Medical intelligence
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Medical Intelligence is defined by the Department of Defense
as:
("AFMIC") located at Fort Detrick
, Maryland is a field production agency of the Defense Intelligence Agency
. AFMIC has primary responsibility for medical intelligence within the Department of Defense
.
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
as:
That category of intelligenceMilitary intelligenceMilitary intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
resulting from collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of foreign medical, bio-scientific, and environmentalEnvironment (biophysical)The biophysical environment is the combined modeling of the physical environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and includes all variables, parameters as well as conditions and modes inside the Earth's biosphere. The biophysical environment can be divided into two categories:...
information that is of interest to strategic planningGrand strategyGrand strategy comprises the "purposeful employment of all instruments of power available to a security community". Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart says about grand strategy:...
and to military medical planning and operations for the conservation of the fighting strength of friendly forces and the formation of assessments of foreign medical capabilities in both militaryMilitaryA military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
and civilianCivilianA civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces or other militia. Civilians are distinct from combatants. They are afforded a degree of legal protection from the effects of war and military occupation...
sectors. Also called MEDINT.
AFMIC
The Armed Forces Medical Intelligence CenterArmed Forces Medical Intelligence Center
The National Center for Medical Intelligence at Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA — formerly the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center — is an agency within the Defense Intelligence Agency of the United States Department of Defense ; its mission is to track and assess the full range of global...
("AFMIC") located at Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick is a U.S. Army Medical Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland, USA. Historically, Fort Detrick was the center for the United States' biological weapons program ....
, Maryland is a field production agency of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is a member of the Intelligence Community of the United States, and is the central producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 16,500 U.S. military and civilian employees worldwide...
. AFMIC has primary responsibility for medical intelligence within the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
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External sources
- "The Literature of Intelligence: A Bibliography of Materials, with Essays, Reviews, and Comments"
- See also "AFMIC" by Lynn McNamee