ATP 2-01.3 Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield

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.