Many years ago, when the Army still had steel pots and jeeps, I got detailed out of my infantry platoon to go work in S2 for a year. I learned two things really fast. First, the actual S2 needs proper comms--not just with the S3, but with scouts, recon, higher, and adjacent organizations, and sources from "outside" the group. Not just internet and radios, but secure voice, secure data, and most importantly, relationships with everyone. Intelligence is not just contextual work, but relationship based. Second, I learned that "processing" information is not enough. The whole shop has to be able to receive information, publish or forward to the right folks, AND understand the information and see both the challenges and opportunities it may present. In other words, one can not just be an analyst, one also needs to have a deep understanding of the operations and tactics of both your own organization and others. S2 tended to think in terms of threat analysis, but I watched the S2 get hammered daily in the TOC for not providing both potential threat "most likely actions" but also friendly "most likely actions" to the S3. ' Also, do not forget technical assessment and analysis. Someone has to be able to look at a new piece of gear or equipment that comes into possession and understand both how it works, and how it may affect both threat and friendly actions. We had a 4 person shop and if we had 8 personnel, sometimes that would not have been enough. And that is at battalion level in a light infantry unit. A heavier, and more mobile organization has a far larger AOR and AOI to cover.
Another lesson, if the S2 and S3 cannot work together seamlessly--nothing else works. Ops without intel is a coin flipping exercise and Intel without Ops is a guessing game.
Thank you for this S2. Just starting the video now but I was able to string my family and friends together on a simple baofeng network this week during Francine's impact and it was successful on all fronts (covered about 2 miles). That said, this is exactly the kind of content I look forward to. Keep up the good work, sir!
Fantastic! Glad to help, I know expectations are high and none of these tasks are particularly easy to learn or do. We've all gotta start somewhere though, and just by taking the first few steps you're already better off than most other people 👍
@@S2UndergroundI try to remind myself just this thing. Take stock of everything I’ve learned and prepped for rather than the things I need to still learn and buy.
Ive been doing some rudimentary gathering myself through social media and a scanner app. My local news isnt trustworthy after protecting a p3d0 that worked for them
@@latenightlive2982 my brother and I got our baofengs to work about three miles in urban conditions. We got the extended antenna on Amazon. Works pretty well, they fold and can be stewed on a go bag.
A year's worth of Intel training condensed in one hour, I can't begin to thank you for the tremendous value that this adds to the civilian prepping community. Thank you, sir.
It's amazing how much a proper field intelligence operation can contribute. A historical note - A friend of mine's father was in the 101st Airborne (501st) in WWII and was assigned to an S2 unit after jumping into Holland on D-day. They went on constant recon patrols and one of his primary jobs was recovering the "Soldbuch", that little booklet that each German soldier was required to carry. It recorded all his unit assignments and payment locations, and the S2 units used these to reconstruct German movements. I'll always remember him telling me that one of the big reasons the Germans lost the war was all the intelligence they unwittingly provided in those little booklets.
@@nooneofconsequence7947 you can download the video. i would recommend asking chatgpt a step-by-step on how to download via Command Prompt (cmd) using yt-dlp as it can help you set up a lean method to download any video quickly using few prompt lines in the resolution and form you prefer (e.g. separate audio/video or combined, file format, compressed/uncompressed etc.)
@@nooneofconsequence7947get a bunch of USB drives and save this, get a copy of The Area Intelligence Handbook and digitize it and out it on them USB’s, get all your resources on them and make them by copy pasting your files, give em to friends
@@nooneofconsequence7947 Look up ripping videos from youtube and mess around with the various software and websites. There's going to be trial and error, and sometimes skill/preference. All of this is going to be pretty shady, so if you wouldn't do it to "skip the theater," don't do it with this.
@@nooneofconsequence7947Theres a few websites you can use to download the video off youtube, you could yet youtube premium to download directly from youtube, or you could take a screen recording of the video yourself.
Here's my 2 minute summary of this 1hr video, colored by my (unfounded) opinions on it: There are 4 sets of responsibilities on the team 1: Analyst, the Brainiac He sees what's going on and then makes sure everybody can understand it. 2: Battle tracker, the Eye of Sauron: Keeps the battle tracker (think CoD style minimap) as up to date as possible, and keep a log of has previously happened. 3. Manager, Buffer Daddy: The mostly people to tell everybody else what the Intel shop has figured out. The buffer between the S2 shop and everybody else. Also backfills a lot of important but not immediate reports. 4. Future Ops, Oracle: The guy trying to figure out was is GOING TO happen, and mostly to be out there collecting their own data. Adjust to team size, divy out responsibilities in order of listing. Try not to have too many more than 4 people (per team), if you have 8 people or more set up shifts of 4 people. Remember: this is a volunteer force, plan around people, and all stardard leadership principles apply more so than in a military setting.
This is a pretty good synopsis. I'll add my own thoughts - see if you would agree with my assessment. Overall, the video was primarily a breakdown of the roles from a military setting. It isn't really clear exactly how it would translate to a civilian scenario. However, this isn't simply due to the variability in roles depending on the team size. I think the overall objective hasn't been defined for the citizenry. An Intel unit, ultimately, has a larger mission. Information is being gathered for a reason - there is a purpose. It's hard to justify all this just to give Ethel down the street a PowerPoint slide that won't make any sense to the average normie. I kind of envision an operational model that has two different modes. The first is just passive monitoring of the routine, day to day situation. The second is full deployment in response to an incident. Things are pretty uneventful (boring) where I'm at... not that it's a bad thing. Normally, the first 2 positions will be the Senior / Junior Analyst combo, but they will work independently, periodically comparing notes. Since we don't have all of the fancy DARPA satellites, we don't really have a reason for #2 to be stuck in front of a screen all day. In reality, we would have radios on in the background while we're doing stuff around the house and digging into stuff on social media on occasion. Best case scenario, if you hand a decent number of people involved in the community - just paying attention to what's going on - they could contact the team if they encounter anything unusual, so we could look into it. If you already have channels in place, information may as well travel in both directions. I like the idea of having a dedicated PR guy as member 3, but I think as a manager, it would be better served as more of a community organizer and not have much to do at an operational level. Their main role is dealing with the network of families and coordinating various events. Considering it will probably be tough to get a full roster anyhow, you really just need someone connected to the outside world that is loosely affiliated with your data collection. They need to understand what is being presented, so they can coordinate the necessary actions by the HOA and the Elks Lodge, etc. I would consider the 4th person more of a field agent that's out and about collecting HumInt... if they happen to have a drone... that's sick. Though, it would be more beneficial if they were just a sociable person with a bunch of contacts around town. Again, it would be optimal if this person is filling multiple roles. Ideally, this would be the comms guy if you had a team of operators that you were working with. Then if shit pops off, you can coordinate with them if necessary. At that point, the military framework becomes much more relatable. Even in non-combat scenarios - say a flood or something. Being able to act as HQ and relay comms to a response team that's going around by boat to rescue people. This just ties back into my original point - you kinda need some greater objective. If you're not really doing anything with the Intel you're gathering, you're collecting it just to collect it. You might as well be out there catching Pokemon. You don't really need a dedicated Intel operation unless there is a demand for it. If the situation doesn't really call for it, it's probably best to try to gain some proficiency in each of the 4 roles, so you can fill them if and when the need arises.
You are so right about coms being a priority. Here's an idea for some folks who are already interested in radio and don't have an excuse to buy a bunch of radio stuff. I already had a bunch of short range radios (FRS/GMRS) because I would hand them out to volunteers on events I used to be involved in. So now they are going to be handouts to my neighbors. I bought HF/VHF/UHF equipment and will add to it CB and Marine. I already have a scanner with a comprehensive list, including AIR and local utilities. If the internet is down, and media news is the "approved" news, I can still pull information from afar and disseminate it locally. If local internet bandwidth is just limited, then we can have individuals take pieces of things to monitor online and report in. If power is down for most people, we can limit talking on the radio to on-the-hour, etc. (edit: premature send😂)
Thank you for this, S2. Please do an individual video for person 1 and person 2. That is the most likely situation people will find themselves in, 1-2 people running the Civ S2 shop. In my vocation I am the IR Lead and i feel those skills would lend themselves well to running a Civ S2 shop, but i need a better understanding of the particulars, like this.
From my personal experience, since my town was flooded in 2017, yeah 90% of your "civil defense force" job is going to be helping your family and maybe (if you care enough) your neighbors with things like food, power, shelter etc. with only like 10% or less being standing outside with your rifle to scare off the random hecklers that always appear after such events to either scam someone or steal their stuff.
Glad to see folks trying. With Pre-SHTF, I agree that effort is needed. But "An Eagle cannot convince a flock of buzzards or turkeys to act differently". My hope is your flock are Eagles!
I got the chance to lead a big team next year for an airsoft milsim 100+ people of various skill and im going to apply everything I've learned from your channel to prep the battle space and planning. Hoping what I've learned is useful and that i learn alot more from actually implementing things pays off long-term.
I’m calling on all Vets with PTSD to have a “TALK” with the top 20 donors to both political parties on the direction and future of our nation. People say what can we do it’s like chasing ghosts? Well all public news outlets have always tipped us off by saying, follow the money! So I’m calling on all Vets with PTSD to have a “TALK” with the top 20 donors to both political Parties on the direction and future of our country! I believe Guys like you have earned the right to conduct such a talk! If you are out there, I thank you for your service so guys like me can exercise our rights! I salute you!
I've been doing this work on and off for several years now and one of the things that I didn't expect was the level of isolation I have to keep that part of my life separate which means that I can't exactly stroll down to the VFW and talk tradecraft and I've had to learn to be judicious with what information to share and what not to share because let's be honest we all know things we just we didn't know so it's a lonely road
In other words, you need to set up your own news website. Having journalist credentials allows access to Intel the common citizens don't know exists. Having journalism students working for minimum/ resume building can be advantageous for a network that can support it.
You may undervalue the average man. That is okay. Millions of people are oblivious. Do not underestimate "the eyes of the average man" though. What "The Intelligence Community" publishes officially under the guise of The DIA is immensely useful, and accessible to anybody. It's almost all that the average man needs to begin tracing serious constructs.
I am in a large 55+ community, in the desert, 49 miles from the open AZ/Mexico border. Bad stuff happening out here yet my neighbors tend to have their eyes wide shut. Very difficult to get people to even recognize the need for a community plan to defend ourselves. I started with a case of SUTS3 SMARTBOOKS distributed to the few I could get interested. We have some amazing knowledge, skills & abilities here, but knocking off years of cobwebs from retirement, golf, pickleball, poolside sun basking and age related atrophy has been a herculean task. I am going to look closer at your intel structure and getting briefings out to these people. They dont realize it, but we are easy prey when the situation heads south. Intel briefings might help bring them around. I want us to go down fighting albeit it wont be in the shade😅 Appreciate all you do - keep it coming. Wish us luck. Thank you 💜🙏💜
Awesome work. I'm in the four corners area. I work graveyards. I've seen MS13, Cartel, Coyotes and probably worse. We need more people like you. It's not going to get any better. Unfortunately I'm kinda a one man show right now but I keep my eyes and ears open, have good relations with local law enforcement and am working on upgrading my radio coms. ( Police, EMS, ECT are moving to encrypted digital at 800mhz. Just some minor upgrades and I should be able to pick up those transmissions.) in addition I have a digital library of everything from Bushcraft to military operations. I don't know many people interested in having copies or to connect with.
I am despondent because I see it as well, but the people around me are also eyes wide shut. Even most of my family. Their mantra is, "if it is not happening in my immediate environment or AO, then it doesn't affect or concern me.
Patrick Wood from technocracy news lives out there, but he had severest health issues lately. look for individualists among old school churches like e.g. the WELS. kingdom workers have a cool guy down there who knows what he does.
@@chrise-ih4ix no. Many of the systems use a standard encryption which, with right software, can be unencrypted. My local law enforcement apparently uses a double encryption method. EMS, Airport Traffic and Search and Rescue, I believe, are not encrypted. Actually EMS, I think is. Still DragonOS is a Linux based os designed for radio. As I mentioned, with a few upgrades it should be possible.
Last night I had a dream, and I was going through Soldier readiness program, and a Sergeant was asking me the shops, S2,S3 and S6 Etc primary functions were. Curiously, I specifically remember the S2. Strangely, I was also enrolled in college to go to banking school.
Kind of an interesting comparison - the Incident Command System suggests 3-7 subordinate resources to 1 superior, with 5 being ideal. Anything less than 4 or more than 8, including the superior, requires a shuffle in the command structure. It's close to what was mentioned in the video, but if you only have 6 total resources, you may want to wait for a few more before splitting some off into a new team.
You can get good exposure to this type thing in many county emergency management offices. Some even pay for advanced training. Even dispatch gets pretty good experience (and usually training from near zero KSAs). During any event - even training exercises - an EOC is good practice. It will blur the lines, between S2, S3, and S4 usually, but it is real life experience accessible without enlistment. If you go into it to intentionally learn, it will pay off. If nothing else you will learn how to gather and pass on information effectively.
Mike Shelby's "Area Intelligence Handbook" is pretty much this exact topic and all put into a nice book and is a good dummies' guide to intelligence operations. Thanks to S2's reading list I also got the Battle Staff SMARTbook. I also found a 2013 Army tactics field manual at half price books for cheap. If S2 published I'd preorder. His videos are good but books are nice especially with all the graphics to reference.,
I remember having to hand draw units and locations on a giant floor to ceiling map for 2 months down range. It took two of us to draw, one to track and gather updated info, and one fsnco to tell me to draw more clear-lier. That was just for one battalions battlespace.
As a retired Analyst, this is a pretty good run down of how to organize a civilian S2 shop. It is absolutely right that expectation management needs to be done because people always expect Intel to know everything. Then they get upset when you don't.
Maybe I missed it, or maybe it is assumed; but as "S6" I'm focused on getting teams competent at reports. I see my job as gathering and delivering what S2 needs. Without reporting standards, we're just increasing the noise. Weather, ham chatter, local politics, regional issues, and such are easier to glean than something like, aprx 100 "mostly peaceful" protesters moving East on Central Ave, wearing black and red, at 2100, with umbrellas, helmets, sharp PVC and frozen bottles; they appear to be on a planned route.
Thank you so much S2 I am so thankful we are all together in this. Like minded guys like yourself are very important to our survival. We are in a state of psychological warfare/5th gen events we don’t even see. No media attention, god forbid you Notice(oy vey) regardless, the masses are slowly awakening to the certain ethnicity that cracks the financial whip upon us. Every dog has its day,and ours is nigh.
If one were to start practicing this stuff as a one-man-band, what would be the place to really start? Assuming one has full time employment, family, kids, online college classes, etc. It seems like preparing a weekly GRINTSUM wouldn't require you to be glued to your PC at every waking hour. Unlike grabbing your rifle to patrol your neighborhood, building intel is something you can actually practice in real life here and now before things get "bad enough"
Hey S2 Underground have you thought about setting up a platform to facilitate S2 shops being created for each state? With the intention to coordinate with other like-minded groups, such as American Contingency for example? This might be a good way to get all these different groups coordinating with each other, because everyone needs intel
Nobody knows it all nor can do it all, hence we all need to work together for the common good, but also, we need to respect the rights of the individuals who make up the whole. Hence also not only the US Constitution but also the 'bill of rights' in the US Constitution. It's our 'constitution' in how to exist while we exist.
I know a few people who are all about guns, guns, guns. I explain that I am not allowed to have that sort of thing, my name is on the wrong list so I can expect to be raided and detained at any time. I say I should serve "The Movement" with first aid or commo, and they just look at me.
I bet you could probably easily recruit like 3 retired old ladies from “Nextdoor” to handle the brunt of this work. They do it all day, every day anyway.
Sometimes, the Wire reports are written to allow for easy transmission over JS8Call, though some of them are really long and not best suited for that. Most Wire reports are either on here (the shorter nearly-daily videos I do), or via text on Twitter or Telegram. Either way, I've got the format and familiarity down, so if I needed to transmit these reports via HF radio myself, I could do so seamlessly. Some people already take my Wire reports, condense them, and send via HF (which is great).
For those who don't know, it's a free weather imaging broadcast anyone can tap into if you have an SDR dongle, notch filter and appropriate antenna. GOES satellites are geostationary so once you get your antenna pointed it can remain in place. You can DIY an antenna but there are also kits available for about $100 (if you already have the SDR dongle) that include a dish and filter. NOAA satellite data can also be downloaded but it's a little more involved as they move across the sky and are polarized so you're looking at a helical antenna that has to track plus software to predict a pass.
Street level intelligence: keep eyes on enemy and use runners. Pick your toughest and smart person to lead. Always follow up with more; intel and attacks. Victory goes to the swift and determined. Everything has become overwhelmingly integrated and complex so keep it simple. The guerrillas strength is in rapid mobility, simplicity and surprise, outlast a bigger opponent and reuse or destruct resources as appropriate. Be aware of location transmitter devices. My two cents, good luck patriots.
Many years ago, when the Army still had steel pots and jeeps, I got detailed out of my infantry platoon to go work in S2 for a year. I learned two things really fast. First, the actual S2 needs proper comms--not just with the S3, but with scouts, recon, higher, and adjacent organizations, and sources from "outside" the group. Not just internet and radios, but secure voice, secure data, and most importantly, relationships with everyone. Intelligence is not just contextual work, but relationship based.
Second, I learned that "processing" information is not enough. The whole shop has to be able to receive information, publish or forward to the right folks, AND understand the information and see both the challenges and opportunities it may present. In other words, one can not just be an analyst, one also needs to have a deep understanding of the operations and tactics of both your own organization and others.
S2 tended to think in terms of threat analysis, but I watched the S2 get hammered daily in the TOC for not providing both potential threat "most likely actions" but also friendly "most likely actions" to the S3.
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Also, do not forget technical assessment and analysis. Someone has to be able to look at a new piece of gear or equipment that comes into possession and understand both how it works, and how it may affect both threat and friendly actions. We had a 4 person shop and if we had 8 personnel, sometimes that would not have been enough. And that is at battalion level in a light infantry unit. A heavier, and more mobile organization has a far larger AOR and AOI to cover.
Another lesson, if the S2 and S3 cannot work together seamlessly--nothing else works. Ops without intel is a coin flipping exercise and Intel without Ops is a guessing game.
Thanks for your update ++
Thank you for this S2. Just starting the video now but I was able to string my family and friends together on a simple baofeng network this week during Francine's impact and it was successful on all fronts (covered about 2 miles). That said, this is exactly the kind of content I look forward to. Keep up the good work, sir!
Fantastic! Glad to help, I know expectations are high and none of these tasks are particularly easy to learn or do. We've all gotta start somewhere though, and just by taking the first few steps you're already better off than most other people 👍
@@S2UndergroundI try to remind myself just this thing. Take stock of everything I’ve learned and prepped for rather than the things I need to still learn and buy.
Ive been doing some rudimentary gathering myself through social media and a scanner app. My local news isnt trustworthy after protecting a p3d0 that worked for them
@@latenightlive2982 my brother and I got our baofengs to work about three miles in urban conditions. We got the extended antenna on Amazon. Works pretty well, they fold and can be stewed on a go bag.
Nice man! Ive been looking to start a simple network like this for family and friends. What resources did you use?
A year's worth of Intel training condensed in one hour, I can't begin to thank you for the tremendous value that this adds to the civilian prepping community. Thank you, sir.
You addressed him as "Sir".
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It's amazing how much a proper field intelligence operation can contribute. A historical note - A friend of mine's father was in the 101st Airborne (501st) in WWII and was assigned to an S2 unit after jumping into Holland on D-day. They went on constant recon patrols and one of his primary jobs was recovering the "Soldbuch", that little booklet that each German soldier was required to carry. It recorded all his unit assignments and payment locations, and the S2 units used these to reconstruct German movements. I'll always remember him telling me that one of the big reasons the Germans lost the war was all the intelligence they unwittingly provided in those little booklets.
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Made a copy of this and stored it on offline hard drive. Thank you.
Great idea how can I best do this very thing
@@nooneofconsequence7947 you can download the video. i would recommend asking chatgpt a step-by-step on how to download via Command Prompt (cmd) using yt-dlp as it can help you set up a lean method to download any video quickly using few prompt lines in the resolution and form you prefer (e.g. separate audio/video or combined, file format, compressed/uncompressed etc.)
@@nooneofconsequence7947get a bunch of USB drives and save this, get a copy of The Area Intelligence Handbook and digitize it and out it on them USB’s, get all your resources on them and make them by copy pasting your files, give em to friends
@@nooneofconsequence7947 Look up ripping videos from youtube and mess around with the various software and websites. There's going to be trial and error, and sometimes skill/preference. All of this is going to be pretty shady, so if you wouldn't do it to "skip the theater," don't do it with this.
@@nooneofconsequence7947Theres a few websites you can use to download the video off youtube, you could yet youtube premium to download directly from youtube, or you could take a screen recording of the video yourself.
Here's my 2 minute summary of this 1hr video, colored by my (unfounded) opinions on it:
There are 4 sets of responsibilities on the team
1: Analyst, the Brainiac
He sees what's going on and then makes sure everybody can understand it.
2: Battle tracker, the Eye of Sauron:
Keeps the battle tracker (think CoD style minimap) as up to date as possible, and keep a log of has previously happened.
3. Manager, Buffer Daddy:
The mostly people to tell everybody else what the Intel shop has figured out. The buffer between the S2 shop and everybody else. Also backfills a lot of important but not immediate reports.
4. Future Ops, Oracle:
The guy trying to figure out was is GOING TO happen, and mostly to be out there collecting their own data.
Adjust to team size, divy out responsibilities in order of listing.
Try not to have too many more than 4 people (per team), if you have 8 people or more set up shifts of 4 people.
Remember: this is a volunteer force, plan around people, and all stardard leadership principles apply more so than in a military setting.
This is a pretty good synopsis. I'll add my own thoughts - see if you would agree with my assessment.
Overall, the video was primarily a breakdown of the roles from a military setting. It isn't really clear exactly how it would translate to a civilian scenario. However, this isn't simply due to the variability in roles depending on the team size. I think the overall objective hasn't been defined for the citizenry. An Intel unit, ultimately, has a larger mission. Information is being gathered for a reason - there is a purpose. It's hard to justify all this just to give Ethel down the street a PowerPoint slide that won't make any sense to the average normie.
I kind of envision an operational model that has two different modes. The first is just passive monitoring of the routine, day to day situation. The second is full deployment in response to an incident. Things are pretty uneventful (boring) where I'm at... not that it's a bad thing. Normally, the first 2 positions will be the Senior / Junior Analyst combo, but they will work independently, periodically comparing notes. Since we don't have all of the fancy DARPA satellites, we don't really have a reason for #2 to be stuck in front of a screen all day. In reality, we would have radios on in the background while we're doing stuff around the house and digging into stuff on social media on occasion. Best case scenario, if you hand a decent number of people involved in the community - just paying attention to what's going on - they could contact the team if they encounter anything unusual, so we could look into it. If you already have channels in place, information may as well travel in both directions.
I like the idea of having a dedicated PR guy as member 3, but I think as a manager, it would be better served as more of a community organizer and not have much to do at an operational level. Their main role is dealing with the network of families and coordinating various events. Considering it will probably be tough to get a full roster anyhow, you really just need someone connected to the outside world that is loosely affiliated with your data collection. They need to understand what is being presented, so they can coordinate the necessary actions by the HOA and the Elks Lodge, etc.
I would consider the 4th person more of a field agent that's out and about collecting HumInt... if they happen to have a drone... that's sick. Though, it would be more beneficial if they were just a sociable person with a bunch of contacts around town. Again, it would be optimal if this person is filling multiple roles. Ideally, this would be the comms guy if you had a team of operators that you were working with. Then if shit pops off, you can coordinate with them if necessary. At that point, the military framework becomes much more relatable. Even in non-combat scenarios - say a flood or something. Being able to act as HQ and relay comms to a response team that's going around by boat to rescue people.
This just ties back into my original point - you kinda need some greater objective. If you're not really doing anything with the Intel you're gathering, you're collecting it just to collect it. You might as well be out there catching Pokemon. You don't really need a dedicated Intel operation unless there is a demand for it. If the situation doesn't really call for it, it's probably best to try to gain some proficiency in each of the 4 roles, so you can fill them if and when the need arises.
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S2 is a national treasure🇺🇸
Great vid s2. Keep the DIY and how to coming 👍
You are so right about coms being a priority. Here's an idea for some folks who are already interested in radio and don't have an excuse to buy a bunch of radio stuff. I already had a bunch of short range radios (FRS/GMRS) because I would hand them out to volunteers on events I used to be involved in. So now they are going to be handouts to my neighbors. I bought HF/VHF/UHF equipment and will add to it CB and Marine. I already have a scanner with a comprehensive list, including AIR and local utilities. If the internet is down, and media news is the "approved" news, I can still pull information from afar and disseminate it locally. If local internet bandwidth is just limited, then we can have individuals take pieces of things to monitor online and report in. If power is down for most people, we can limit talking on the radio to on-the-hour, etc. (edit: premature send😂)
Thank you for this, S2. Please do an individual video for person 1 and person 2. That is the most likely situation people will find themselves in, 1-2 people running the Civ S2 shop. In my vocation I am the IR Lead and i feel those skills would lend themselves well to running a Civ S2 shop, but i need a better understanding of the particulars, like this.
From my personal experience, since my town was flooded in 2017, yeah 90% of your "civil defense force" job is going to be helping your family and maybe (if you care enough) your neighbors with things like food, power, shelter etc. with only like 10% or less being standing outside with your rifle to scare off the random hecklers that always appear after such events to either scam someone or steal their stuff.
This is a fantastic video and I hope that you make separate videos on each role. Excellent work.
My two favorite sign offs on YT: “as always, fight in the shade.” And “as always, restomp that groin.”
Thank you for passing along the benefit of your training and experience! And all the rest... 👍
Glad to see folks trying. With Pre-SHTF, I agree that effort is needed.
But "An Eagle cannot convince a flock of buzzards or turkeys to act differently". My hope is your flock are Eagles!
Even if we’re not prepping now, taking in all the info S2 provides provides an amazing advantage if SHTF
I got the chance to lead a big team next year for an airsoft milsim 100+ people of various skill and im going to apply everything I've learned from your channel to prep the battle space and planning. Hoping what I've learned is useful and that i learn alot more from actually implementing things pays off long-term.
Listening to this will be way better than working.
Deep dive into the different jobs do, great learning material
Definitely interested in a deep dive on all topics covered. Thank you for what you do, S2.
Great video! Please do the deep dives into each role ❤
Whatever you choose to speak on, I will gladly listen and take notes
Good knowledge as always - doing my best to follow all the jargon
Thanks for your information on intelligence and communications. IMO it’s the best out there.
I’m calling on all Vets with PTSD to have a “TALK” with the top 20 donors to both political parties on the direction and future of our nation.
People say what can we do it’s like chasing ghosts?
Well all public news outlets have always tipped us off by saying, follow the money!
So I’m calling on all Vets with PTSD to have a “TALK” with the top 20 donors to both political Parties on the direction and future of our country!
I believe Guys like you have earned the right to conduct such a talk!
If you are out there, I thank you for your service so guys like me can exercise our rights!
I salute you!
Got out of the Marine Infantry a couple years back, we called it S2.
This is more invaluable info I've been waiting for. Thank you so much!
I've been doing this work on and off for several years now and one of the things that I didn't expect was the level of isolation I have to keep that part of my life separate which means that I can't exactly stroll down to the VFW and talk tradecraft and I've had to learn to be judicious with what information to share and what not to share because let's be honest we all know things we just we didn't know so it's a lonely road
In other words, you need to set up your own news website. Having journalist credentials allows access to Intel the common citizens don't know exists.
Having journalism students working for minimum/ resume building can be advantageous for a network that can support it.
You may undervalue the average man. That is okay. Millions of people are oblivious. Do not underestimate "the eyes of the average man" though. What "The Intelligence Community" publishes officially under the guise of The DIA is immensely useful, and accessible to anybody. It's almost all that the average man needs to begin tracing serious constructs.
I am in a large 55+ community, in the desert, 49 miles from the open AZ/Mexico border. Bad stuff happening out here yet my neighbors tend to have their eyes wide shut. Very difficult to get people to even recognize the need for a community plan to defend ourselves. I started with a case of SUTS3 SMARTBOOKS distributed to the few I could get interested. We have some amazing knowledge, skills & abilities here, but knocking off years of cobwebs from retirement, golf, pickleball, poolside sun basking and age related atrophy has been a herculean task.
I am going to look closer at your intel structure and getting briefings out to these people. They dont realize it, but we are easy prey when the situation heads south. Intel briefings might help bring them around. I want us to go down fighting albeit it wont be in the shade😅
Appreciate all you do - keep it coming.
Wish us luck.
Thank you
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Awesome work.
I'm in the four corners area. I work graveyards. I've seen MS13, Cartel, Coyotes and probably worse. We need more people like you. It's not going to get any better. Unfortunately I'm kinda a one man show right now but I keep my eyes and ears open, have good relations with local law enforcement and am working on upgrading my radio coms. ( Police, EMS, ECT are moving to encrypted digital at 800mhz. Just some minor upgrades and I should be able to pick up those transmissions.) in addition I have a digital library of everything from Bushcraft to military operations. I don't know many people interested in having copies or to connect with.
I am despondent because I see it as well, but the people around me are also eyes wide shut. Even most of my family. Their mantra is, "if it is not happening in my immediate environment or AO, then it doesn't affect or concern me.
Patrick Wood from technocracy news lives out there, but he had severest health issues lately.
look for individualists among old school churches like e.g. the WELS.
kingdom workers have a cool guy down there who knows what he does.
@@desertstonestudio3315😂 so, you decrypt encrypted stuff?
@@chrise-ih4ix no. Many of the systems use a standard encryption which, with right software, can be unencrypted. My local law enforcement apparently uses a double encryption method. EMS, Airport Traffic and Search and Rescue, I believe, are not encrypted. Actually EMS, I think is. Still
DragonOS is a Linux based os designed for radio. As I mentioned, with a few upgrades it should be possible.
Last night I had a dream, and I was going through Soldier readiness program, and a Sergeant was asking me the shops, S2,S3 and S6 Etc primary functions were. Curiously, I specifically remember the S2. Strangely, I was also enrolled in college to go to banking school.
Excellent Training.
Thanks for your content
Fantastic as always!
Private inteligence for the civilian divison
Kind of an interesting comparison - the Incident Command System suggests 3-7 subordinate resources to 1 superior, with 5 being ideal. Anything less than 4 or more than 8, including the superior, requires a shuffle in the command structure. It's close to what was mentioned in the video, but if you only have 6 total resources, you may want to wait for a few more before splitting some off into a new team.
170 is my checkin number. Hello 👋 S2 and good morning.
I would love to see videos on a more in-depth breakdown of each of the roles. It's fascinating stuff.
You can get good exposure to this type thing in many county emergency management offices. Some even pay for advanced training. Even dispatch gets pretty good experience (and usually training from near zero KSAs). During any event - even training exercises - an EOC is good practice. It will blur the lines, between S2, S3, and S4 usually, but it is real life experience accessible without enlistment. If you go into it to intentionally learn, it will pay off. If nothing else you will learn how to gather and pass on information effectively.
Thank you for the intel
What you do is so valuable and unique. Thank you.
Mike Shelby's "Area Intelligence Handbook" is pretty much this exact topic and all put into a nice book and is a good dummies' guide to intelligence operations. Thanks to S2's reading list I also got the Battle Staff SMARTbook. I also found a 2013 Army tactics field manual at half price books for cheap. If S2 published I'd preorder. His videos are good but books are nice especially with all the graphics to reference.,
Amazing video! So much information
I remember having to hand draw units and locations on a giant floor to ceiling map for 2 months down range. It took two of us to draw, one to track and gather updated info, and one fsnco to tell me to draw more clear-lier. That was just for one battalions battlespace.
As a retired Analyst, this is a pretty good run down of how to organize a civilian S2 shop. It is absolutely right that expectation management needs to be done because people always expect Intel to know everything. Then they get upset when you don't.
Good morning S2☕️🍁
Thank you for your updates.
Thank you, S2.
Thanks for the info s2. "We are all we got"...
Great stuff. I am very interested in further videos. Thanks for your continued efforts.
Maybe I missed it, or maybe it is assumed; but as "S6" I'm focused on getting teams competent at reports. I see my job as gathering and delivering what S2 needs. Without reporting standards, we're just increasing the noise. Weather, ham chatter, local politics, regional issues, and such are easier to glean than something like, aprx 100 "mostly peaceful" protesters moving East on Central Ave, wearing black and red, at 2100, with umbrellas, helmets, sharp PVC and frozen bottles; they appear to be on a planned route.
More videos on this subject would be great!!
Always appreciated
Excellent.
Do a whole series on S2 please!
I appreciate your work. One man teams are probaly the norm.
Love the video. Keep them coming
Thank you! Very informative.
Great job as usual!!
I leave it up to you, keep up the great job.
Thanks, got some good info from this video.
yes thank you for what do
Very interesting thank you.
I love this channel
Thanks for the video
Thank you so much S2
I am so thankful we are all together in this. Like minded guys like yourself are very important to our survival. We are in a state of psychological warfare/5th gen events we don’t even see. No media attention, god forbid you Notice(oy vey) regardless, the masses are slowly awakening to the certain ethnicity that cracks the financial whip upon us. Every dog has its day,and ours is nigh.
If one were to start practicing this stuff as a one-man-band, what would be the place to really start? Assuming one has full time employment, family, kids, online college classes, etc. It seems like preparing a weekly GRINTSUM wouldn't require you to be glued to your PC at every waking hour.
Unlike grabbing your rifle to patrol your neighborhood, building intel is something you can actually practice in real life here and now before things get "bad enough"
Neighborhood watch, go buy an SDR BRK, set up a good cctv/SDR radio/manpack radio/local cctv like traffic cam/etc. HAM/IPB/Battle Tracking station
@@victorygarden556 What is an SDR BRK? I have an SDR already on my PC, want to get myself a ham transmitter at some point too.
this a great video full of useful information. thank you!
Thanks
You can use ics forms to help with this 214 and 205 and 309
Hey S2 Underground have you thought about setting up a platform to facilitate S2 shops being created for each state? With the intention to coordinate with other like-minded groups, such as American Contingency for example? This might be a good way to get all these different groups coordinating with each other, because everyone needs intel
Nobody knows it all nor can do it all, hence we all need to work together for the common good, but also, we need to respect the rights of the individuals who make up the whole. Hence also not only the US Constitution but also the 'bill of rights' in the US Constitution. It's our 'constitution' in how to exist while we exist.
This also could apply to a CIV-PSYOPs dimension as well, I reckon?
Thanks s2ua! You are always COOKING UP the most useful content 🫡
I was just thinking about how I need a process for this type of stuff so I can make my expectations reasonable.
You should read The Intrepid by B. Moore. It covers a lot of this. It was pretty interesting.
I know a few people who are all about guns, guns, guns. I explain that I am not allowed to have that sort of thing, my name is on the wrong list so I can expect to be raided and detained at any time. I say I should serve "The Movement" with first aid or commo, and they just look at me.
@Daeva23: Perhaps you dodged a future bullet...I get 2 problems: 1. Everyone thinks they should lead. 2. People just want to play, dress-up...
sorry to break it to you but youre our Intel guy. good luck.
A volunteer will save your life for free.
there's other jobs like opsec + blue teaming + IT/facility management (the one that holds the fort) if you're lucky enough
If you close your eyes, it sounds like Hank from king of the hill. Great video though, thanks
ALOHA.
Bestu S2
I just got my Technician's license and I wish you would add a short video on how to add this class to the Ghost Net.
This is primo content.
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You should write 3 or 4 books about this.
LARPing for S2 guys. Cute.
I bet you could probably easily recruit like 3 retired old ladies from “Nextdoor” to handle the brunt of this work. They do it all day, every day anyway.
Good video. You mentioned "the wire" is this available on HF?
Sometimes, the Wire reports are written to allow for easy transmission over JS8Call, though some of them are really long and not best suited for that. Most Wire reports are either on here (the shorter nearly-daily videos I do), or via text on Twitter or Telegram. Either way, I've got the format and familiarity down, so if I needed to transmit these reports via HF radio myself, I could do so seamlessly. Some people already take my Wire reports, condense them, and send via HF (which is great).
Do you use SDR and antenna to download GOES weather satellite data to see what weather is coming if the internet is out?
For those who don't know, it's a free weather imaging broadcast anyone can tap into if you have an SDR dongle, notch filter and appropriate antenna. GOES satellites are geostationary so once you get your antenna pointed it can remain in place. You can DIY an antenna but there are also kits available for about $100 (if you already have the SDR dongle) that include a dish and filter. NOAA satellite data can also be downloaded but it's a little more involved as they move across the sky and are polarized so you're looking at a helical antenna that has to track plus software to predict a pass.
Next video on cyber Opsec/electronic warfare?
Where does counterintelligence fit into the equation, and how do you distinguish that from opsec?
Gotta circle back to this. Leaving comment for Albert gorythm
Do you have any thoughts about using AI tools to automate some of the busy work associated with this work?
Primary evidence, chain of custody. Most of it starts there.
ukrainians and russians tracking the war have got this down to an art
For me it used to be a baofeng and just listening to whatever is going on.
That thing sucks now and doesn't pick up anything it used to. Bones
Hey S2, any book/reading recommendations for this and similar topics?
What about targeting? Who looks after targeting for influence?
Street level intelligence: keep eyes on enemy and use runners. Pick your toughest and smart person to lead.
Always follow up with more; intel and attacks. Victory goes to the swift and determined.
Everything has become overwhelmingly integrated and complex so keep it simple.
The guerrillas strength is in rapid mobility, simplicity and surprise, outlast a bigger opponent and reuse or destruct resources as appropriate. Be aware of location transmitter devices.
My two cents, good luck patriots.