OPTIMIZING INDIRECT MISO: MIST-IRAQ AND ADVISING AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL OF WAR

[...]the brunt of the MIST's effort became focused at advising operational MISO - a task which at the time was poorly defined yet inherently centered on mentoring and aiding the Iraqi partners to optimize their MISO capability in support of the greater counter-ISIS campaign. [...]MISO collaboration is an exponential combat multiplier for a partner MISO force. [...]visualizing enemy propaganda force structures may significantly contribute to the outcome of a campaign. [...]over the course of the last 16 years of perpetual warfare, countless lessons learned have been lost in the fog of war.