JP 508(S) - JIPOE/SOSA/PMESII

Thesis: JIPOE supports joint operation planning by identifying significant facts and assumptions about the operational environment. This information includes details regarding adversary critical vulnerabilities, capabilities, decisive points, limitations, COGs, and potential COAs. Although some aspects of the JIPOE process may require adjustment depending on the type of mission, the basic process remains the same throughout the range of military operations.


 * 1) SOB: Describe where JIPOE is most critical during the seven steps of the Joint Operation Planning Process, (JOPP).
 * 2) SOB: Describe the System Of Systems Analysis, (SOSA), method that is used during JIPOE, specifically as it pertains to Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, and Infrastructure, (PMESII), aspects of potential adversaries and other relevant actors.
 * 3) SOB: Understand the function of the Combatant Command Joint Intelligence Operations Cell, (JIOC), the JTF’s Joint Intelligence Support Element, (JISE), and the JTF’s JIOC if one is established.
 * 4) SOB: Explain how intelligence personnel and organizations internal to the Joint Force Command structure support the Joint Force Commander’s (JFC) planning efforts.