ATAK (WinTAK) How To: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: A Primer

In this quasi-tutorial, we show some common uses of ATAK, or more specifically WinTAK when planning missions in the civilian world.

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[kiwi]

Instructions unclear - no 5 hr powerpoint, no overly generic class safety brief and no comd visit at the end of brief to hammer home the commanders messaging regards covid and extremist groups.

[midgemong_]

Ever since listening to your podcasts and watching some of these videos I've been mapping my neighborhood in atak expanding all the way out to the city around my neighborhood. Call it a paranoid exercise of terrain analysis lol

[zachbrenner]

>No battle staff to help you
You mean I'll be unincumbered by the numerous mandatory power point presentations that the fusion cell wants?

[ericferguson]

This would be good for planning an elk hunt; viewsheds, road routes and terrain.

[nick-]

Wait a minute, so I won't be slapped in the face with a 4.5 hour PowerPoint prior to op? Oh how unfortunate!

All jokes aside, this is probably one of the best ATAK tutorials out there right now. Really basic but covers the things you need to know in order to quickly start using ATAK. As a last resort you could show this video to a bunch of people, give them EUDs with ATAK and imagery installed and send them a data package of the mission

[richchrono]

Great content, Destin. They didn't have anything like this back in '81. At least not that they showed us... 🛡

[Dakcole]

This was kind of crazy to watch, I grew up there, Montrose CO is a great place. Flew in and out of that airport a lot.

[Captain-Donut]

Just incredible. But as you mentioned really need a team to help plan, especially if you need changes mid op.
Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[davet]

More on this please, loved the QGIS I am already making maps

[darrelljacobjr]

Sorry, as much as I love backpacking, I'm getting old and my feet are necrotic, but I happen to have a jacked-up 1984 Toyota 4x4 with extreme low-range gearing, so I'll just drive to the OP, deploy the telescoping camera mast with a Nicon Coolpix P1000 on top, and start taking notes.
Thanks for the WinTak tutorial though. I love tech.

[JacobhansonTV]

This brings me back to my Intel days in the AF. Good stuff

[Beartron.actual]

I appreciate the hell out of this channels and its content.

[madshad]

"Operation Bikini bottom". Lol Thank you this is cool. Being a old grunt from the 90's, this stuff fascinates me. Thank you S2.

[ericblair]

I find the boring stuff interesting THX for what you are doing!

[theless-than-goodhunter]

Running a delta green campaign rn, this will help out tremendously

[SOS-School_Of_Survival]

Thanks for this! Very in depth and informative

[rdsmith]

Oh look... a man made pond. Very cool intro footage.

[Dnephilly]

U said wintac is not as Gucci as atak. Ur my new favorite person lol. Love the vids btw

[goatmoag]

If you haven't already take a look at some of the android TV boxes. You can get a lot of capability for a very decent price.

[johnmarkmcintyre]

The Viewshed only considers the ground elevations, like a topo map? I noticed that your OP position below the ridge had a large number of trees of unknown height. Even if they were mesquite trees six to nine feet high, seeing through them down to the target would not be feasible.