OutlineBroad Topic #5: Using two examples covered in H100, analyze the effectiveness of various techniques used by military units to obtain actionable intelligence for mission success. What factors have proven, over time, to be the biggest obstacles to obtaining actionable intelligence? In your analysis, be sure to determine which techniques appear to be most favored by military forces and why. How effective have these techniques been in the past and how effective do you think they will be in the near future? In your conclusion, identify the techniques that you believe will best help U.S. Soldiers obtain actionable intelligence in the contemporary operational environment. Restricted Topic: Intimidation and perception are barriers to collecting information used for actionable intelligence. Counterinsurgency operations and humanitarian efforts continue to increase the availability of valuable information to assist in the collection of actionable intelligence.Thesis: Actionable intelligence is collected using humanitarian and counterinsurgency techniques. Soldiers gain the trust of the local population and gather intelligence for the success of their mission.I. Introduction/OverviewA. Benefits of Actionable IntelligenceB. Use of actionable intelligence for operational preparationII. Factors that did not provide tangible information for actionable intelligence gatheringA. Insurgent intimidation of the local population limits communication with coalition forces.B. Perception is an obstacle that tends to hinder the collection of intelligence informationIII. Counterinsurgency techniques that have proven to provide valuable information for action middle of paper......their pride and self-esteem. The use of counterinsurgency operations not only helped local populations, but also allowed local populations to provide tangible information to the U.S. military, which was then used to obtain actionable intelligence during spectrum operations. complete. References “Imperial Grunts: With the Army Special Forces in the Philippines and Afghanistan-counterinsurgency laboratories” “Winning the Peace: The Requirement for Full-Spectrum Operations” “US Military Humanitarian Efforts Planned for 99 Nations” (July 13, 2006) , retrieved July 21, 2010 from http://www.america. gov/st/washfile-english/2006/July/20060712172520berehellek0.4737207.htmlWikipedia, War in Afghanistan (2001-Present), retrieved July 21, 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2 %80%93present)