Download or read book Army Techniques Publication ATP 2 01 3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Change 1 January 2021 written by United States Government Us Army and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 2-01.3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Change 1 January 2021, constitutes current doctrine on how to systematically evaluate the effects of significant characteristics of the operational environment (OE) for specific missions. This publication- Describes how the commander and staff examine mission variables to understand how these variables may affect operations; Discusses intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) as a critical component of the military decision-making process, how IPB supports decision making, and the integrating processes; Facilitates a common understanding, foundational concepts, and methods of the IPB process. The principal audience for ATP 2-01.3 is tactical Army commanders and staffs. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as a joint task force or a multinational headquarters also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine related to IPB. Trainers and educators throughout the Army also use this publication. ATP 2-01.3 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. Terms for which ATP 2-01.3 is the proponent publication (the authority) are marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. Definitions for which ATP 2-01.3 is the proponent publication are boldfaced in the text. For other definitions shown in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. This manual applies to intelligence activities conducted outside the United States. Intelligence activities conducted inside the United States, as well as those that target U.S. persons and groups outside the United States, invoke additional requirements and intelligence oversight rules. To the extent any of the activities described in this publication are conducted inside the United States, or target U.S. persons or groups outside the United States, consult the judge advocate for assistance. ATP 2-01.3 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.

Download or read book Atp 2 01 3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Battlespace written by Headquarters Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ATP 2-01.3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield / Battlespace constitutes current doctrine on how to systematically evaluate the effects of significant characteristics of the operational environment for specific missions. It describes how the commander and staff examine mission variables to understand how these variables may affect operations. It discusses intelligence preparation of the battlefield/intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB) as a critical component of the military decisionmaking process (MDMP)/Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP) and how IPB supports decisionmaking, as well as integrating processes and continuing activities. This publication supersedes FM 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A and FMI 2-01.301 and expedites delivery of doctrine that the proponent has approved for immediate use in IPB support to operations. It facilitates a common understanding, foundational concepts, and methods of the IPB process. The principal audience for ATP 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A is Army/Marine Corps commanders and staffs. Commanders and staffs of Army/Marine Corps headquarters serving as a joint task force or a multinational headquarters also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine related to IPB. Trainers and educators throughout the Army/Marine Corps also use this publication.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication ATP 2 01 3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield written by Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Techniques Publication ATP 2-01.3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (MARCH 2019) Notice: This is a Paperback book version of the "Army Techniques Publication ATP 2-01.3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield MARCH 2019 Edition". Full version, All Chapters included. This publication is available (Electronic version) in the official website of the United states DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. This document is properly formatted and printed as a perfect sized copy 8.5x11 (black ink)", making it easy for you to read details in some figures/illustrations and tables. * The version of this publication is as described above (this article is updated after each new edition). Disclaimer: "The use or appearance of United States Department of Army publications, text, images or logos on a non-Federal Government website does not imply or constitute Department of Army endorsement of the distribution service."

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication ATP 2 01 3 written by United States Government Staff and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-04-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Techniques Publication ATP 2-01.3 MCRP 2-3A Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield / Battlespace Change 1 is a dual-designated Army and Marine Corps manual that constitutes current doctrine on how to systematically evaluate the effects of significant characteristics of the operational environment for specific missions. It describes how the commander and staff examine mission variables to understand how these variables may affect operations. It discusses intelligence preparation of the battlefield/intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB) as a critical component of the military decisionmaking process (MDMP)/Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP) and how IPB supports decisionmaking, as well as integrating processes and continuing activities. This publication supersedes FM 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A and FMI 2-01.301 and expedites delivery of doctrine that the proponent has approved for immediate use in IPB support to operations. It facilitates a common understanding, foundational concepts, and methods of the IPB process. The principal audience for ATP 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A is Army/Marine Corps commanders and staffs. Commanders and staffs of Army/Marine Corps headquarters serving as a joint task force or a multinational headquarters also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine related to IPB. Trainers and educators throughout the Army/Marine Corps also use this publication. This manual applies to intelligence activities conducted outside the United States. Intelligence activities conducted inside the United States, as well as those that target U.S. persons and groups outside the United States, invoke additional requirements and intelligence oversight rules. To the extent any of the activities described in this publication are conducted inside the United States, or target U.S. persons or groups outside the United States, consult your judge advocate for assistance. ATP 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A applies to the Active Army and Marine Corps, the Army National Guard/Army the United States, United States Army Reserve, and the United States Marine Corps Reserve unless otherwise stated. ATP 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A contains 10 chapters and two appendixes.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 2 01 3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield March 2019 written by United States Government Us Army and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 2-01.3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield March 2019, is the current doctrine on how to systematically evaluate the effects of significant characteristics of the operational environment (OE) for specific missions. This publication- Describes how the commander and staff examine mission variables to understand how these variables may affect operations.Discusses intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) as a critical component of the military decision-making process, how IPB supports decision making, and the integrating processes and continuing activities.Facilitates a common understanding, foundational concepts, and methods of the IPB process.The principal audience for ATP 2-01.3 is tactical Army commanders and staffs. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as a joint task force or a multinational headquarters also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine related to IPB. Trainers and educators throughout the Army also use this publication. This manual applies to intelligence activities conducted outside the United States. Intelligence activities conducted inside the United States, as well as those that target U.S. persons and groups outside the United States, invoke additional requirements and intelligence oversight rules. To the extent any of the activities described in this publication are conducted inside the United States, or target U.S. persons or groups outside the United States, consult the judge advocate for assistance. ATP 2-01.3 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.The IPB process is unique-it impacts the range of military operations, is relevant across all echelons, and is the fundamental element used in all planning and decision making. IPB serves as the initial framework for analysis of the battlefield in all operations. The revision of this publication addresses complex OE in which U.S. forces will operate across all domains (air, land, space, maritime, and cyberspace) and the information environment and worldwide. The goal of this revision is to- Highlight staff processes and products to assist commanders and staffs in identifying when and where to leverage friendly capabilities in the scope of an operation.Add some unique considerations for IPB supporting certain missions not addressed in the 2014version of this publication.ATP 2-01.3 updates and describes the fundamentals of IPB. It contains eight chapters and four appendixes: Chapter 1 provides the fundamentals of IPB and introduces topics such as the operational framework, peer threats, multi-domain operations, and identifying windows of opportunity.Chapter 2 discusses IPB support to decision making and the relationship between IPB and the military decision-making process.Chapter 3, step 1 of the IPB process, discusses the analysis of the significant characteristics of or activities within the OE that may influence friendly and threat courses of action and command decisions, as well as the physical space the mission will occupy.Chapter 4, step 2 of the IPB process, discusses how the significant characteristics of the OE can affect friendly and threat operations.Chapter 5, step 3 of the IPB process, discusses threat force capabilities and the doctrinal principles and tactics, techniques, and procedures threat forces prefer to employ.Chapter 6, step 4 of the IPB process, identifies and describes how threat courses of action can influence friendly operations.Chapter 7 discusses IPB support to offense, defense, and stability tasks and the unique characteristics of littoral, urban, and subterranean environments.Chapter 8 discusses unique aspects of each domain, the information environment, and the electromagnetic spectrum.

Download or read book ATP 2 01 3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield written by Heaquarters Department Of the Army and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ATP 2-01.3 constitutes current doctrine on how to systematically evaluate the effects of significant characteristics of the operational environment (OE) for specific missions. This publication-Describes how the commander and staff examine mission variables to understand how these variables may affect operations.Discusses intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) as a critical component of the military decision-making process, how IPB supports decision making, and the integrating processes and continuing activities.Facilitates a common understanding, foundational concepts, and methods of the IPB process.The principal audience for ATP 2-01.3 is tactical Army commanders and staffs. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as a joint task force or a multinational headquarters also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine related to IPB. Trainers and educators throughout the Army also use this publication.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 2 01 Plan Requirements and Assess Collection August 2014 written by United States Government Us Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ATP 2-01 establishes doctrine for the specific tasks under planning requirements and assessing collection. It expands on the principles in FM 3-55. ATP 2-01 should be used in conjunction with FM 3-55 and with FM 2-0. Readers should be familiar with fundamental doctrine contained in ADPs 2-0, 3-0, 5-0, and 6-0 and ADRPs 2-0, 3-0, 5-0, and 6-0. ATP 2-01 establishes doctrine for the specific functions under planning requirements and assessing collection. It expands on the principles in FM 3-55. ATP 2-01 should be used in conjunction with FM 3-55 and with FM 2-0. It outlines the preparation of planning requirements tools during the conduct (planning, preparation, execution, and assessment) of operations. This publication provides details on the four continuing functions of planning requirements and assessing collection. It includes techniques for developing planning requirements tools and keeping them current throughout an operation. It addresses factors to consider when supporting offensive, defensive, and stability tasks. It also discusses considerations when operating in urban and nontemperate environments. Although the discussions and descriptions in this manual may seem linear, planning requirements and assessing collection is a dynamic, continuous, and interactive process requiring constant interaction between the commander and staff. Depending on the mission, time available, ongoing operations, and standard operating procedures (SOPs), units may develop techniques for abbreviated information collection planning to meet the commander's needs. The information presented is descriptive, not prescriptive or restrictive. However, it describes the optimal process. This manual complies with Doctrine 2015 guidelines. Chapter 1 discusses information collection and its tasks-planning requirements and assessing collection, task and direct collection, and execute collection-across the echelons and the vital role of the commander and staff. It also addresses the linkage between planning requirements and assessing collection, the military decisionmaking process (MDMP), intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB), and targeting. Chapter 2 describes how the commander provides the staff with inputs necessary to perform planning requirements and assessing collection and how the staff develops their respective running estimates, requests for information, and requirements. It also outlines the functions of planning requirements and assessing collection. Chapter 3 discusses the development of requirements-the identification, prioritization, and refining of gaps in data and relevant information-and knowledge concerning the operational environment that must be resolved for the commander to achieve situational understanding. Chapter 4 describes the development of planning requirements tools. These tools, developed by the intelligence staff, begin the process of synchronizing the information collection plan with the scheme of maneuver and are updated as the scheme of maneuver changes. Chapter 5 discusses assessing the information collection plan, providing feedback to information collection assets, and retasking of assets. Chapter 6 discusses the process of updating planning requirements tools and updating or revising the information collection plan to remain synchronized with operations. Chapter 7 discusses the considerations for planning requirements and assessing collection when conducting offensive, defensive, and stability tasks. Chapter 8 discusses the considerations for planning requirements and assessing collection for urban, mountain and cold weather, jungle, and desert environments. Appendix A discusses joint, national, and multinational intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) planning considerations. Appendix B provides tactics, techniques, and procedures for requesting aerial collection.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 3 01 16 written by United States Government US Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-01.16 Air and Missile Defense Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield MARCH 2016 provides detailed techniques for conducting Air and Missile Defense Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB). Conducting Air Missile Defense (AMD) IPB reduces uncertainties regarding terrain, weather, and adversary capabilities and can assist in the development of potential adversary courses of action. It also provides the intelligence analyst the tools to support commander and staff planning and decision making at the joint, combined, and service levels by providing a systematic, continuous, and common methodology for analyzing the adversary Air and Missile force.

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Download or read book Urban Operations written by Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctrine provides a military organization with a common philosophy, a language, a purpose, and unity of effort. Rather than establishing a set of hard and fast rules, the objective of doctrine is to foster initiative and creative thinking. To this end, FM 3-06 discusses major Army operations in an urban environment. This environment, consisting of complex terrain, a concentrated population, and an infrastructure of systems, is an operational environment in which Army forces will operate. In the future, it may be the predominant operational environment. Each urban operation is unique and will differ because of the multitude of combinations presented by the threat, the urban area itself, the major operation of which it may be part (or the focus), and the fluidity of societal and geopolitical considerations. Therefore, there will always exist an innate tension between Army doctrine, the actual context of the urban operation, and future realities. Commanders must strike the proper balance between maintaining the capability to respond to current threats and preparing for future challenges.

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Download or read book Field Manual FM 3 98 Reconnaissance and Security Operations July 2015 written by United States Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, Field Manual FM 3-98 Reconnaissance and Security Operations July 2015, provides doctrinal guidance and direction for Cavalry organizations, as well as reconnaissance and security organizations. This FM establishes the foundation for the development of tactics and procedures in subordinate doctrine publications. This publication applies across the range of military operations. While the main focus of this field manual is Cavalry formations within the units listed below, all maneuver formations must be able to conduct reconnaissance and security tasks. - Armored brigade combat team (ABCT) Cavalry squadron. - Infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) Cavalry squadron. - Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) Cavalry squadron. - Battlefield surveillance brigade (BFSB) Cavalry squadron. - It is applicable to the- - Scout platoon of maneuver battalions. - Combat aviation brigade air squadron. The principal audiences for FM 3-98 are commanders, leaders, and staffs responsible for the planning, execution, or support of reconnaissance and security operations as well as instructors charged with teaching reconnaissance and security operations. Doctrine consists of fundamental principles that describe how to fight. At the tactical level, doctrine consists of authoritative principles concerning how to execute reconnaissance and security operations as part of Army and joint operations that require professional military judgment in their application. Importantly, our doctrine must describe how brigade combat teams (BCT) and subordinate units combine the capabilities of various arms into cohesive, combined arms, air-ground teams and provide a clear description of how to execute reconnaissance and security operations. This publication provides the commander and staff of Cavalry formations with doctrine relevant to Army and joint operations. This publication explains how effective reconnaissance and security operations generate depth, allow commanders reaction time and maneuver space, fight for information and collect information through stealth, protect against surprise, ease the forward movement of follow-on forces, and provide commanders with flexibility and adaptability. The doctrine described in this publication is applicable across unified land operations. The previous proponent manual for Cavalry Operations was FM 3-20.96, published 12 March 2010, which included operational considerations. This publication provides doctrinal guidance for all formations assigned to the ABCT, the IBCT, and SBCT. The following is a summary of each chapter in the manual: Chapter 1 addresses the role of Cavalry in unified land operations and Cavalry organizations. Chapter 2 discusses understanding the threat, potential threat groups and threat characteristics. Chapter 3 addresses the operational environment, shaping, engaging, and influencing outcomes, and consolidating gains. Chapter 4 highlights the updated concepts of mission command in relation to commander's reconnaissance and security guidance, the operations process and information collection. Chapter 5 begins with an overview, followed by a detailed discussion of the fundamentals of reconnaissance, forms of reconnaissance, and reconnaissance handover. Chapter 6 begins with an overview, followed with the fundamentals of security operations, counterreconnaissance, and the forms of security. Chapter 7 provides a short overview and then devotes a section to reconnaissance and security stability planning, stability principles and frameworks, and stability tasks. Chapter 8 describes sustainment for reconnaissance and security tasks, sustainment planning considerations for reconnaissance and security, sustainment considerations for reconnaissance and security and special sustainment consideration.

Download or read book The Russian Way of War written by Lester W. Grau and published by Mentor Military. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechnya is no more. Today's Russian Army is modern, better manned, better equipped and designed for maneuver combat under nuclear-threatened conditions. This is your source for the tactics, equipment, force structure and theoretical underpinnings of a major Eurasian power. Here's what the experts are saying: "A superb baseline study for understanding how and why the modern Russian Army functions as it does. Essential for specialist and generalist alike." -Colonel (Ret) David M. Glantz, foremost Western author on the Soviet Union in World War II and Editor of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. "Congratulations to Les Grau and Chuck Bartles on filling a gap which has yawned steadily wider since the end of the USSR. Their book addresses evolving Russian views on war, including the blurring of its nature and levels, and the consequent Russian approaches to the Ground Forces' force structuring, manning, equipping, and tactics. Confidence is conferred on the validity of their arguments and conclusions by copious footnoting, mostly from an impressive array of primary sources. It is this firm grounding in Russian military writings, coupled with the authors' understanding of war and the Russian way of thinking about it, that imparts such an authoritative tone to this impressive work." -Charles Dick, former Director of the Combat Studies Research Centre, Senior Fellow at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, author of the 1991 British Army Field Manual, Volume 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art and author of From Victory to Stalemate The Western Front, Summer 1944 and From Defeat to Victory, The Eastern Front, Summer 1944. "Dr. Lester Grau's and Chuck Bartles' professional research on the Russian Armed Forces is widely read throughout the world and especially in Russia. Russia's Armed Forces have changed much since the large-scale reforms of 2008, which brought the Russian Army to the level of the world's other leading armies. The speed of reform combined with limited information about their core mechanisms represented a difficult challenge to the authors. They have done a great job and created a book which could be called an encyclopedia of the modern armed forces of Russia. They used their wisdom and talents to explore vital elements of the Russian military machine: the system of recruitment and training, structure of units of different levels, methods and tactics in defense and offence and even such little-known fields as the Arctic forces and the latest Russian combat robotics." -Dr. Vadim Kozyulin, Professor of Military Science and Project Director, Project on Asian Security, Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project PIR Center, Moscow. "Probably the best book on the Russian Armed Forces published in North America during the past ten years. A must read for all analysts and professionals following Russian affairs. A reliable account of the strong and weak aspects of the Russian Army. Provides the first look on what the Russian Ministry of Defense learned from best Western practices and then applied them on Russian soil." -Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Moscow-based Centre for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) and member of the Public Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Author of Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, Russia's New Army, and The Tanks of August.