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Mission Analysis (MDMP)

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Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT)Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT)

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Agenda

•Understand the process of mission analysis

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Steps in the process

MissionAnalysis

COA Dev

COA AnalysisCOA Comparison

Orders Development

Receipt of Mission

Higher Commander’s Warning Order, Operation

Plan or Order

Commander’s Operation

Plan or Order

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6COA Approval

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Mission Analysis

•HHQ Order or emerging situation•Commander’s Guidance

•Approved Mission Analysis•Mission Statement•Commander’s Intent•COA dev guidance•Warning Order#2

•Conduct Opn Prep of the Environment•Identify HHQ Intent•Identify Tasks•Identify Limitations•Identify Resource shortfalls•Determine Assumptions•COG analysis•Draft Revised Mission statement•Confirm Commander’s Intent•Define Information Requirements

Inputs Process Outputs

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The Process

•Start Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE)•Analyze HHQ Mission and Intent and Task to your unit•Conduct Center of Gravity Analysis•Determine Tasks •Determine Facts•Determine Limitations•Determine Assumptions•Determine Resource Shortfalls•Conduct initial Risk Assessment•Draft Commander’s Intent•Draft Restated Mission

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Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE)

•Understanding of the situation•Terrain, weather, friendly forces, stakeholder agencies and organizations•Cultures, ethnicity, religion•Displayed graphically and narrative

“Know yourself, the enemy, and the terrain and you will be victorious in 1,000 battles”

-Sun Tzu

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HHQ Mission, Intent, and task to your unit

•Nest your mission and intent with HHQ•What is HHQ trying to do? How does my unit and its task help accomplish this?

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Center of Gravity Analysis

Enemy•What gives your enemy or environment his key source of strength?•How will you attack it?

Friendly•What gives you your key source of strength?•How will you protect this?

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Determine Tasks

•Specified tasks – those listed in HHQ order•Implied tasks – things that HHQ has not told you to do but you need to do to accomplish the mission •Essential tasks – those specified and implied tasks absolutely needed to be accomplished to achieve the mission

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Facts, Limitations, and Assumptions

•Facts – an item that affects the problem you are attempting to solve•Limitations – factors that limit freedom of action of how you will accomplish the mission–What you must do–What you must not do

•Assumptions – a statement about the situation in the absence of fact

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Resource Shortfalls and Risk

•Shortfalls – initial identification of capabilities required to accomplish the mission that the unit does not have•Risk Assessment–Risk to Force–Risk to Mission

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Draft Commander’s Intent

•Should be written by the commander himself•Basic Format–Purpose – The broader reason why the unit is conducting the mission; should not just copy the “Why” from the mission statement–Method – The main elements or aspects to be used to accomplish the endstate listed below.–Endstate/Goal – Conditions that should exist at the end of the operation in terms of friendly forces, the environment, and enemy (if applicable)

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Draft Restated Mission

•Must answer WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, and WHY•Should take into account your entire analysis•Can expand the scope of the mission you received from HHQ•Cannot reduce the mission from HHQ

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Outputs

•Mission Analysis Brief to the Commander for his approval•Warning Order•Guidance from the commander on how to develop Courses of Action (COAs)–Main/Decisive Efforts–Supporting/Shaping Efforts–Timing of operations–Task Organization–Others

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DiscussionDiscussion

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Guidance from the PM

•The situation is clearly bad enough that the district and provincial level CDMs are overwhelmed.•I want a plan developed to take action to help our people.•The RGC will respond to the current flood situation with disaster relief activities to save lives, reduce human suffering, and prepare for long term recovery.

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More Guidance from the PM

•We must:–Provide immediate aid to the affected populations until outside help arrives–Prepare for receiving foreign aid since I will probably invoke a “State of Disaster”

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International Support

•Singapore–2 LST ships, 2 engineer co, 4 large helicopters, 2 medical teams, 1 military police company – 5-7 days travel

•Vietnam –1 engineer co by boat (Mekong) – 6-8 days travel

•Thailand –1 engineer co, 1 infantry co, 15 trucks overland through Aranya Prathet/Paoy Pet – 5-7 days travel

•U.S. – 3 C-17, 2 C-130 Rice, humanitarian rations, 1 med team – 6-8 days travel

•Australia –2 C-130, humanitarian rations, 1 med team – 5-7 days travel