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Chapter 6 6-50 ATP 3-09.42 1 March 2016 LIST ALL FRIENDLY FORCES 6-181. The FSCOORD, fires cell planners, and targeting officers consider all fire support assets that can be committed to the operation, paying special attention to command and support relationships and constraints. The friendly fire support asset list should be the same for all courses of action. LIST ASSUMPTIONS 6-182. The FSCOORD, fires cell planners, and targeting officers validate fire support relevant assumptions. Note for record any changes from this review. LIST CRITICAL EVENTS AND DECISION POINTS 6-183. The FSCOORD, fires cell planners, and targeting officers determine the fire support contribution to BCT essential tasks identified during mission analysis/course of action development (for example fire support-related named areas of interest and target areas of interest, and fire support tasks). For close air support planners, these include the: Line of departure or defend no later than times. Close air support triggers (named areas of interest and target areas of interest). Airspace coordinating measures and FSCMs. Suppression of enemy air defenses and marking-round requirements. DETERMINE EVALUATION CRITERIA 6-184. Before beginning the war game, BCT staff planners develop evaluation criteria to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of fire support contributions for each course of action. They use these to compare courses of action during course of action comparison. These criteria are listed in the fires running estimate and become the outline for the course of action analysis subparagraphs. The FSCOORD, fires cell planners, and targeting officers develop the criteria for evaluating the effects of fires by using fire support- specific criteria that allow them to explain the fire support-related advantages and disadvantages of each course of action. Fire support evaluation criteria that help discriminate among various courses of action may include: Lead time required for implementing fire support tasks. How swiftly operational advantage in the information environment is achieved for the course of action to succeed. The number of decision points that require fire support. The cost of fire support versus the expected benefits. The risk to friendly assets posed by enemy fire support. 6-185. For close air support planners these criteria may include: Timeliness. Accuracy. Flexibility. Mass. Desired effects. Weather effects on all fires and unmanned aircraft assets based on current and forecast weather conditions. SELECT THE WAR-GAMING METHOD 6-186. The BCT S-3 or tactical standard operating procedures determine the war game method. See FM 6-0 for the selection of methods.