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07 December 2020 ATP 5-0.2-1 125 Chapter 3 Preparing Preparing occurs simultaneously with planning. This chapter covers the various activities a unit does to improve its ability to execute operations. OVERVIEW OF PREPARING 3-1. Information for this section came from ADP 5-0 and FM 6-0. 3-2. Preparation is those activities performed by units and Soldiers to improve their ability to execute an operation (ADP 5-0). Preparation creates conditions that improve friendly forces' opportunities for success. It requires commander, staff, unit, and Soldier actions to ensure the force is trained, equipped, and ready to execute operations. Preparation activities help commanders, staffs, and Soldiers understand a situation and their roles in upcoming operations. PREPARATION ACTIVITIES 3-3. Mission success depends as much on preparation as on planning. Higher headquarters may develop the best of plans, but plans serve little purpose if subordinates do not receive them in time. Subordinates need enough time to understand plans well enough to execute them. Subordinates develop their own plans and preparations for an operation. After they fully comprehend the plan, subordinate leaders rehearse key portions of it and ensure Soldiers and equipment are positioned and ready to execute the operation. Commanders, units, and Soldiers conduct the activities listed in table 3-1 to help ensure the force is protected and prepared for execution. Table 3-1. Preparation activities ADP 5-0 Continue to coordinate and conduct liaison Conduct confirmation briefs Initiate information collection Conduct Rehearsals Initiate security operations Conduct plans-to-operations transitions Initiate troop movement Refine the plan Initiate sustainment preparations Integrate new Soldiers and units Initiate network preparations Complete task organization Manage terrain Train Prepare terrain Perform pre-operations checks and inspections Supervise CONTINUE TO COORDINATE AND CONDUCT LIAISON 3-4. Coordinating and conducting liaison helps ensure that leaders internal and external to the headquarters understand their unit’s role in upcoming operations, and they are prepared to perform that role. In addition to military forces, many civilian organizations may operate in the operational area. Their presence can both affect and be affected by the commander’s operations. Continuous coordination and liaison between the command and unified action partners helps build unity of effort. 3-5. During preparation, commanders continue to coordinate with higher, lower, adjacent, supporting, and supported units and civilian organizations. Coordination includes, but is not limited, to the following— Sending and receiving liaison teams. Establishing communication links that ensure continuous contact during execution. Exchanging standard operating procedures (SOPs).