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    Default New FM 2-01.3 IPB

    Looks like a lot of good things have been added, based on my quick review of it.

    Adding in ASCOPE seems to indicate that from a doctrinal standpoint that we are finally willing to treat populated areas as something other than "No Go" terrain.

    But may that's just my impression considering when I was last at the school house we were still planning on fighting a Heavy OPFOR on a frozen peninsula in the dead of winter.

    Anybody else gotten a chance to read it yet?

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    Default Summary of Changes

    Nothing too earth shattering. Full document is available here with AKO.

    Chapter 1 makes the following changes:

    • Replaces the steps of IPB from FM 34-130 with the following steps:
    �� Define the Operational Environment/Battlespace Environment.
    �� Describe the Environmental Effects on Operations/Describe the Battlespace Effects.
    �� Evaluate the Threat/Adversary.
    �� Determine Threat/Adversary Courses of Action.
    • Redefines IPB as it applies to Army forces.
    • Discusses the operational environment/battlespace environment and lists the variables used to
    describe the operational environment/battlespace environment.
    • Uses the mission variables—mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available,
    time available, and civil considerations (METT-TC)—and mission, enemy, terrain and weather,
    troops and support available, time available (METT-T) as the framework for IPB.
    • Introduces the memory aid “areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, and events
    (ASCOPE)” for civil considerations.
    • Replaces “order of battle” with “threat characteristics” in Army doctrine. The Marine Corps
    retains the term “order of battle.”
    • Replaces “battlefield operating system” with “warfighting function.”
    • Replaces “battlespace” with “operational environment, area of operations,” or “area of influence,”
    depending on the context, in Army doctrine. The Marine Corps retains the term “battlespace.”

    Chapter 2 makes the following changes to step 1 of the IPB process:

    • Replaces the substeps of step 1 with the following:
    �� Identify Significant Characteristics of the Environment.
    �� Identify the Limits of the Command’s Area of Operations.
    �� Establish the Limits of the Area of Influence and the Area of Interest.
    �� Evaluate Existing Databases and Identify Intelligence Gaps.
    �� Initiate Collection of Information Required to Complete in accordance with IPB.
    • Discusses area of operations, area of influence, area of interest, and unassigned areas in line
    with FM 3-0.
    Chapter 3 makes the following changes to step 2 of the IPB process:
    • Replaces the memory aid for the military aspects of terrain acronym “OCOKA” with
    “OAKOC”—observation and fields of fire, avenues of approach, key terrain, obstacles,
    concealment and cover in Army doctrine. The Marine Corps retains the memory aid KOCOA—
    key terrain, observation and fields of fire, cover and concealment, obstacles, and avenues of
    approach.
    • Places increased emphasis on studying civil consideration (using the memory aid ASCOPE—
    areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, and events).

    Chapter 4 makes the following change to step 3 of the IPB process: replaces “doctrinal templates” with “threat/adversary templates.”

    Chapter 5 makes the following change to step 4 of the IPB process: changes the definition of “situation template.”

    Chapter 6 aligns offensive and defensive operations discussions with FM 3-0.

    Chapter 7 aligns the discussion on stability operations and civil support operations with FM 3-0 and emerging stability operations and civil support operations doctrine.

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    Replaces the memory aid for the military aspects of terrain acronym “OCOKA” with “OAKOC”—observation and fields of fire, avenues of approach, key terrain, obstacles, concealment and cover in Army doctrine. The Marine Corps retains the memory aid KOCOA— key terrain, observation and fields of fire, cover and concealment, obstacles, and avenues of approach.
    Umm...





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    That's an update? We were briefed on the transition from OCOKA to OAKOC when I was in IOBC. We were also informed that "MTETT-C" was a more logical arrangement. My favorite change, back in the peacetime Army, was the full paragraph dedicated to "safety." That served us well in preparing for the next war. Go Benning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
    My favorite change, back in the peacetime Army, was the full paragraph dedicated to "safety." That served us well in preparing for the next war. Go Benning.
    I think they're still using that printing in RC-East, Afghanistan.
    "The status quo is not sustainable. All of DoD needs to be placed in a large bag and thoroughly shaken. Bureaucracy and micromanagement kill."
    -- Ken White


    "With a plan this complex, nothing can go wrong." -- Schmedlap

    "We are unlikely to usefully replicate the insights those unencumbered by a military staff college education might actually have." -- William F. Owen

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    So it appears the changes are largely window dressing?

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