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National Intelligence Support Teams (NIST)
Based on the lessons learned from Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, all national-level agencies combined their separate deployed intelligence support cells into one NIST." A NIST normally is composed of personnel from DIA, NSA, NIMA, and the CIA who are deployed upon request by the military commander to facilitate the flow of timely all-source intelligence between a Joint Task Force (JTF) and Washington, DC, during crises or contingency operations. Teams are specifically configured to meet the needs of the deployed commander. Since their inception, NISTs have provided intelligence support to Operations PROVIDE RELIEF (Kenya), SOUTHERN WATCH (Saudi Arabia), RESTORE HOPE (Somalia), DENY FLIGHT and PROVIDE PROMISE (the Balkans), UPHOLD DEMOCRACY (Haiti), JOINT ENDEAVOR (Bosnia), GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE and GUARDIAN RETRIEVAL (Zaire), JOINT GUARD and JOINT FORGE (Bosnia), SHINING PRESENCE (Israel), JOINT GUARDIAN (Kosovo), and NOBLE ANVIL (Albania).
DIA video mentions NIST: http://www.dia.mil/PSRW.wmv
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg89.gif
NIST members in front of Task Force Eagle Headquarters March 1996
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg90.gif
NIST and Task Force Eagle personnel with Senator John McCain (on right) during a Congressional visit to Tuzla, Bosnia. February 1996
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg91.gif
NIST Deployment Cycle
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg94.gif
NIST communications equipment, February 1998
SOURCE: http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/art8.html
More Info:
Official doc: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp2_02.pdf
Unit Composition: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/docs/cdd/national.htm
Based on the lessons learned from Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, all national-level agencies combined their separate deployed intelligence support cells into one NIST." A NIST normally is composed of personnel from DIA, NSA, NIMA, and the CIA who are deployed upon request by the military commander to facilitate the flow of timely all-source intelligence between a Joint Task Force (JTF) and Washington, DC, during crises or contingency operations. Teams are specifically configured to meet the needs of the deployed commander. Since their inception, NISTs have provided intelligence support to Operations PROVIDE RELIEF (Kenya), SOUTHERN WATCH (Saudi Arabia), RESTORE HOPE (Somalia), DENY FLIGHT and PROVIDE PROMISE (the Balkans), UPHOLD DEMOCRACY (Haiti), JOINT ENDEAVOR (Bosnia), GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE and GUARDIAN RETRIEVAL (Zaire), JOINT GUARD and JOINT FORGE (Bosnia), SHINING PRESENCE (Israel), JOINT GUARDIAN (Kosovo), and NOBLE ANVIL (Albania).
DIA video mentions NIST: http://www.dia.mil/PSRW.wmv
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg89.gif
NIST members in front of Task Force Eagle Headquarters March 1996
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg90.gif
NIST and Task Force Eagle personnel with Senator John McCain (on right) during a Congressional visit to Tuzla, Bosnia. February 1996
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg91.gif
NIST Deployment Cycle
http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/pg94.gif
NIST communications equipment, February 1998
SOURCE: http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/art8.html
More Info:
Official doc: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp2_02.pdf
Unit Composition: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/docs/cdd/national.htm