text: Contents
  Mountain Operations.........................................................................................6-38
  Urban Operations..............................................................................................6-39
  Chapter 7 INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD .....................................7-1
  SECTION I. DEFINE THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ..................................7-1
  Identify Significant Characteristics of the Environment ......................................7-1
  Identify the Limits of the Command's Area of Operations ..................................7-3
  Establish the Limits of the Area of Influence and the Area of Interest ................7-3
  Evaluate Existing Databases and Identify Intelligence Gaps .............................7-4
  Initiate Collection of Information Required to Complete IPB ..............................7-4
  SECTION II. DESCRIBE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON OPERATIONS .........7-4
  Analyze the Environment ....................................................................................7-4
  Describe Environmental Effects..........................................................................7-9
  SECTION III. EVALUATE THE THREAT .................................................................7-9
  Analyze Threat Factors .......................................................................................7-9
  Update or Create Threat Models ......................................................................7-10
  Identify Threat Capabilities ...............................................................................7-16
  SECTION IV. DETERMINE THREAT COURSES OF ACTION .............................7-17
  Identify the Threat's Likely Objectives and Desired Endstate ..........................7-17
  Identify the Full Set of COAs Available to the Threat .......................................7-17
  Evaluate and Prioritize Each Course of Action .................................................7-18
  Develop Courses of Action ...............................................................................7-18
  Identify Initial ISR Requirements ......................................................................7-21
  Prepare Decision Support Template.................................................................7-21
  Chapter 8 EVASION AND RECOVERY ....................................................................................8-1
  Fundamentals .....................................................................................................8-1
  Chain of Command .............................................................................................8-2
  Plans ...................................................................................................................8-2
  Types of Recovery ..............................................................................................8-2
  Classifications of Evasion ...................................................................................8-3
  Movement ...........................................................................................................8-4
  Disguises.............................................................................................................8-6
  Evasion Aids .......................................................................................................8-7
  Evasion Areas .....................................................................................................8-9
  Appendix A RECRUITMENT, ASSESSMENT, AND SELECTION PROGRAM ......................... A-1
  Purpose and Organization ..................................................................................A-1
  Recruitment .........................................................................................................A-1
  Assessment ........................................................................................................A-2
  Selection .............................................................................................................A-4
  Reassignment .....................................................................................................A-5
  Appendix B ORDERS AND BRIEFS ........................................................................................... B-1
  Section I. ORDERS ................................................................................................. B-1
  Warning Order ....................................................................................................B-1
  Operation Order ..................................................................................................B-4
  Fragmentary Order .............................................................................................B-8