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Chapter 5: Step 2 — Describe the Battlespace Effects
What the environment means for both sides: terrain analysis with OAKOC/RABVI, COO and MCOO, mobility, weather, infrastructure, and the civil and information environment.
5.1Terrain analysis: OAKOC and related frameworks
Understanding the terrain means understanding the battle before it begins.
Read §5.1 →5.2Overlays, mobility, weather and infrastructure
Terrain only becomes operationally relevant when it influences maneuver.
Read §5.2 →5.3Civil environment and information environment
Terrain alone does not determine the battle — people, infrastructure and information determine how the terrain will be used.
Read §5.3 →