IATP Guide

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This guide provides a comprehensive overview for completing an IATP and APACS
for Soldiers traveling outside of the United States. Please review the information
carefully and contact S2 at 17thCSSBS2@army.mil or 907-384-2123 with any
questions or concerns.
Individual Anti-Terrorism Plan
(IATP) How-to Guide
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IATPs should be completed as soon as itineraries and timelines are known – not the
minimum lead time.

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AR 600-8-10 Chapter 8: Leave or Travel Clearance Outside the United States - Section 1 - Rules to clear leave
or travel outside of the continental United States:
a. Soldiers desiring to take leave or travel outside the United States or outside the territory or foreign
country of current assignment must obtain approval.
About IATP
Completing an IATP is mandatory, not optional.
Policies:
• AR 600-8-10 (Chapter 8)
• USARPAC Regulation 37-2: Foreign Travel
2013
• CG Policy 0-28: IATP
• CG Policy 0-08: OPSEC and Foreign Travel
• 17 CSSB Policy Letter 10: Travel
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• IATP requests are created to ensure the
safety of Service Members when
traveling internationally.
• In the event that you experience a crisis or
emergency while traveling, your Chain of
Command will know how to initiate
recovery based on where you are
expected and when.
• *NOTE: When you travel internationally,
you are subject to the local laws and
authorities of the Host Nation; your
rights as an American citizen do Not travel
with you unless you are on American soil.
Why IATP?
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• There are 2 online courses required prior to
starting your IATP:
Joint Knowledge Online (JKO):
1. Anti-terrorism Level 1 (within 1 year)
2. SERE 100.2 (within 1 year)
• *SERE 100.1 is no longer accepted.
• Training must not expire during travel.
Link:
https://jkodirect.jten.mil/Atlas2/page/login/Login.jsf
Complete All Required Training
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Foreign Clearance Guide (FCG):
Search by destination. The foreign clearance
guide will give you a list of all requirements
needed for your specific travel destination.
Section IV for leave travel, section III for TDY
chapter A 1. and 2., and all of chapter C. Minimum
lead time is depicted in chapter D 1.
Link:
https://www.fcg.pentagon.mil/fcg.cfm
AFRICOM theater portal for more specific Africa
requirements:
https://intelshare.intelink.gov/sites/usaraf/G357/G
3/CUOPS/SitePages/Theater%20Entry%20Main.a
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Foreign Clearance Guide
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APACS is an adjacent clearance website that communicates directly
with the US Embassy in the destination country.
APACS in not an S2 function. All APACS concerns are to be directed to
the resources provided during the APACS submission process.
S2 cannot track your APACS. This is why you must add your APACS ID#
to the additional information section of your IATP.
you will need to create and submit an APACS entry to receive your
country and theater clearance, this is required for all foreign country
travel, including driving through Canada.
Your APACS cannot be completed until your initial IATP is submitted.
(you will have an opportunity to make changes to your IATP
submission. If you are unsure on details just submit everything
you can, and S2 will review it.) Do not make major destination,
timeline, or personnel changes to your IATP after your APACS is
submitted. Make those changes to your IATP first, then start
APACS.
https://apacs.milcloud.mil/apacs/login.jsp
APACS

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Foreign Clearance Guide (FCG):
Example: This is Section IV the list of
personnel entry requirements.
DRAW: For countries requiring a
DRAW submission for theatre
clearance, the SM must submit the
DRAW to their company command
team first for initial review, then sent to
S2.
Medical Screening: Service members
traveling to countries requiring a
medical screening need to be aware of
the 30 day validity from completion.
Screening should be done in
conjunction with completing APACS
and IATP, thus requiring an
appointment scheduled in advance.
Link:
https://www.fcg.pentagon.mil/fcg.cfm
Example List of Requirements
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Select personnel requester to view or create APACS
entries.
Link:
https://apacs.milcloud.mil/apacs/login.jsp
APACS FCG
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Select create personnel request to begin
creating your APACS entry.
Link:
https://apacs.milcloud.mil/apacs/login.jsp
APACS FCG
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To begin the IATP process, go to the website at
https://iatp.pacom.mil/iatps. Once at the website
select “Register New Account”.
• Enter required information; First Name, Last
Name and valid e-mail address.
• You will receive an e-mail to ‘activate’ your
account.
• Open the e-mail and click on the activate link to
verify your account.
• You will receive a second e-mail stating your
account is activated.
The following slides will cover each section of the
IATP.
IATP Account Creation
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Register with the Smart Traveler Enrollment
Program (STEP):
• Visit https://step.state.gov/ and register with
your information.
• This will provide you timely updates and
important Embassy contacts while you travel.
STEP Registration
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• Enter “17 CSSB (USARAK)”. Be sure you enter 17
CSSB, NOT your Company or “17th" CSSB, or your
packet will not appear in the system. (Or, click the
magnifying glass to verify the correct command.)
• Scroll Down to fill out all the required fields:
-Basis for travel: PCS/LEAVE/EMERGENCY
LEAVE/TDY (if taking terminal leave choose LEAVE)
-Service: USA
-Rank/Name
-E-mail Address: .mil@mail.mil
-Additional E-mail Addresses: PERSONAL EMAIL
Traveler Information
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Driving by POV
• It will take several days to drive the 2,400 miles between
Alaska and Washington through Canada. IATPs must
include at least 3 consecutive overnight stops in Canada
in order to allow for necessary travel time and adequate rest
for drivers in order to meet regulation safety concerns, and
drivers should refrain from driving for more than 8-hour
intervals.
• Note: You may only have 1 stop if you opt to travel by
ferry. The ferry makes only one stop in Canada,
however this still requires completing an IATP.
• If you are driving by POV through Canada, refer to the list of
common hotels and stops in Canada and use the cities that
your travel route passes through.
• You may use a hotel desk number or your cell phone
number as the lodging phone number.
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• Fill out all required fields.
• Your 1st destination must be Alaska, marking where
and when your travel begins.
• Then add each destination based on your itinerary (for
your Canada stops you must use “Canada-for those
who live in the USA and are traveling to Canada”. If
you just put Canada, it will force O-6 approval; for
State-side locations use America-State, not United
States.)
• The lodging phone number can be your personal cell
phone number
The next slide is an example of POV travel through
Canada.
Destination Information

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Example Destination Data
POV Travel Through Canada
Your Travel information should look similar to
that shown above for PCS travel. While your
itinerary may vary, international to-from and
return trips generally are a mirror image, i.e.
Origin>Destination, Destination>Origin. Include
each stop, including airport layovers.
Destinations must include where you’re
beginning travel from, a minimum of three
consecutive overnight stops in Canada,
followed by end destination
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Instructions
• Read through this section and ensure that
you have your Chain of Command’s
contact information on hand.

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Additional Travelers
• Fill out the number of additional travelers
you will be traveling with; if none put 0.
• If you are traveling with additional
travelers, including a spouse or
dependents, you must identify them with
the required information. You may use
your email in place of theirs.

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Chain of Command
• Fill out your appropriate UIC
• Command/Organization Office Code will
be your respective Company. If you do not
know your UIC or office code, ask your
orderly room.
• Traveler’s Command 24-Hour Contact
Number is (907) 384-0746 (BN Staff
Duty)
• Your Supervisor must be your Company
Commander

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Chain of Command Cont.
*Although the top banner states that an O-3 can be the
approver, USARPAC Policy states the following:
Drive thru Canada and FPCON Normal & Alpha: O5
LTC Gavin R. Laskowski
gavin.r.laskowski.mil@army.mil
9077910083
Foreign Country and FPCON Bravo, Charlie: O6
COL Stephen C. Phillips
stephen.c.phillips.mil@army.mil
907-353-2003
Delta & PACOM Restricted Areas: FO/GO/SES

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Preparation
• Fill in Leave Control Number as N/A
• Check if you will be carrying a weapon during
travel.
• Refer to the information on the right side for
guidance.
Again, the following links can be used to obtain
Country Brief and additional requirements or
warnings pertaining to the country(ies) traveled:
https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/count
ry.html https://www.fcg.pentagon.mil/fcg.cfm
ISOPREP must be within 90 days of your travel
start date; if an account is already made do not
make another account; visit the S-2 to update
your information.

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Threat Matrix
Country
Brief
• View the Threat Matrix and read the country brief
below to see if the buddy rule is required at your
intended destination(s). If it states unknown,
check the Foreign Clearance Guide. If required,
describe how you will meet this requirement,
such as adult relatives that will be met upon
arrival (maximum 100 characters).
Examples:
Not required; Will implement whenever possible;
Will utilize adult family members, relative, or friends
traveling with me or that I meet on arrival; Will utilize
the listed additional travelers; Will utilize additional
personnel/forces already in country.
Make a note when reading the Threat Matrix that If
your country is Bravo/Charlie, you may need to
create an APACS account (covered later) to request
country or theater permission. If APACS is required
go to https://apacs.milcloud.mil/apacs to create a
personnel account with CAC.

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Transportation POV PCS/ETS
• Fill out all the required fields.
• Ensure you list the cities en route to your final
to your final destination.
Example:
To Destination: Whitehorse> Ft.
Nelson>Whitecourt> Destination City
• For different airlines flying to different cities,
input your airlines in the following format:
• Delta>Delta>Japan Airlines
• Japan Airlines>Delta>Alaska Airlines
N/A Driving POV
N/A
Destination City
N/A
N/A

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Acknowledgement
• Read the Acknowledgement statement
and check the responsibility and
conditions agreement.

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Misc. Information
• The briefing dates should be the date that
you have read through the Threat Matrix,
Country brief, or State Dept. country-
specific information.
• Retain Points of Contact information for
US embassies/consulates in case there
are any emergencies or you have
questions concerning your rights.
• You can leave other default inputs.
• APACS: Once your APACS is submitted, add
your APACS ID# to this additional information
section. This is the only way that S2 can see
your APACS is complete.

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Confirmation
• Once submitted, you will get an email
confirming it was submitted. (you will have an
opportunity to make changes to your
submission. If you are unsure on details just
submit everything you can, and S2 will review)
• You will get an email stating “IATP Updated”
when S2 reviewed your IATP but is requesting
required changes.
• After S2 confirms and forwards to the Approver
you will get an email stating your submission
was validated.
• Once the final Approver signs off you will get an
email stating your submission was approved.

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Edits
If you need to make any edits to
your IATP, click account - travel
tab - then select which entry you
wish to edit.
If there is no pencil edit icon,
view the IATP and the edit
button will be in the bottom left
when you scroll down

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Steps Flowchart
Submit initial IATP
to best ability
S2 reviews and
requests changes
Edit necessary
changes
(ensure no future
changes to destinations
or travelers are needed)
Complete APACS
(Once APACS is
submitted, your IATP
cannot change, only add
your APACS ID#)
Edit and add APACS
ID# to Additional
Information section
on IATP
S2 validates IATP
(SM receives IATP
validated email)
IATP approved by
O-5, O-6
(SM receives IATP
approved email)

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Next Steps
• The email you provided while completing your IATP will receive
automatic updates any time changes are made to your submission,
when your IATP clears S2 for final approval, and when it is
approved.
• Once your IATP is approved, you will receive a link labeled
Package resembling the link below:
https://iatp.pacom.mil/iatps/######/package
• This provides a complete listing of the travel information you
submitted and will state that is has been electronically signed by
your packet’s approver.
• Save a copy of your package and attach it to your IPPS-A leave
request to verify approval as part of your Leave packet.