R 031816Z AUG 10

ALCOAST 405/10
COMDTNOTE 3800
SUBJ: COAST GUARD PUBLICATION 2-0, INTELLIGENCE
A. COAST GUARD FIELD INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS (FISO)
MANUAL, COMDTINST M3800.5 (SERIES)
B. COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTION
MANUAL, COMDTINST M3800.4 (SERIES)
C. COAST GUARD PUBLICATION 2-0, INTELLIGENCE
1. THIS ALCOAST ACCOMPANIES THE RELEASE OF COAST GUARD PUBLICATION
2-0 (CG PUB 2), INTELLIGENCE (REFERENCE A). AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF
CG PUB 2 IS LOCATED ON THE COMMANDANT OFFICE OF DOCTRINE OVERSIGHT
CG-0953) CG PORTAL WEBSITE. (TO ACCESS, LOG INTO CG PORTAL, CLICK
ON THE REFERENCES TAB, CLICK NEXT ON THE USCG DOCTRINES LINK, AND
CLICK ON THE LINK FOR CG PUB 2.)
2. ON 1 MAY 2009, THE COMMANDANT DIRECTED EACH HEADQUARTERS STAFF
ELEMENT TO PRODUCE A FORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL DOCTRINE.  REFERENCE (A)
IS THE FIRST IN THIS SERIES. THIS PUBLICATION DESCRIBES THE THEORY
AND PHILOSOPHY OF INTELLIGENCE AS PRACTICED BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD.
IN DOING SO, IT PROVIDES A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING
AND CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.
3. THE COAST GUARD VIEW OF INTELLIGENCE IS BASED ON OUR UNIQUE ROLE
AS A MILITARY, MULTI-MISSION, AND MARITIME FORCE AS DESCRIBED IN
COAST GUARD PUBLICATION 1 (CG PUB 1). REFERENCE (A) DISCUSSES THE
NATURE AND PRINCIPLES OF COAST GUARD USE OF INTELLIGENCE AND
PROVIDES AN OVERARCHING DOCTRINE FOR INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT BY ALL
ELEMENTS OF COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS TO
THE COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
4. COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE APPLIES ACROSS THE FULL-MISSION
SPECTRUM, FROM MARITIME SAFETY TO MARITIME STEWARDSHIP TO MARITIME
SECURITY. SINCE INTELLIGENCE IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF ANY
SUCCESSFUL MISSION, REFERENCE (A) IS MEANT TO GUIDE GUARDIANS AT ALL
LEVELS OF COMMAND, IN BOTH THE OPERATING FORCES AND THE SUPPORTING
ESTABLISHMENT.
5. REFERENCE (A) DOES NOT SUPERSEDE ANY CURRENT DOCTRINAL
PUBLICATION. IT PROVIDES THE AUTHORITATIVE BASIS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT
DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE, EDUCATION, TRAINING,
EQUIPMENT, PROCEDURES, AND ORGANIZATION. IT AFFORDS NO SPECIFIC
TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. RATHER, IT
OFFERS BROAD GUIDANCE WHICH REQUIRES JUDGMENT IN ITS APPLICATION.
OTHER COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE PUBLICATIONS AND MANUALS (SUCH AS
REFERENCES B AND C) PROVIDE SPECIFIC TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND
PROCEDURES.
6. HARD COPIES OF CG PUB 2 WILL BE MAILED OUT AFTER PRINTING, WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 01 OCT 2010.
7. RELEASED BY RADM CYNTHIA A. COOGAN, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR
INTELLIGENCE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.