December Post

I haven't done much this month because of the holidays. But the times i did see my mentor we talked about the assignments my mentor gave me. Such as learning about international happenings, Robin Sage, and the order of battle which he continued teaching on order of battle into this month. Here is a picture taken to post on the Pomona recruition office Facebook page.

November Post

Order of Battle 
Is something I was taught this month. The order of battle is something that makes it lot easier for the army to get their job done. it is basically looking at any group or army and judging which person can I remove that would cause the whole group or army to fall apart. For example if their is a terrorist group and i wanted to fall apart so the group was no longer a threat i would find out who are its leaders and their subordinates. What is each persons ideals and what do they contribute to the group and their cause. If the main leader is removed would the subordinates fight among themselves to gain power or would their be someone easily appointed. You have to figure out what string do i pull to undo this knot, cause conflict. Like Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand."  The picture is a chart on the order of battle of the army battalions, divisions, ranks, etc. 

Blog 10:EQ

Content
1."I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ."
2.  Review the following EQs
 a.  What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?
Meets requirements because not a yes or no answer, you have to take a stance on which is the greatest factor, and the format makes sense.
 b.  What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
Doesn't meet requirements because the wording and format doesn't make sense.
 c.  What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
Meets requirements but needs work because, not a yes or no answer, takes a stance, correct formatting,
 d.  How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
Meets requirements because, not a yes or no question, takes a stance, and has the correct format. 
3.  Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project.
MY EQ MEETS REQUIREMENTS SO I MADE NO CHANGES
What is the best way to complete the intelligence cycle? 

Lesson 1 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 1 Presentation and why?
I think the presentation as a whole I was very proud of because it was well structured and presented.


2. Questions to Consider
      
 a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation (self-assessment)?
              P
       
b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.
I completed all requirements needed to get a P I had no concern with  Volume/enunciation,

Body language/eye contact, Engages audience/ content clarity, and Application of research 
made evident by referencing specific examples, At least one published research source cited, Mentorship and/or interview referenced.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?
The way I organized the way I present the information. 


4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 1? 
Probably would have enhanced my hook activity to be more fun and engaging. 

Intel Cycle

This month my research was based on the Intel cycle. I'm also planning to put it in my lesson plan for the first lesson. The Intel cycle is so important in knowing the fundamentals of military intelligence in the U.S. Army. My working EQ which is what is the best way to complete the Intel cycle? Deals with what I have been learning. Composed of directing, collecting, processing, and using. On the outside is planning and supervising and on the very middle is the mission. the cycle never stops but repeats on and on. Well that's it Happy Halloween!  

Blog 8-Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?
2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.
Example EQ: What is the best way to support an undocumented student in graduating from college?
• Undocumented students should be encouraged to apply for the California Dream Act.
• Staff working with undocumented students must be trained to accommodate needs of immigrant students.
3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?
4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

1. What is the best way to complete the intelligence cycle? 

2.  EQ: What is the best way to complete the intelligence cycle?

• Follow the chart on intelligence cycle given to you when in training for this field. 
• Complete in order the four phases and be ready to always adapt in any of the sequences: directing, collecting, processing, and disseminating and using.

3. Most important source is the training manuals FM 34-52 intelligence and interrogation and FM 2-22.3 human intelligence collector operations and my mentor.  

4. My mentor is Staff Sergeant Felix who is an expert in the Military Intelligence field. He educates me on human intelligence collecting and intelligence analyzing has me complete duties that men or women in this field would perform on a regular basis. This form off education is very help full it allows me to gain experience in these fields. The intelligence cycle deals with both intelligence collecting and analyzing intelligence, which Sergeant Felix has taught me on both.   

Blog 7:Independent Component 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

What i plan to do for my 30 hours is write assessments and threat assessments on current events and countries around the globe. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I would take pictures or print out reports i made with the assessment. document all my references i used to write assessments.  

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

Assessments is something all intelligence analysts do when your commanding officer assigns you a question it could be what is the threat assessment in the city of Damascus i would check in databases on the current situation going on in Syria and the death rate health of people crime rate ect. then you write a report on the city. after that you make an assessment based on your findings and present it in a summary to the commander. Doing assessments would give me a simulation into what analysts do for the majority of their time and would help me really grasp the whole job in depth that i would not get if i was not writing reports. And it would require me to have a deeper understanding on how to write a flawless assessment. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

Threat Assessment

My mentorship with Staff Sergeant Felix this month has moved on from HUMINT to analyst work in military intelligence. what analyst do is take intel collected from imagery, human resources, and signal intel and put it into something usable. When a questioned is asked by a commanding officer that he wants an assessment on the country of Brazil you go into database, pull out intel collected and not just put puzzle pieces together but make the puzzle pieces then put the puzzle together. After analyzing the intel collected you make an assessment and present your findings to your commanding officer or whom ever asked the question.  Here is a template given to me on a assessment by my mentor:

Blog 6 Second Interview Preparation

1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?
Staff Sergeant Felix is my mentor for Military intelligence and he works at a recruiting center for the US Army.
2. What five questions will you ask them about their background?

• How exactly did you get into this field? 
• What was it like to serve the US Army abroad?
• How did you become a staff sergeant?
• What training did you undertake?   
• What standards must you meet to be in this field?

Blog 5- Mentorship Reflection

1. Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship?  If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.

My experience to find my mentor was nerve racking I could not find one for my topic on military intelligence. So on the last day of summer I was dropping my sister off at work. something just told me get out of the car and call the recruiting office and see if they could help me. I called and just so happened the person that answered was an intelligence officer.

 2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?

 The article I read on Hanns Schraff a German human intelligence collector for the Luftwaffe in WW II he used elicitation to interrogate  POW s the POW s did not even know they were being interrogated Hanns was just a good guy in the war. Hanns planned it all out, he learned all that he could about the POW before he talked with them using small talk he pieced everything that slipped their tongue and put together hard data. It helped learn new techniques that would be used in the branch of military intelligence which is human intelligence. 

Holy Grail of MI

August Post 

My topic is military intelligence and a lot of information is classified, so on research check days it is always a pain to find good articles of any kind to bring in and learn from. When you do find decent articles you have to pay for the full article.On Friday 29 we went to the Cal Poly library where we were instructed on how to access articles on the webpage. Where they had so many reviewed and approved legit articles on MI. Not only did they have articles but the library also had a large selection of updated books on MI also. So the the trip to the library was very prosperous and beneficial to my topic.    

Blog 4: Interview Preperation

Content

1:Who do you plan to interview? Why?
My Mentor Staff Sergeant Felix US Army for my topic on MI because i only just met him and it would be a good way to learn more about him.
2: You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask? What are open ended questions?
1. Why choose to be the field you are in?
2. What do you plan to do later in your life/career?
3. What are you favorite memories from when you where training?
4. What makes your career appealing to you and others that are coming into the field, or are already in the field?
 Open ended questions require more than just one answer or yes or no. They require more than one answer and allow for more growth in the questions. Also allowing follow up questions and allows for you to really have a understanding of this new person and really have a broad aspect of them.

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Working EQ

1. List your topic here.
My topic is Military intelligence which is a key part of the U.S. military and has the task of collecting all the information to run the Army. It has a number of branches and each branch uses a certain source to obtain information needed.
2. Write a question that helps to focus your research this month.
What branches of MI (military intelligence) are you focusing on the most?
3. Post the working Bibliography (WB) on the right hand side and share it so anybody can view it.

CAN BE VIEWED ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNDER LINKS

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

Summer Mentorship Component 

Literal 
1. link to hours and duties
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rX1666BR0Q8gkUVjHZm7aMejSUctXdEdHcqY1cOhAqc/edit#gid=0
2.E 3 Lance Cpl. Joshua Garcia MWCS48 Squad 4 Division Marine WMG Communications  U.S. Marine Corps. phone number: (909)-455-2049
3.

• How do you splice a cable?
• How to program a computer?
• What is a SWAN and what is its purpose? SWAN(System Wide Area Network)
• What three main skills should you have?
• How important is this job exactly?
• Can you excel to greater jobs from this particular one?

Interpretive
4. I gained a much needed very basic knowledge of the foundation of intelligence in the U.S. military. How important simple wires, programming, and good old man power is needed to run not just the military, but today's  technological world. I also gained the understanding that in this line of work there is no room for error because how important intelligence is.
Applied 
5. My senior topic will  be on U.S military Intelligence Officer. All the summer mentorship did for me, was strengthen my choice to do my senior project on a intelligence officer.

blog 1 2 hour presentations

1.  What presentations did you see?
archaeology,teaching elementary, occupational therapy, film production, military leadership, graphic design, public defender, microbiology, auto mechanic, theater tech, biofuels, marketing, advertising, internal medicine, business management, animal care.
2.   What questions do you have that haven't been answered about the senior project? This can be about the senior project in general, any components or about a presentation topic you saw or what they said.  
I have asked all the seniors i met i the presentations all questions and a full basic understanding.3. What has the most important part of the senior project based on what you are seeing in the 2-hour presentations?
probably referencing your sources.4. What topic are you considering doing and why?
intelligence officer or just any officer job in the military.5. What are you doing for your summer mentorship?
might be interning with cousin at military base.