What does PIR stand for?

Rotations at the Joint Readiness Training Center Leadership Training Program at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, had given me a fundamental understanding of the BSB mission and of what my commander's priority intelligence requirements would be.

Detailed debriefs are vital not only in answering priority intelligence requirements (PIRs) and specific information requirements (SIRs), but also in providing a written record from which enemy tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) can be gleaned.

What follows suggests, first, that commanders must widen the focus of priority intelligence requirements (PIR) supporting an effects-based approach beyond traditional issues of military capabilities and intent (especially on "personalities" and "cultural" intelligence) and increase the focus of battle damage assessment (BDA) on detecting the systemic or psychological effects noted above.

commander's priority intelligence requirements (PIR); Creating a Hypothesis) * Gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively.

This engineer battlefield assessment capability may have direct influence on priority intelligence requirements and the entire force.

The CCIR has three building blocks: the priority intelligence requirements, the friendly forces intelligence requirements, and the essential elements of friendly information.

Army Europe (USAREUR), for his innovation in leveraging National, Theater, and Joint capabilities to satisfy the USAREUR Commanders' Priority Intelligence Requirements.

My intent is to ensure every Soldier understands the current IO themes and messages, priority intelligence requirements (PIRs), serious incident reports (SIRS) and indicators to observe.