ATP-5-0-2-1 Staff Reference Guide Volume 1 Download

Chapter 4 150 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 Table 4-7. COA considerations Types Indicators Intelligence Modifying PIRs and other intelligence requirements. Updating named areas of interest and target areas of interest. Updating the intelligence estimate. Updating the enemy SITEMP and enemy COA statements. Modifying the information collection plan. Confirming or denying threat COA. Modifying the deception plan. Movement and maneuver Assigning new objectives. Assigning new tasks to subordinate units. Adjusting terrain management. Employing obscurants. Modifying airspace coordinating measures. Making unit boundary changes. Emplacing obstacles. Clearing obstacles. Establishing and enforcing movement priority. Commitment of the reserve criteria. Fires Delivering fires against targets or target sets. Modifying the high-payoff target list and the attack guidance matrix. Modifying radar zones. Modifying the priority of fires. Modifying fire support coordination measures. Modifying support relationships. Protection Moving air defense weapon systems. Establishing decontamination sites. Conducting chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear reconnaissance. Establish movement corridors on critical LOCs. Changing air defense weapons control status. Enhancing survivability through engineer support. Revising and updating personnel recovery coordination. Reassigning or repositioning response forces. Sustainment Prioritizing medical evacuation assets. Repositioning logistics assets. Positioning and prioritizing detainee and resettlement assets. Repositioning and prioritizing general engineer assets. Modifying priorities. Modifying distribution. Command and control Moving communications nodes. Moving CPs. Modifying information priorities for employing information as combat power. Adjusting themes and messages to support the new decision. Adjusting measures for minimizing civilian interference with operations. Revising recommended protected targets. Modifying succession of command. STEP 4. REFINE AND VALIDATE THE COA 4-46. Once commanders describe the new COA, the current operations integration cell conducts an analysis to validate its feasibility, suitability, and acceptability. If acceptable, the COA is refined to resynchronize the warfighting functions enough to generate and apply the needed combat power. Staffs with a future operations cell may assign that cell responsibility for developing the details of the new COA and drafting a FRAGORD to implement it. The commander, COS, or XO may direct an "on-call" operations synchronization meeting to perform this task and ensure rapid resynchronization. 4-47. Validation and refinement are done quickly. Normally, the commander and staff conduct a mental war game of the new COA. They consider potential enemy reactions, the unit's counteractions, and secondary effects that might affect the force's synchronization. Each staff section considers the following items:  Is the new COA feasible in terms of my warfighting function?  How will this action affect my warfighting function?  Does it require changing my information requirements?