1. Mission Analysis (MDMP)
Good morning/afternoon/evening.
My name is . I am from the US PACIFIC COMMAND Training & Exercises Directorate (J7). (I am representing the multinational planning augmentation team (MPAT) secretariat.)
I would like to say a few words about the MPAT program.
Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT)
3 Mar 08

2. Agenda
Understand the process of mission analysis

3. Steps in the process 1
Higher Commander’s Warning Order, Operation Plan or Order
Receipt of Mission 2 7
Orders
Development
Mission
Analysis
Commander’s Operation
Plan or Order
You are here 3
COA Approval 6
COA Dev
COA Comparison
COA Analysis 4 5

4. Mission Analysis Inputs Process Outputs
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
Approved Mission Analysis
Mission Statement
Commander’s Intent
COA dev guidance
Warning Order#2
HHQ Order or emerging situation
Commander’s Guidance

5. 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

6. Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE)
“Know yourself, the enemy, and the terrain and you will be victorious in 1,000 battles”
-Sun Tzu
Understanding of the situation
Terrain, weather, friendly forces, stakeholder agencies and organizations
Cultures, ethnicity, religion
Displayed graphically and narrative

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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

15. Discussion

16. 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.

17. 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”

18. 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