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M451: Decisive Action

Learning Activity Handout

Analyze the Phase 2 Significant Events and commander’s guidance below. Recommend changes to the Phase 3 planning currently in the 1st AD ATROPIAN IRON OPORD. These changes would lead to a FRAGO. Consider the impact on defense, and stability during your analysis. Present your findings.

How would your Contemporary Issues Whitepaper topic influence Phase 3 planning?

Phase III (Offense)

Commander’s Intent.

Defeat Donovian forces in Erdabil, Heckzi,and Vetlia Province while maintaining communication with the 4th ID. Commander’s tactical problem is to cover a distance of more than 150 kilometers, using limited ground lines of communication and restrictive terrain. Disadvantage is Irregular Threat operating in LOC. Considerations for security operations are the civilian impact on security and the irregular forces use of IEDs.

Planning Guidance.

Seize defensive positions and key terrain without using any units below 60% combat effective strength. LOC must be secured and Atropian forces must be seen as the liberators of their country. Limit the destruction of critical infrastructure.

HVT list

AD C2/Fire control

Engineer breaching and bridging equipment

C2 nodes

Tactical Ballistic Missile systems

Close Combat Attack (Helicopters)

Field Artillery and Multiple Rocket Launch target acquisition equipment

End state.

Set the conditions for stability operations Phase IV.

Friendly Mission

Mission: Combined Joint Task Force – Caucasus (CJTF-C) prevent Donovian forces from destabilizing the region.

Mission. III Corps (US) - Joint Task Force – Phantom (JTF-P) prevent Donovian forces from occupying Atropia.

Mission: 1AD to prevent OSC-S from occupying Vetlia, Hackzi, Erdabli provinces.

Enemy Mission

OSC-S ocuppy Ishmili and control the oil infrastructure.

PIRs

What is the disposition of the irregular forces?

Where is the enemies reconning?

Location of threat COG of the 80th Mechanized Inf Division

FFIR

Any maneuver element with combat power below 70%?

Crash of any aircraft or UAS?

Missing Personnel

EEFIs

Convoy Operations

LOC

Another consideration is retaining use of improved road surfaces the OSC-S uses for friendly use in the counterattack

The staff must consider the impact the conditions of the OE in the below graphic.

Figure 1. (Tyler, C., Demystifying Space: How to Perform Better in the Space Domain, 2018)

D3SOE is a condition of the operational environment. D3SOE increases the occurrence of or need for certain events (up arrows) and impacts operations by decreasing formation efficiency (down arrows). (Source D3SOE Maneuver Pre-Command Course (MPCC) brief)

Warfighting Functions

Command and Control efforts are oriented on supporting the Atropian military efforts and by extension securing a safe and secure Atropia so the Atropian people can live safely in their homeland free from threat of violence.

Intelligence for enemy composition, weather, and protection of friendly assets.

movement and maneuver speed and to protect

Fires to attrite the enemy sustainment for vital re-supply sustainment focus on convoy operations.

Protection The HN will secure choke points control responsibility of these choke points.

There will be problems with refugees, dislocated civilians, and HN forces ability to control the local population centers. Security operations are the civilian impact on security and the irregular forces use of IEDs

Sustainment Identify IO/NGO conducting HA operations within respective AO. Develop DC plans in support of potential DC consequence management activities. Coordinate with Division Transportation Officer (DTO) to ensure DC evacuation routes do not conflict with Main Supply Route (MSR).

Area of Interest. The cities on boundaries are NAIs

Area of Operations. The divison area of operations includes the land areas and airways of the Atropian provinces of Vetlia, Hackzi, and Erdabli The division is bounded to the west and south by the 4th Infantry Division. The 80th Mechanized Infantry Division (Donovian) is in Our EA at Phase Line IVAN.

Staff Actions

Develop DC plans in support of potential DC consequence management activities.

Identify IO/NGO conducting HA operations within respective AO

Identify local key leaders and ROASFs capable of taking civilian lead in DC consequence management activities and to transfer control of DCs over to once they are collected into DC collection points. ROASF will transport DCs to locations outside of AO once BCTs make them aware that they have DCs in their AOs.

Coordinate with Division Transportation Officer (DTO) to ensure DC evacuation routes do not conflict with Main Supply Route (MSR).

Reconnaissance objective is the composition and disposition of conventional and irregular enemy forces within sector. Conduct mounted and/or dismounted reconnaissance

Constraints

minimize the effects on the civilian populace

Provide emergency assistance to Dislocated civilians (DC) when no civilian capacity is available until they are turned over to ROA authorities

Risk Guidance

The risks are fratricide, media, chokepoints, convoy operations

Other references for use

FM 3-90-1 OFFENSE AND DEFENSE VOLUME 1 MARCH 2013

FM 3-90-2 RECONNAISSANCE, SECURITY, AND TACTICAL ENABLING TASKS VOLUME 2 MARCH 2013

FM 3-07 STABILITY JUNE 2014

1 AD ATROPIAN IRON OPORD