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higher echelons, such as division, corps or theater commands. SALUTE reports are also referred to as SPOT reports or SPOTREPS and are expeditious reports to provide timely intelligence or status updates regarding events that could have an immediate and significant effect on current planning and operations. Tactical commanders, interrogators and intelligence analysts contribute content for SALUTE reports and IRRs.
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and procedures. Interpreters and qualified intelligence analysts working alongside communications and information technology specialists decide the DOCEX course of action during the screening phase. Complete translation is not required at this phase of the DOCEX process, but sufficient translation of documents is required to determine significance and relevance to priority intelligence requirements.
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The first DOCEX unit to receive CEDs will categorize and inventory all CEDs. Captured enemy documents are assigned file numbers and the following information is logged: name of capturing unit, file number, DTG the CEDs were received by the DOCEX unit, description of the CEDs, destination of outgoing
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priorities. For screening purposes, CEDs are considered unclassified unless originated in the U.S. and/or allied nation(s), and are marked classified. The document screening phase is an integral step in the DOCEX process as screening determines applicability of a variety of exploitation treatments
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Information collected from CEDs is normally reported in a SALUTE report or Intelligence Information Report (IIR) (SALUTE = Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment). The IIR is the most widely recognized and accepted format within the Intelligence Community, and is typically generated at
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Translations in and of themselves are not intelligence reports, but translation is a precondition for DOCEX. Translation reports must include: where the report will be sent, which unit prepared the report, DTG of the translation, document serial number and description of the document, name of
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Document accountability begins the moment the document is received into U.S. possession. Original documents must not be marked, altered or defaced and the capturing unit must attach a DD Form 2745 (Enemy Prisoner of War Capture Tag) to each document. Ongoing combat operations suspends this
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Assessment – The sifting and sorting of evaluated information to update significant themes with respect to current and imminent operations and commander's intent. Intelligence information deemed urgent will be disseminated at this stage prior to further
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The DOCEX process occurs at the lowest echelons possible to ensure the information gained from the documents can be understood and used as swiftly as possible. U.S. military personnel learn DOCEX in common skills training, such as the U.S. Army's
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Integration – The combination of newly developed information isolated in the assessment phase with known information to develop an overall picture or hypothesis of enemy activities or environmental factors influencing the area of
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Deduction – Conclusions are drawn from the comparison of CED data with known information to bring about meaningful relations among enemy situations, the area of operation, commander's intent and force protection.
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Document screening is the rapid but systematic evaluation of documents to determine which documents contain priority information. Selected priority documents will be exploited immediately to meet
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transmittals of CEDs and pertinent remarks. Proper categorization and inventory of captured enemy documents ensures strict accountability and preserves evidentiary value.
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applications that increase in complexity and sophistication until the information is categorized as DOMEX under the auspices of the U.S. Intelligence Community and the
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requirement (to tag a document) until cessation of hostilities. All CEDs are placed in weatherproof containers and the containers are marked with a
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translator, type of translation (full, extract or summary), remarks for clarification and classification (if applicable).
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level by a DOCEX Site Exploitation Team, and first analysis of CED is performed by intelligence personnel assigned to
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Analysis of CEDs produces intelligence and involves three steps: assessment, integration and deduction.
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The processing of CED progresses from the lowest echelon to the highest, undergoing multiple
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An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper examining documents found in a raid in Iraq during the
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A DOCEX facility was also operated by the Secure Evidence Unit (SEU) of the
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The initial intake of captured enemy documents (CED) is performed at the
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paratroopers securing documents after a raid in Afghanistan during the
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Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center
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U.S. military procedures to use documents seized in combat
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Sight Translation (Hybrid Translation/Interpretation)
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Index

Document Exploitation (DOCEX)

U.S. Army
82d Airborne Division
War in Afghanistan

Iraq War
military intelligence
United States Armed Forces
documents
combat operations
U.S. Intelligence Community
U.S. government
War on Terror
Iraqi High Tribunal
Saddam Hussein
Ba'athist government
Basic Leader Course
company
battalion
brigade
information extraction
Director of National Intelligence
DTG
intelligence collection management
"Army Public Affairs"
the original
FAS
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