Step Three of the JIPOE process identifies and evaluates the adversary's capabilities and limitations, current situation, COGs, and the doctrine, patterns of operation, and TTPs employed by adversary forces.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not specified
• D. Not applicable

Answer: (A)

Step Three concentrates on adversary analysis, identifying and evaluating what the adversary can and cannot do, their current situation, their COGs (and related vulnerabilities), and their doctrine, patterns of operation, and TTPs. This is the phase where you build a clear picture of how the enemy fights and why, using capabilities and limitations to gauge plausibility, the current situation to forecast near-term actions, COGs to spot leverage points, and doctrine and TTPs to anticipate likely methods of operation. All of this informs predicting likely enemy actions and shaping your own courses of action.