1. Military Intelligence
Study Guide

2. Check On Learning What is the IPB ?
IPB is a systematic, continuous process of analyzing the threat and the environment in a specific geographic area.
What are the four steps of the IPB ?
Define the Battlefield Environment
Describe the Battlefield Effects
Evaluate the Threat
Identify Threat Courses of Action

3. Check on Learning What are the Four Intel Tasks
Support to Situational Understanding
Support to Strategic Responsiveness
Conduct Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Provide Intelligence Support to Effects

4. Who Conducts IPB? Conducted at all levels S2/G2 is staff lead in IPB
Different levels of detail are required
S2/G2 is staff lead in IPB
Process remains the same regardless of audience, only products may change
Everyone in the US Army conducts IPB in some form

5. Describe the Battlefield Effects (Military Aspects of Terrain)
Classify terrain as it pertains to maneuverability into one of three categories:
UNRESTRICTED. Free of any restriction to movement. Units maneuver at doctrinal speeds/distances. Nothing needs to be done to enhance mobility.
RESTRICTED. Terrain hinders movement. Units must adjust doctrinal distances or speeds. Some effort required to enhance mobility .
SEVERELY RESTRICTED. Terrain severely hinders movement. Units cannot travel at doctrinal distances and speeds.

6. Identify High Value Targets
HVTS are assets the enemy commander requires to accomplish his mission.
High Payoff Targets are the targets (HVTS) that belong to the enemy that we must kill to be successful.

7. Check on Learning What is the purpose of the MCOO ?
Modified Combined Obstacle Overlay – A Graphical depiction of all Military Aspects of terrain
What is a Doctrinal Template ?
A scaled graphic depiction of threat dispositions for a particular type of standard operation

8. Operational Environment
A composite of all the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of military forces and bear on the decisions of the unit commander.
IN SHORT: Support to Strategic Responsiveness. Focuses on the factors and variables that affect where soldiers will live, work, and fight.

9. Check on Learning Which is the most complex Variable?
Military Capabilities
What is meant by Asymmetric Warfare?
Avoid your opponent’s strengths.
Use whatever advantages you may have against his weaknesses.
The enemy will not fight you at the tip of the spear.

10. Rogue Actors Terrorist. Drug-trafficking. Criminal.
Barracks in Lebanon

11. Salute Report
SIZE
ACTIVITY
LOCATION
UNIT / UNIFORM
TIME
EQUIPMENT 5

12. Check on Learning What are the 5 S’s in EPW practice?
Search, Silence, Segregate, Safeguard, Speed To The Rear

13. Check on Learning Answer: Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
Question: What are the four threat collection capabilities?
Answer:
Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
Imagery Intelligence (IMINT)
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)

14. Provide Intelligence Support To Effects
The task of providing the commander information and intelligence support for targeting of the threat’s forces, threat organizations, units and systems through lethal and non-lethal fires to include electronic attack and information operations.
This task includes three subtasks:
Provide Intelligence Support To Targeting
Provide Intelligence Support To Information Operation
Provide Intelligence Support To Combat Assessment

15. Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Surveillance involves continuously observing an area to collect information. Wide-area and focused surveillance provides valuable information.
Reconnaissance assets collect information and can validate current intelligence or predictions. Reconnaissance units, unlike other units, are designed to collect information.

16. Describe the Battlefield Effects (Military Aspects of Terrain)
Classify terrain as it pertains to maneuverability into one of three categories:
UNRESTRICTED. Free of any restriction to movement. Units maneuver at doctrinal speeds/distances. Nothing needs to be done to enhance mobility.
RESTRICTED. Terrain hinders movement. Units must adjust doctrinal distances or speeds. Some effort required to enhance mobility .
SEVERELY RESTRICTED. Terrain severely hinders movement. Units cannot travel at doctrinal distances and speeds.

17. Describe the Battlefield Effects (Military Aspects of Terrain)
OCOKA
KEY TERRAIN
Any natural or man-made feature which gives the force which controls it an advantage.
Consider the following in analyzing terrain:
Mission
Level of Command
Type of Unit.
Does that piece of terrain aid me in the accomplishment of my mission?
Would it aid the enemy in the accomplishment of his mission?