text: Appendix D
  * Enable the commander to accomplish the operation.
  * Conserve the fighting strength of friendly forces.
  SOURCES OF MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE
  D-3. Medical intelligence is provided to the AHS planner by intelligence organizations. The AHS planner
  must identify the medical intelligence requirements and provide a request for information and or updated
  commander's critical information requirements and other requirements to the supporting intelligence element
  within the command. Up-to-date medical intelligence assessments can be obtained by contacting Director,
  Defense Intelligence Agency, Attention: Director, National Center for Medical Intelligence, Fort Detrick,
  Maryland 21702-5000 or via the contact information listed at: https://www.ncmi.detrick.army.mil. The
  National Center for Medical Intelligence can provide finished all-source intelligence products that assess
  foreign medical facilities and capabilities; infectious disease/chemical/radiological health threats in the
  operational environment; foreign CBRN medical countermeasures; and emerging and disruptive
  biotechnology with military applications. The AHS planner should use all available intelligence elements to
  obtain information and intelligence which supports the military operation. The National Center for Medical
  Intelligence 24-hour service request for information telephone number is commercial (301) 619-7574 or
  Defense Switched Network 343-7574. Refer to DODI 6420.01 for more information.
  D-4. A supporting intelligence element exists in the AHS unit's chain of command. This element will be
  the primary source for the AHS planner to access the necessary intelligence for the execution of AHS support
  operations.
  MEDICAL ASPECTS OF INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE
  BATTLEFIELD
  D-5. Consideration of the medical aspects of the IPB is a systematic process that is designed to aid AHS
  planners in analyzing various enemy, environmental, and health threats in a specific AO. Determining the
  medical aspects of the IPB process occurs during the first step in the mission analysis phase of the military
  decision-making process. The information derived from conducting a proper assessment of the medical
  aspects of the intelligence is specific to the geographic region where the AO is located. The Phase I
  assessments that are part of the medical aspects of IPB are the cornerstone to developing detailed and
  effective AHS estimates and plans. Some portions of the template will be more or less applicable depending
  on the assigned mission. For more information on IPB, see ATP 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A, Intelligence
  Preparation of the Battlefield/Battlespace.
  D-6. The Phase I assessments that are part of the medical aspects of IPB are to—
  * Define the OE.
  * Describe the operational effects on deployed forces and AHS operations.
  * Conduct threat integration (enemy, environment, and health) and information consolidation.
  IDENTIFY SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
  OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
  D-7. The first task of the AHS planner is to define the OE. The AHS planner identifies and describes the
  significant characteristics of the environment to be able to assess the impact on AHS support operations and
  the health of the command.
  D-8. The significant characteristics of the OE must be evaluated from both a military perspective and a
  civilian perspective. The AHS planner must determine what aspects of the OE will impact the delivery of
  health care to U.S. forces and conversely what impact military medical operations will have on the civilian
  population in the AO. As the provision of medical care is a humanitarian activity, the patient workload of
  deployed forces can be affected when forces are deployed in medically underserved areas or in areas where
  the civilian medical infrastructure has been disrupted or is underdeveloped. The AHS planner can use the
  memory aid political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, time
  (operational variables) or mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available,
  and civil considerations factors (mission variables) to frame the analysis of the OE based on the situation.