scope:

AJP-2.7 is primarily intended for use at the operational level, but is applicable as a reference at any level of command. This document will assist commanders by supporting their ability to obtain the necessary information for developing plans and conducting operations.

The main objective within the JISR process is to satisfy information and intelligence requirements with limited JISR capabilities. JISR capabilities may include NATO-owned JISR capabilities and JISR capabilities owned by the nations, which can be assigned to NATO commanders or kept under national control. Therefore, effective coordination and efficient employment of these capabilities are paramount.

To maximize the synchronization and integration of intelligence and operations functions, this document provides guidance on the planning and execution of the JISR process and how to effectively employ owned, assigned, or supporting JISR capabilities. This document also includes descriptions of the command and control of JISR assets and how JISR results contribute to decision making.

AJP-2.7 serves as the foundation for other Allied publications as well as evolving subordinate publications such as the Allied intelligence publication (AIntP-14), JISR Procedures in Support of NATO Operations.

Purpose

The purpose of Allied joint publication 2.7 (AJP-2.7) is to establish Allied joint doctrine to guide commanders, staffs and forces engaged in JISR operations within the NATO alliance. This publication documents the principles, fundamentals and essential staff procedures necessary to successfully plan, direct and execute JISR operations that ensure timely and effective decision making.

This publication provides a framework for the coordination and tasking of JISR capabilities to ensure that JISR results are disseminated with the appropriate classification to the right person, at the right time, in the right format, in direct support of current and future operations and the operational planning process. JISR results should be responsive to the needs of the commander and staffs, with the commander's priority intelligence requirements (PIR) ³ serving as the "steering wheel" for JISR operations.⁴

This document provides guidance to commanders and staffs for the effective management of JISR capabilities within the JISR process, which requires close coordination between the commander, the intelligence staff, the operations staff and other staff elements contributing to the JISR effort. Intelligence requirements management and collection management (IRM&CM)⁵ are management staff functions inside the intelligence cycle, which are crucial to the JISR process providing the rationale and priority for any information or intelligence requirement. AJP-2.1 Allied Joint Doctrine for Intelligence Procedures provides more detail on IRM and CM processes. Timely and close coordination between staff elements is needed for the optimized tasking of JISR assets

³ AJP-2(A), (2014), Chapter 5.2.4.

⁴ AJP-3(B), Chapter 4, Section III.

⁵ AJP-2(A), (2014), Chapter 5.