Commanderâ€™s Intent & Guidance

Deployable Joint Task Force Augmentation Cell (DJTFAC) Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT) Commander’s Intent & Guidance Major Paul Zavislak

Purpose To understand Commander’s Intent & Guidance and their importance in crisis action planning

References • Joint Publication 3-0, Doctrine For Joint Operations • JP 5-0, Doctrine For Planning Joint Operations • JP 5-00.2, JTF Planning Guidance and Procedures

Crisis Action Planning Process C R I S I S III Course of Action Development OPORD & Deployment Data Base IV Course of Action Selection V Execution Planning II Crisis Assessment I Situation Development VI Execution And/or Warning Order Planning Order Alert Order Execute Order I Mission Analysis II Course of Action Development III Analysis of Opposing Courses of Action IV Comparison of Own Courses of Action V Commander’s Decision

Commander’s Intent • The commander’s intent describes the desired end state. It is a concise expression of the purpose of the operation, not a summary of the concept of operations. • Joint Pub 3-0

Commander’s Vision Assess theater or area of operations Visualize path from current to future state Commander’s Intent Unifying focus: Purpose Identify desired end state Method of force operation Commander’s Intent Concept of Operations

When is the Intent Published? • CTF Commanders initially providetheir intent to the staff with the restated mission and planning guidance • The CTF Commander refines intent as the staff considers staff estimates and completes the Commander’s Estimate

Elements of Commander’s Intent • Purpose of the operation • Method: How operations (the joint force as a whole) will progress towards the end state • Desired end state • May include: • Posture of units at that end state facilitates transition • Cmdr’s assessment of enemy Cmdr’s Intent, or the threat • Assessment of where and how the Cmdr will accept risk Intent is Not a Summary of the Concept of the Operations

Commander’s Intent “YOU I PROPOSE TO MOVE AGAINST JOHNSTON’S ARMY, TO BREAK IT UP AND TO GET INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY AS FAR AS YOU CAN, INFLICTING ALL THE DAMAGE YOU CAN AGAINST THEIR WAR RESOURCES.”

Commander’s Intent (Purpose) “YOU I PROPOSE TO MOVE AGAINST JOHNSTON’S ARMY, TO BREAK IT UP AND TO GET INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY AS FAR AS YOU CAN,INFLICTING ALL THE DAMAGE YOU CAN AGAINST THEIR WAR RESOURCES.”

Commander’s Intent (Method) “YOU I PROPOSE TO MOVE AGAINST JOHNSTON’S ARMY, TO BREAK IT UP AND TO GET INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY AS FAR AS YOU CAN, INFLICTING ALL THE DAMAGE YOU CAN AGAINST THEIR WAR RESOURCES.”

Commander’s Intent (Endstate) “YOU I PROPOSE TO MOVE AGAINST JOHNSTON’S ARMY, TO BREAK IT UP AND TO GET INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY AS FAR AS YOU CAN, INFLICTING ALL THE DAMAGE YOU CAN AGAINST THEIR WAR RESOURCES.”

Recent Commander’s Intent • UNMIH INTENT: “The purpose of this mission is • to maintain a secure and stable environment which allows the government of Haiti to maintain functional governance, gradually transferring responsibility for the secure and stable environment to the government of Haiti. The end state is defined as the secure and stable environment that allows social and economic development, free election, and peaceful transition of responsibility to the government of Haiti.”

Recent Commander’s Intent (Purpose) • UNMIH INTENT: “The purpose of this mission is • to maintain a secure and stable environment which allows the government of Haiti to maintain functional governance, gradually transferring responsibility for the secure and stable environment to the government of Haiti. The end state is defined as the secure and stable environment that allows social and economic development, free election, and peaceful transition of responsibility to the government of Haiti.”

Recent Commander’s Intent (Method) • UNMIH INTENT: “The purpose of this mission is • to maintain a secure and stable environment which allows the government of Haiti to maintain functional governance, gradually transferring responsibility for the secure and stable environment to the government of Haiti. The end state is defined as the secure and stable environment that allows social and economic development, free election, and peaceful transition of responsibility to the government of Haiti.”

Recent Commander’s Intent (Endstate) • UNMIH INTENT: “The purpose of this mission is • to maintain a secure and stable environment which allows the government of Haiti to maintain functional governance, gradually transferring responsibility for the secure and stable environment to the government of Haiti. The end state is defined as the secure and stable environment that allows social and economic development, free election, and peaceful transition of responsibility to the government of Haiti.”

TF BAYANIHAN COMMANDER’S INTENT My intent is to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines in HA/DR operations in the affected areas of the Central Philippines. We will conduct HA/DR combined operations and rehabilitation efforts. In other words, we will provide all available assistance to alleviate human suffering and restore normalcy.

TF BAYANIHAN COMMANDER’S INTENT (Purpose) My intent is to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines in HA/DR operations in the affected areas of the Central Philippines. We will conduct HA/DR combined operations and rehabilitation efforts. In other words, we will provide all available assistance to alleviate human suffering and restore normalcy.

TF BAYANIHAN COMMANDER’S INTENT (Method) My intent is to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines in HA/DR operations in the affected areas of the Central Philippines. We will conduct HA/DR combined operations and rehabilitation efforts. In other words, we will provide all available assistance to alleviate human suffering and restore normalcy.

TF BAYANIHAN COMMANDER’S INTENT (Endstate) My intent is to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines in HA/DR operations in the affected areas of the Central Philippines. We will conduct HA/DR combined operations and rehabilitation efforts. In other words, we will provide all available assistance to alleviate human suffering and restore normalcy.

Task Force BAYANIHAN Commander’s Mission Statement On Order, TF BAYANIHAN will Assist the Disaster Response Task Groups (DRTGs) in Visayas and Mindanao in the conduct of large scale humanitarian assistance and disaster response in regions 6,7,10 and 13, in order to save lives, protect property and minimize damage. Who, What, When, Where, Why

Commander’s Guidance • The degree of guidance depends upon • Time available • Staff level of proficiency • Flexibility • Commander’s comfort zone • General enough to allow ideas, initiative, and consideration of potentially important alternatives

Commander’s Guidance Topics • Time plan • Commander’s intent • Risk assessment • Limitations on the command • Specific adversary COAs, or threats, to be considered • Intelligence preparation of the battlespace/area of operation considerations • Key or decisive terrain • Commander’s Critical Information Requirements • Concept of operations • Effects desired on the adversary force/threats

Commander’s Guidance Topics(cont.) • EW usage • Priorities • Reserve capabilities • C2 arrangements • Type of orders to be issued • Type of rehearsal to conduct • Election monitoring • Crowd control / riot control

TF BAYANIHAN Commander’s Initial Planning Guidance • Deploy forces rapidly into the affected areas; • Quickly establish Command and Control capability to facilitate the deployment of committed forces; • Assist the NDCC in humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts in all affected areas.

Guidance Is Dynamic • After Mission Analysis staff briefings are complete and the Commander approves the restated mission, he provides initial planning guidance to the staff • Guidance may change or be modified later if assumptions or facts change

Review • Commander’s Intent: • Begins with the commander’s vision of the operation • Should include: purpose, desired end state, and method of progressing towards that end state • Is not static; is refined as the situation evolves • Commander’s Guidance: • Is given initially, and throughout the planning process • Is essential for timely and effective course of action development

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Commanderâ€™s Intent & Guidance