D2

Question 1

What are the 3 elements of commanders’ intent?

Answer 1

Expanded purpose
Key tasks
End state

Question 2

What must be included when providing the “end state”?

Answer 2

Friendly
Enemy
Terrain
Civilian

Question 3

During the planning process, the commander uses ___ to drive the intel process?

Answer 3

CCIRs

Question 4

Where can you find info to develop your expanded purpose for CDRs intent?

Answer 4

Highers intent / mission

Question 5

What is the purpose of the MA brief?

Answer 5

Gain appropriate level of situational understanding required to develop COAs

Common operating picture

Staff at the same level of understanding

Understanding before COA Dev

Question 6

A good COA should?

Answer 6

Defeat ALL feasible enemy COAs

Question 7

What are the 5 screening criteria?

Answer 7

Suitable
Accecptable
Distinguishable
Feasible
Complete

Question 8

What is a COA?

Answer 8

A broad potential solution to an identified problem

Question 9

What are the steps of MDMP?

Answer 9

Receive the mission
Mission analysis
COA Development
COA Analysis
COA Comparison
COA Approval
Orders production / dissemination

Question 10

What is ADM and what are the 4 elements?

Answer 10

ADM is a method that applies critical and creative thinking to describe, vizualize, and understand problems and approaches to solving them

Used to solve complex problems

Framing the operation environment (current state / desired end state)
Framing the problem (what obstacles are impeding progress towards desired end state)
Develop the Operational Approach (LOO/LOEs)
Develop a plan (MDMP)

Usually done at the TSOC or higher