Terms
Steps
Acronyms
100
This term is used to describe an area of concern including the area of influence, adjacent therto and extending into the enemy territory)

What is Area of Interest

100

determines threat/adversary force capabilities and the doctrinal principles and TTP threat adversary prefer to employ

What is Step 3

100

military aspects of terrain

What is OAKOC

200

opponents employing unconventional, asymmetric methods and means to counter U.S. advantages, such as overwhelming firepower and technological overmatch 

What is Irregular threat

200
develop the Enemy COAs

What is Step 4

200

Civil considerations compromise six characteristics, expressed in this memory aid

What is ASCOPE

300

Area that a weapon or group of weapon or group of weapons may cover effectively from a given position

What is Field of Fire

300

This begins during Step 2 of MDMP, Mission Analysis, but is a continuous process

What is IPB
300
The two prescribed formations for platoons
What are the line and column
400
The "O" in ASCOPE

What is Orginizations

400
This is defined during Step 1 of the IPB process

What is Operational Environment

400

systematic process of analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather and civilian considerations

What is IPB

500

Provides protection from observation.

What is concealment

500

Terrain and Weather Analysis are done during this phase

What is Step 2/ Environmental Effects on Operations

500

iterative planning methodology to understand the situation and mission, develop a course of action and produce an operation plan or order

What is MDMP