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Bill McRaven is a smart guy, but is a SEAL and that colors his view of Spec Ops.
Solid, you seem to be mixing Tactical or Operational Intel with PSYOP. The PSYOP guys are needed to change the thinking of the populace to aid with rolling up cells as well as causing people to refuse to support the BGs. They will do their own intel assessment and develop plans based on that, most of it, pre-conflict, IIRC. Shooters will gather their own intel and use that from others at their level and higher as well.
Agree with your assessment on SIGINT/IMINT/COMINT/ELINT. Also remember that they require large hardware purchases, which drives procurement and Congressional expenditures. Military-Industrial complex stuff.
BTW, jatx, Lee never operated in the Shenandoah during the Civil War. He did command the raid on John Brown at Harper's Ferry just before the war. What troops did he lead there?
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