Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment ATP 2-01.3, C2 Change 2 - 23 January 2024 Change No. 2 1. Change 2 to ATP 2-01.3 (1 March 2019) aligns the publication with updates to FM 2-0, Intelligence, dated 01 October 2023, and JP 2-0, Joint Intelligence, dated 26 May 2022. Change 2 updates content and eliminates obsolete information. 2. Change 2— • Modifies all instances of intelligence preparation of the battlefield to intelligence preparation of the operational environment, including the title of the publication. • Modifies all instances of the acronym IPB to IPOE. • Modifies the proponent of the term intelligence preparation of the operational environment to FM 2-0. • Modifies those terms from JP 2-01.3 and JP 2-03 that were superseded by JP 2-0, dated 26 May 2022. • Modifies tables 1-1, 7-4, and A-1. • Modifies figures 2-1, 3-1, and 4-1. 3. A bar (ǀ) marks new/updated material. Citations within the References have been verified and updated. Citations marked with a bar indicate a number and/or title change. 4.The footers of each page on which a change occurs include “C2” following “ATP 2-01.3.” INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IPOE) DEFINED 1. Intelligence preparation of the operational environment is 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 (FM 2-0). IPOE allows commanders and staffs to take a holistic approach to analyzing the operational environment (OE). A holistic approach— ⚫ Describes the totality of relevant aspects of the OE that may impact friendly, threat, and neutral forces. ⚫ Accounts for all relevant domains that may impact friendly and threat operations. ⚫ Identifies windows of opportunity to leverage friendly capabilities against threat forces. ⚫ Allows commanders to leverage positions of relative advantage at a time and place most advantageous for mission success with the most accurate information available. 2. IPOE results in intelligence products that are used during the military decision-making process(MDMP) to assist in developing friendly courses of action (COAs) and decision points for the commander.Additionally, the conclusions reached and the products (which are included in the intelligence estimate)developed during IPOE are critical to planning information collection and targeting operations. IPOE products include— ⚫ Threat situation templates with associated COA statements and high-value target (HVT) lists. ⚫ Event templates and associated event matrices. ⚫ Modified combined obstacle overlays (MCOOs), terrain effects matrices, and terrain assessments. ⚫ Weather effects work aids—weather forecast charts, weather effects matrices, light and illumination tables, and weather estimates. ⚫ Civil considerations overlays and assessments. 3. The J-2/G-2/S-2 leads the staff effort and begins preparing for IPOE during generate intelligence knowledge, which is associated with the intelligence support to force generation task of the intelligence warfighting function and incorporated into the Army design methodology. (See FM 2-0 for intelligence warfighting function tasks.) Why buy a book you can download for free? We print the paperback book so you don’t have to.