text: Chapter 6
  ▪ The airspace coordinator if using airborne intelligence systems.
  ▪ Supported units to ensure the required mission, communications, logistics, and life support
  are available for the MI element/personnel.
  ▪ Maneuver units to coordinate terrain management where MI personnel are expected to
  operate.
  ▪ Adjacent MI unit commanders to identify threat information and coordinate and deconflict
  operations.
  ⚫ Observing subordinate execution of TLP by section, platoon, and company leaders.
  ⚫ Identifying language requirements and requesting augmentation, as appropriate.
  ⚫ Identifying intelligence contingency funds requirements. (See AR 381-141.)
  ⚫ Identifying IEW maintenance support and procedures before deployment. During deployment,
  this requires continuous assessment, especially when there are few or no organic IEW
  technicians and facilities.
  Troop Leading Procedures
  6-37. During planning, MI unit leaders below the MI battalion level conduct TLP to prepare for intelligence
  operations. The troop leading procedures are a dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a
  mission, develop a plan, and prepare for an operation (ADP 5-0). These procedures enable leaders to
  maximize available planning time while developing effective plans and preparing their units for an operation.
  TLP are also supported by risk management. It is important for MI unit leaders to collaborate with both their
  higher MI unit (when applicable) and the supported unit throughout the entire TLP process.
  6-38. The TLP and the MDMP are similar but not identical. Commanders with a coordinating staff use the
  MDMP (see table 3-3 on page 3-12); company-level and smaller units use the TLP (see figure 6-3).
  6-39. TLP consist of eight steps. The sequence of the TLP steps is not rigid. Leaders modify the sequence to
  meet the mission, situation, and available time. Some steps are performed concurrently while others may be
  performed continuously throughout the operation.
  Step 1—Receive the Mission
  6-40. MI leaders analyze mission objectives and current capabilities to accomplish the assigned mission,
  assess any possible issues (personnel, equipment, or maintenance) that could limit mission support, and raise
  any issues to the MI commander and supported that could hinder mission accomplishment unit.
  Step 2—Issue a Warning Order
  6-41. MI leaders of elements supporting a mission issue a WARNORD to participating elements and
  personnel as soon as possible (usually within an hour after receipt of mission). This ensures subordinate
  leaders have key information needed to maximize preparation time. The MI unit may have to issue multiple
  WARNORDs due to additional information or changes to the supported unit’s WARNORD. The initial
  WARNORD should include a task organization (provides the detailed task organization for the mission:
  formation, personnel, and equipment) and timeline (provides a schedule of all preparatory tasks from receipt
  of mission to the start of collection).
  Step 3—Make a Tentative Plan
  6-42. MI leaders create a tentative plan based on the supported unit’s WARNORD that attempts to meet
  mission requirements and remain within the framework of the commander’s intent. MI leaders ensure—
  ⚫ MI personnel and elements have all available information to complete the mission.
  ⚫ Soldiers are prepared to execute any tasks assigned to them and their section/element.
  ⚫ All equipment and vehicles are prepared for the mission, inventoried, and operational.