Topic > Battlefield Intelligence Preparation Defensive Operations

Battlefield Intelligence Preparation (IPB) is a very critical step in gaining in-depth knowledge of the environments, layout and demographics, and how affects the unit's defensive operations and activities. While understanding the advantages and disadvantages of IPB and applying it to our unit's battle plan will require some critical thinking, the end result will be a better prepared organization with a solid plan to defend our forces against any adversary that we could meet. BPH is a continuous methodical process consisting of four steps, carried out to conduct effective BPH. The first step is to define the battlefield environment, the second step describes the battlefield effects, the third step evaluates the threat, and the fourth step determines the causes of action of the threat (COA). Defining the battlefield environment is a process that can be divided into three steps• Identify characteristics on the battlefield, which influence friendly and threat operations.• Establish the boundaries of the area of ​​interest (AI). • Identify ga...