IPB Flashcards
The systematic process of analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations in an area of interest to determine their effect on operations
Designed to support MDMP
A process that helps the commander that helps the commander selectively apply and maximize his combat power
Intelligence Preparation of the battlefield
What are the steps of IPB?
1) Define the operational environment
2) Describe the environment effects on operations
3) evaluate the threat
4) Determine threat courses of action
Steps of IPB defined:
Identify environmental specific features of the environment that may influence COAs
Define the OE
Steps of IPB defined:
Describe how the threat can affect friendly operations (Threat Overlay, Threat table), Terrain can affect friendly and threat operations, weather can affect friendly and threat operations, CIVIL considerations can affect friendly and threat operations
Describe the environmental effects on operations
Tactical Army staffs analyze civil considerations and operational variables through
ASCOPE/PMESII-PT
What does ASCOPE stand for?
Areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, events
What does PMESII-PT stand for?
Political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, time
Graphic over that comprises of the enemy’s composition (Identification and organization of a threat. [what the threat has/bring to the fight]) and disposition (How threat forces are arrayed on the battlefield.
Includes the recent, current, and projected movements or locations).
Threat template
Graphical depiction of a potential threat COA. When combined with a threat COA statement, creates a complete threat COA
Situation template
Graphic overlay used to confirm or deny enemy COAs. Used to develop the information collection overlay and decision support template. Event template always accompanied by an event matrix.
Event template and matrix
