such  summaries  along  with  the  STAB  or  BIS  item,  but  ID3  has  the 
authority  to  prepare  them  as  necessary.   Items  of  interest  reported  in  other 
FSTC  current  intelligence  products  may  also  be  presented. 
4.  Frequency  and  Attendance.  Currently,  each  Current  Intelligence  Briefing 
is  given  twice.  Because  of  the  limited  seating  space  available,  the  follow- 
ing attendance  schedule  is  established: 
*This  memorandum  supersedes  FSTC  MEMORANDUM  381-1  dated  3  Dec  81 
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Wednesday,  0820:  ?3TC  analysis,  intelligence  operations  spccial- 
(?re-brief)  ists,  inte]  ligonce  assistants,  and  staff  elements 
as  desired. 
Thursday,  0830:  Commander 
(Commander's  Brie:)      Deputy  Director 
Executive  Officer 
Directors  and  their  Deputies 
RA  Division  Chiefs  (mandatory) 
Information  Management,  Materiel  Exploitation, 
and  Programs  and  Resources  Directorate  Division 
Chiefs  as  desired 
Branch  Chiefs  are  invited  to  attend  either  session.   Analysts  authoring  brief- 
ing items  will  attend  the  pre-brief  (Wednesday)  in  order  to  answer  questions 
and  stimulate  the  exchange  of  ideas.   Due  to  the  limited  seating,  authoring 
analysts  should  attend  the  Commander's  briefing  (Thursday)  only  if  requested 
to  do  so  by  their  respective  Division  Chiefs.   The  Division  Chief,  or  a 
knowledgeable  representative,  must  be  prepared  to  respond  to  questions  raised 
during  the  Thursday  session.   (Note:   The  front  two  rows  are  reserved  for 
Division  Chiefs  and  above.) 
5.  Changes  to  Schedule.   Frequently,  the  time  and  day  of  the  Current 
Intelligence  Briefing  must  be  changed  because  of  other  requirements  for  the 
SCIF  Conference  Room.   ID3  will  coordinate  such  changes  with  the  Office  of 
the  Commander,  RA,  and  ?0  when  this  occurs.   The  Thursday  session  will  not  be 
rescheduled  without  prior  coordination  with  the  Command  group.   Personnel/ 
offices  desiring  the  use  of  the  SCIF  Conference  Room  during  the  regularly 
scheduled  tiaes  for  Current  Intelligence  Briefing  times  should  coordinate 
requests  for  the  room  with  ID3  as  far  in  advance  as  possible.   In  order  to 
minimize  the  number  of  changes  to  the  scheduled  briefings,  and  the  resulting 
disruption  of  command /management  activities,  conferences  and  meetings  that 
must  be  held  or.  Thursday  should  be  scheduled  for  0930  or  later. 
6.  Exclusions.   Because  of  the  sensitive  nature  of  some  items  presented, 
visitors  and  reservists  on  active  duty  at  FSTC  are  excluded  from  attendance 
at  the  Current  Intelligence  Briefing,  unless  specifically  authorized  by  the 
Director,  RA,  or  the  Chief,  ID3.   ID3  will  be  advised  of  potential  visitors 
to  the  Current  Intelligence  Briefing  as  far  in  advance  as  possible.   Authorized 
visitors  will  be  introduced  prior  to  the  briefing  by  the  individual  hosting 
the  visit . 
(AIAST-RA-ID3) 
FOR  THE  COMMANDER: 
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GARY  E/MISKIMON 
MAJ,    AGC 
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