Human Terrain System (HTS)

Role of HTS in the US Army HTS is defined as an "intelligence enabling capability",[2]: 1  and is categorized as "Intelligence support activity".[58] According to the HTS website, the aim of the program is to "provide sociocultural teams to commanders and staff" in the US Army in order to "improve the understanding of the local population", and to "apply this understanding to the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP)".[1] The website also argues that the program was designed to address an identified "operational need" in the US Army for "sociocultural support".[59] HTS components HTS has two main components: an institutional component referred to as the "Army Enduring Base", and an operational component referred to as "Deployed Teams".[60] Both components include numerous sub-divisions.