text: Chapter 6
  Step 7—Issue the Order
  6-46. MI leaders give final direction to their Soldiers and other personnel regarding the mission. Subordinate
  leaders should give a backbrief or confirmation brief to the responsible MI leader at the conclusion of the
  order to ensure specific tasks and purposes are understood. Designated personnel attend the mission brief,
  usually led by the maneuver element’s mission leader.
  Step 8—Supervise and Refine
  6-47. All MI personnel/elements supporting the mission must attend all rehearsals, precombat checks,
  precombat inspections, and critical events conducted during planning. MI leaders ensure all supporting
  personnel adhere to the guidance, and all equipment, personnel, and vehicles are prepared for the mission.
  PREPARE
  6-48. Preparation is those activities performed by units and Soldiers to improve their ability to execute an
  operation (ADP 5-0). The prepare activity begins upon receipt of a plan or order, including a WARNORD.
  Intelligence operations begin once an order containing information collection tasks is received. For collection
  assets conducting intelligence operations, preparation activities include but are not limited to—
  ⚫ Conducting the necessary coordination, as the situation requires, including logistics (by class of
  supply), maps, and medical evacuation procedures.
  ⚫ Verifying fire support, casualty evacuation, fratricide avoidance, airspace coordination, spectrum
  management, and other coordination measures and procedures.
  ⚫ Coordinating with the USAF SWO to determine weather effects on friendly and threat collection
  assets (platforms and sensors) and to determine time windows for optimal use based on their
  specific weather threshold sensitivities and current and predictive weather conditions in the OE.
  ⚫ Refining plans, backbriefs, SOP reviews, and rehearsals, and coordinating products with various
  elements and organizations.
  6-49. MI leaders should reconfirm and verify existing intelligence discipline reports for the target and share
  them with the supported commander. MI leaders should also review signal surveys, including the required
  technical data and the appropriate encryption, and inventory and test the signal equipment.
  Perform Inspections
  6-50. After acquiring all required equipment and support materials, MI leaders must conduct inspections to
  ensure unit personnel and sections are prepared to conduct their mission. Subordinate leaders conduct
  precombat checks of their personnel supporting the mission. Participating MI element leaders conduct
  precombat inspections before mission execution. It is crucial for MI leaders to verify that TTP, personnel,
  equipment, and services are in place and ready for mission execution.
  Conduct Rehearsals
  6-51. Rehearsals assist units in preparing for operations by either verifying that provisions and procedures
  are in place and functioning, or by identifying inadequacies that leaders and the staff must remedy. They
  allow operation participants to become familiar with and translate the plan into specific actions that orient
  them to their environment and other units when executing the mission. Rehearsals allow the MI element to
  integrate with and become familiar to the supported unit. It also allows the MI element to understand its role
  and scheme of maneuver within the larger mission objectives.
  6-52. MI leaders conduct information collection rehearsals to ensure the correct information is collected, and
  Soldiers use the right techniques to support the mission. In a time-constrained environment, the information
  collection rehearsal may be combined with the combined-arms rehearsal or fires rehearsal.