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1) Define Civil Military Operations

CMO are the activities of a commander performed by designated CA or other military forces that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relationships between military forces and indigenous populations and institutions (IPI), by directly supporting the attainment of objectives relating to the reestablishment of maintenance of stability within a region or HN.

1) Identify geographical locations of CA units

Reserve


1st CAG: Camp Pendleton, CA


2d CAG: Anacostia, Washington, DC


3d CAG: Great Lakes Naval Station, IL


4th CAG: Hialeah, FL



Active


I MEF CA Det: Camp Pendleton, CA


II MEF CA Det: Camp Lejeune, NC


III MEF CA Det: Okinawa, Japan

1) Identify the Composition of CA teams

AC CA Teams: 7 (1/6)


RC CA Teams: 5 (2/3)

1) Define the six steps of the Civil Affairs Methodology

AD3ET



Assess


Decide


Develop/Detect


Deliver


Evaluate


Transition

1) Define METT-TC

Mission


Enemy


Terrain and Weather


Troops and Support Available


Time


Civil Considerations

1) Define the components of ASCOPE/PMESII

Civil Considerations: ASCOPE


Area


Structures


Capabilities


Organizations


People


Events



Operational Variables: PMESII-PT


Political


Military


Economic


Social


Information


Infrastructure


Physical Environment


Time

1) Define the purpose of an area study

To assist the commander in preparing initial CMO estimates. It is the foundation for all other assessments.

1) Identify Types of Assessments

Preliminary Assessment


Deliberate Assessment


-Initial Assessment


-Rapid Assessment


-Survey


*Tactical Conflict Survey

1) *Define the basic services necessary to sustain a local population

Critical Infrastructure (basic services) consists of the facilities (municipal or private) that allow for the provision of basic services which sustain a populace or society.



SWEAT-MSO


Sewage


Water


Electricity


Academics


Trash


Medical


Safety


Other Services

1) Identify Tactical Conflict Survey Questions

Has the number of people in the village changed in the last year? Why?


What are the most important problems facing the village? Why?


Who do you believe can solve your problems? Why?


What should be done first to help the village? Why?

1) Identify the steps in the briefing process

Plan


Prepare


Execute


Assess

1) Identify the types of military briefings?

Information


Decision


Mission


Staff



Purposes:


-to inform


-to persuade


-to direct

1) Identify the categories of shared understanding

Data (is processed into)


Information (Analyzed into)


Knowledge (put in context to become)


Understanding (is combined with experience to visualize situation/problem)


Wisdom (is used to make decisions)

1) Define information quality characteristics

1) Identify the IM Principles

Define the information flow with prioritized requirements


Seek and deliver quality information


Use multiple sources of information


Deliver timely and usable formats


Identify and trap errors


Protect Information throughout its lifecycle


Build understanding from the bottom up


Decentralize information management execution


Reduce complexity


Tailor Information for intended audienceSet conditions for information development and sharing

1) Define the six step CIM process

1) Define the purpose of a CMO report

The purpose of a CMO report is to capture CMO activities within the area of operations during a specified time period.

1) Identify interagency stakeholders

Interagency = USG



DHS


FEMA


USCG


DoS


USAID


DoJ


FBI


DEA


USDA

1) Identify the responsibilities of the ambassador

The Ambassador provides overall direction, coordination, and supervision of U.S. Government activities and personnel in a host country.



The ambassador (COM) has authority over all USGpersonnel in a country, except for those assigned to a combatant commant, a USG multilateral mission, or an IGO.

1) Identify intergovernmental organizations

An IGO is an organization created by a formal agreement between two or more governments.



NATO


African Union


UN

1) Define interorganizational coordination

The interaction that occurs among elements of the DOD; engaged USG agencies; state, territorial, local and tribal agencies; foreign military forces and government agencies; Intergovernmental orginazations; Nongovernmental organizations and the private sector.

1) Identify Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

A private, self-governing, not-for-profit organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering; and/or promoting education, health care, economic development, environmental protection, human rights, and conflict resolution; and/or encouraging the establishment of democratic institutions and civil society.

1) Identify interorganizational coordination considerations

Identification


Mandates


Perceptions


Assistance


Resourcing


Common Ground


Coordination Mechanisms


Cooperation


Security Clearances


Oslo Guidelines

Define Nation Assistance (NA)

Civil and/or military assistance (OTHER THAN FHA) rendered to a nation by U.S. forces within that nation's territory during peacetime, crisis or emergencies, or war based on agreements mutually concluded between the U.S. and sustainable development and growth of responsive institutions.

Identify NA programs

Security Assistance (SA)


Foreign Internal Defense (FID)


Military Civic Action (MCA)


Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA)

1) Define the five dimensions of operational culture

Physical Environment


Economy


Social Organization


Political Structures


Belief Systems

1) Identify cultural considerations regarding the physical environment

Water


Land


Food


Materials for shelter


Fuel/power


Transportation


Communications

1) Identify cultural considerations regarding the economy

Goods and Services


Economic Exchanges


*Informal Economies: Not always bad, unregulated and not monitored by the government, can be illegal


Network of Exchange


Structuring Social Relationships

1) Identify cultural considerations regarding the social structure

Social Structure= the ways in which people distribute status and power


Age


Gender


Tribal/Kinship


Class


Ethnicity


Religious Membership

1) Identify cultural considerations regarding Political Structures

Culture and Authority / Leadership


Leadership


Law


Conflict over power

1) Identify cultural considerations regarding Cultural Belief Systems

Beliefs and Behavior


Religious Beliefs

Identify support to civil administration (SCA) operational environments

Friendly Territory


Occupied Territory

Define Support to Civil Administration (SCA)

Military operations that help to stabilize or continue the operations of a governing body or civil structure of a foreign country, whether by establishing military authority over an occupied population.

Identify CA supporting tasks to SCA

1) Identify, validate or evaluate FN/HN infrastructure through assessments and civil reconnaissance


2) Understande the needs of the Indigenous Populations and Institutions (IPI) in terms of LOOs and the six CA functional specialties


3) Monitory and anticipate future requirements of the LOOs or functional specialties


4) Build capacity with HN government officials


5) Perform liaison functions between military and civilian agencies


6) Coordinate and synchronize collaborative interagency or multinational support to civil administration operations


7) Participate in teh execution of selected support to civil administration operations


8) Perform quality control assessments of support to civil administration operations and costs


9) Assist in the arbitration of problems arising from the execution of support to civil administrationoperations


10) Coordinate and synchronize transition of support to civil administration operations from the MAGTF to the indigenous government, international community or interagency partners

Define the six CA Functional Specialties

Governance


Rule of Law


Economic Stability


Infrastructure


Public Health and Welfare


Public Education and Information

Define Small Wars

Operations undertaken under executive authority, wherein military force is combined with diplomatic pressure in the internal or external affairs of another state whose government is unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory for the preservation of life and of such interests as are determined by the foreign policy of our Nation.

Define Irregular Warfare

A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant population(s)

Identify irregular warfare primary activities

Stability Operations


Counterinsurgency


Foreign Internal Defense


Unconventional Warfare


Counter-Terrorism

Identify Irregulare Warfare related capabilities

Civil-Military Operations


Information Operations


Counterintelligence


Law enforcement activities

Define Stability Operations

Stability Operations encompasses various military missions, tasks and activities constructed outside the U.S. in coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or re-establish a safe and secure environment, provide essential government services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief

Identify Stability Operations Functions

Security


Humanitarian Assistance


Economic Stabilization and Infrastructure


Governence and Participation

1) Define engagements

Civil engagements, not to be confused with mil-to-civ engagements, take place between members of U.S. Armed Forcesand foreign civil authorities or population and include tasks defined under civil-military operations (CMO). Civil engagements do not include interaction with civil authorities in charge of the military (e.g. minister of defense)

1) Identify the seven steps of the engagment cycle

Identify Key Leader or Group


Conduct Civil Preparation of the Battlefield


Identify Desired Effects


Prepare Engagment Plan(s)


Execute


Debrief/Report


Re-engage

1) Identify Specialized Engagment Teams

A specialized team of subject matter experts in addition to the normal compliment of recorder, photographer, security leader, etc.



These teams can incllude but are not limited to medical engagements (USN environmental health officer, physicians or corpsmen), religious engagments (chaplains and RPs), female engagement teams or technical teams (MT, utilities, Navy CBs, etc). All team members need to be familiar with engagement TTPs and the desired effects of the commander prior to the actual engagement.

1) Identify foundational terms used in Information Management

Pillars of Command and Control (C2)


1) People


2) Information


3) C2 support structure



Knowledge Management- the integration of people and processes, enabled by technology, to facilitate the exchange of operationally relebant information and expertise to increase organizational performance



Information Management- the sum of the processes for collaboration and sharing of information



Pillars of Information Management


1) People


2) Technology


3) Process