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7 steps of MDMP - -1. Receive the mission
2. Mission analysis
3. COA development
4. COA analysis
5. COA comparison
6. COA approval
7. Orders production
-Actions during step 1 - -1. Alert the staff and other key participants
2. Gather the tools
3. Update running estimate
4. Conduct initial assessment
5. Issue the commander's initial guidance
6. Issue the initial warning order (WARNO #1)
-Course of Action - -a broad potential solution to an identified problem
-Actions during step 3 - -Assess relative combat power
Generate options
Array forces
-Outputs for step 3 - -Develop a broad concept
Assign Headquarters
Prepare COA statements and sketches
Conduct COA briefing
Select or modify COAs for continued analysis
, -Combat Power - -The total means of destructive, constructive, and
information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at a given
time.
-Deep Area - -Area not assigned to subordinate units.
-Close Area - -Area assigned to subordinate units
-Support Area - -Area designated for sustainment assets
-Consolidation Area - -Area designated for security and stability operations
(Bagram in AFG)
-Step 4 of MDMP - -Course of Action Analysis
-Course of Action Analysis - -(or war-gaming) a disciplined process, with
rules and steps that attempt to visualize the flow of the operation, given the
force's strengths and dispositions, the enemy's capabilities, and possible
COAs; the impact and requirements of civilians in the area of operations; and
other aspects of the situation.
-Critical Event - -an event that directly influences mission accomplishment
-Decision point - -a point in space or time when the commander or staff
anticipate making a key decision concerning a specific course of action.
-Actions during step 4 - -1. Gather the tools
2. List all friendly forces
3. List assumptions
4. List known critical events and decision points
5. Select the war-gaming method
6. Select a technique to record and display results
7. War-game the operation and assess the results
8.Conduct a War-game briefing (optional)
-Actions - -those events initiated by the side with the initiative
-Reactions - -the opposing side's actions in response. With regard
to stability operations, the war-game tests the effects of action, including
intended and unintended effects, as they stimulate anticipated responses
from civilians and civil institutions
-Counteractions - -the first side's responses to reactions
-Step 5 of MDMP - -Course of Action Comparison
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