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.