ATP-5-0-2-1 Staff Reference Guide Volume 1 Download

Chapter 2 78 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 Table 2-21. Example staffs' input to IPB products FM 2-0 Staff section Intelligence preparation of the battlefield input All staff sections. Provide subject matter expertise to assist in determining (but not limited to) the following: Enemy objectives and desired end state. Named areas of interest. High-value targets. High-payoff targets. Decision points. Intelligence officer. Leads the IPB effort and has staff responsibility for analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain and weather, and civil considerations. Threat doctrine, tactics, equipment, capabilities, vulnerabilities, and intent. Threat systems. Identification of areas of interest and areas of influence. Terrain analysis. Determination of threat courses of action. Operations officer. Provides subject matter expertise on the art and science of military operations. Evaluates IPB products to ensure they support friendly COA development and analysis. Operational experience. Assistance in determining— Target areas of interest. Engagement areas. Time phase lines. Relative combat power matrices for friendly and enemy forces. Chief of fires (division and above) Fires support officer (brigade and below). Provides subject matter expertise on fires. Threat fires doctrine, tactics, equipment, capabilities, vulnerabilities, and intent. Assistance in selecting— Target areas of interest. Electromagnetic attack. Decision points. Time phase lines. Engineer officer. Provides subject matter expertise on mobility and countermobility and assists the intelligence section in developing enemy obstacle plans for the enemy SITEMP. Threat engineer doctrine, tactics, equipment, capabilities, vulnerabilities, and intent. Terrain analysis. Mobility corridors. OAKOC (observation and fields of fire, avenues of approach, key terrain, obstacles, and cover and concealment) factors. Obstacle locations. Logistics Officer. Provides subject matter expertise on sustainment operations. Threat logistics doctrine, tactics, equipment, capabilities, vulnerabilities, and intent. Threat supply and resupply routes and points. Signal Officer. Provides subject matter expertise on friendly communications systems and assists the intelligence section in identifying and evaluating friendly communications systems’ vulnerabilities to cyberspace and electromagnetic attack. Threat employment of communications systems. Threat communications networks and nodes. Threat communications vulnerabilities. Line of sight analysis. Civil Affairs Officer. Provides subject matter expertise on civil affairs operations. Evaluation of civil considerations on military operations. ASCOPE (areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, and events) analysis. PMESII-PT (political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and time) analysis. Civil considerations overlays. STEP 1. DEFINE THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT 2-243. Defining the operational environment results in the identification of significant characteristics of the operational environment that can affect friendly and enemy operations. This step also results in the identification of gaps in current intelligence. 2-244. Step 1 of IPB is important because it assists the commander in defining relative aspects of the operational environment in time and space. During Step 1, the intelligence staff identify those significant characteristics related to the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations relevant to the mission and justify that analysis to the commander. Misidentifying or failing