TASK ORGANIZATION
IPB Area of Operation/ Area of Interest
ORIENT- to general area Box – CO AO (boundaries) TRACE-(Co Boundaries,
Cardinal Directions:
RTEs, Phase Lines)
______________________
_______________________________________
North: ___________________NORTHING ______________________
Nearest/Largest City/Town: ______________________
_______________________________________ ______________________
South: ___________________NORTHING
Distance and Direction:
_______________________________________ FAMILIARIZE- (Key terrain,
East: ____________________EASTING OBJs, CPs, other)
______________________
______________________
West: ____________________EASTING ______________________
______________________
OAKOC TYPE
TERRAIN ANALYSIS DEDUCTION
NAME/COMPOSITION LOCATION EFFECT (ON ENEMY/FRIENDLY)
EXISTING
OBSTACLES NAME/COMPOSITION LOCATION INTENT (BLOCK, FIX, TURN, DISRUPT)
REINFORCING
# / FRIENDLY/ ENEMY TYPE SIZE SPEED FORMATION
AVENUES OF
APPROACH
# FRIENDLY-WHY ENEMY-WHY
KEY TERRAIN
LOCATION RANGE OBSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS WHO
ROADS
OBSERVATION WOODLINE
& FIELDS OF KEY TERRAIN 1
FIRE KEY TERRAIN 2
OBJECTIVE
TYPE LOCATION USE BY FRIENDLY USE BY ENEMY
COVER & COVER
CONCEALMENT CONCEALMENT
WEATHER
WEATHER
FAVORS WHY
ENY or Friendly? (So What?)
Visibility
Wind (dust, smoke, air,
commo)
Precipitation
Cloud Cover
Temp. & Humidity
(PAX, payloads,
thermals, shelter)
Only what’s important!
CIVILCONSIDERATIONS
CIVIL CONSIDERATIONS
Areas (Industrial, medical, ethnic, legal, Effect on Operations:
political, religious, historic):
Structures (Traditional High Payoff Targets, Effect on Operations:
Protected Sites, Key Terrain):
Capabilities: (Save, Sustain, Improve Life): Effect on Operations:
Sewage:
Water:
Electricity:
Academics:
Trash:
Medical:
Social:
Organizations (Local Agencies, U.S. Effect on Operations:
Agencies):
People: (Non-Military, in or outside of AO, Effect on Operations:
influential):
Events (Seasons, Festivals, Holidays, Political, Effect on Operations:
Agricultural):
ENEMY – GEN SITUATION/DISPOSITIONS
General Situation : (Who are they? Why are they there? Changes from
WARNORD?)
Disposition: (Where are they one and two levels up? What are they trying to
do? – Use BDE/BN ENY Sketch) evevef
ENEMY COMPOSITION
COMPOSITION
T:
P:
Composition of the enemy you face, analyzed one level down. Includes Personnel, Weapons (crew served and larger), and
Vehicles/Equipment
RED CHECKBOOK ANALYSIS TOOL
STRENGTH
MTOE:
%Strength:
Number Attached:
Total:
Organic
Attached
Higher
High Value Target [HVT]
(What the Enemy needs
to accomplish his
mission)
1.
Why:
2.
Why:
3.
Why:
ENEMY COA STATEMENT
The Purpose of this Operation is to: DO
T:
______________________________________________ P:
They will accomplish this by conducting (FOM or
SO1
Form of DEF): T:
P:
Decisive to this operation is (DO accomplishes): SO2
T:
P: ____________
It is decisive because: _____________________________________
SO3:
T:
P: _
ENABLERS
End State:
Enemy:
Terrain:
Civil:
ENEMY SITEMP
Describes how the
threat will achieve its
DP and Purpose
Sequentially briefs the
purpose and
employment of key
enablers
SITEMP IAW ATP 2-01.3
IAW enemy
doctrine/patters
Threat COA complete
from start to finish and
includes all key
elements of the
operations
BDE and BN Mission, Intent, Concept
Brigade Mission: Battalion Mission:
Brigade Commander’s Intent Battalion Commander’s Intent
Expanded Purpose: Expanded Purpose:
Key Tasks: Key Tasks:
End State: End State:
E: E:
T: T:
C: C:
Concept: See Annex C Concept: See Annex C
MISSION
Expanded Purpose:_____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________
Key Tasks:
1: ______________________________________________
2: ______________________________________________
3: ______________________________________________
4: _____________________________________________________________________________________________
End state
- Enemy:
- Terrain:
- Civilian:
CONCEPT STATEMENT
The Purpose of this Operation is to: DO
T:
____________________________ P:
We will accomplish this by conducting (FOM or SO1
DEF tech): T:
P:
Decisive to this operation is (DO accomplishes): SO2
T:
P: ___________
It is decisive because: _____________________________________
SO3:
T:
P: _
Risk Assumed by:
End State: Risk Mitigated by:
Enemy:
Terrain:
Civil:
ENABLERS
COA SKETCH
CONCEPT of the OPERATION: (Brief from COA Sketch)
This Operation will be conducted in _____ Phases
PHASE BEGINS ENDS CRITICAL TASKS
SCHEME OF MANEUVER
SCHEME OF MANEUVER
SCHEME OF MANEUVER
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SOSRA SKETCH
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