Peter C. Johnson 1979-1986 Commissioned Officer, Army Intelligence Corps

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Key work from this period:

Cross-cultural communication
Complex information graphics
Project management
Reports, plans, and analyses
Instructional Design
Published as a Subject Matter Expert on a writing team

My job was to communicate an ocean of time-sensitive information to decision makers. Media: writing, oral briefings, classroom instruction, and graphics. I managed up to 60 people.

Products:

Operations orders. 10-15 pages each. Contained friendly and enemy situations, missions, details of support, logistics, and communications. Had to be easily transmitted and understood in combat.

Operations plans. Up to 700 pages each, of which I'd write several annexes of 20-30 pages each. Required detailed coordination with up to 30 other departments. The annexes usually had graphic attachments done on vellum.

Intelligence summaries. Reports spanning 12 hours that analyzed enemy activities. The raw input came from many sources, some of which I translated from other languages and then added to our internal information. I compiled these daily for two years with an analytical staff of 8 people.

Instructional design. I taught advanced courses at the Intelligence School in Arizona for a year and a half prior to leaving active duty. I researched and wrote the classroom and support materials and evaluation strategies for around 20 courses, including practical exercises using topographic products. This translated to around 1500 hours of platform time in front of demanding audiences.

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