Purpose

1. Multinational Planning Augmentation Team Purpose Commander’s Intent & Guidance To understand Commander’s Intent & Guidance and their importance in crisis action planning References • US Joint Publication 3-0, Doctrine For Joint Operations • US JP 5-0, Doctrine For Planning Joint Operations • US JP 5-00.2, JTF Planning Guidance and Procedures

2. 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.

3. Commander’s Vision Assess theater or area of operations Visualize path from current to future state Commander’s Intent Purpose Unifying Focus Force as a whole Identify end state Commander’s Intent Concept of Operations

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

5. Elements of Commander’s Intent • Desired end state • Purpose of the operation • How operations (the joint force as a whole) will progress towards the end state • It may include how the posture of units at that end state facilitates transition • It may also include commander’s assessment of the enemy commander’s Intent, or the threat • It may contain an assessment of where and how the commander will accept risk Intent is Not a Summary of the Concept of the Operations

6. 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.”

7. 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.”

8. Recent Commander’s Intent (cont.) • USFORHAITI INTENT: “The purpose of the operation is to divest Zone V of all operations in support of the government of Haiti. We will accomplish this purpose through progressively transferring all support operations to the government of Haiti, setting time limits on continued support to encourage timely transfers. Maintain only enough presence to detect an impending loss of security or stability in sufficient time to counteract it. At the end of the operation the government of Haiti assumes all responsibility for maintaining the secure and stable environment. Zone V forces are postured to facilitate and cover the withdrawal of UN forces and protect key installations.”

9. Task Force BAYANIHAN Commander’s Mission Statement 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.

10. 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.

11. 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 • Provides the “start point” for course of action development

12. 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

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

14. 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

15. Summary • Commander’s Intent: • Begins with the commander’s vision of the operation • Should include: desired end state; purpose of the operation; how operations will progress towards end state • Is not static; is refined as the situation evolves • Guidance : • Is given initially, and throughout the planning process • Is essential for timely and effective course of action development • Should focus on essential tasks

16. Summary-continued • Commanders intent and guidance work in tandem to facilitate planning and execution of an operation JP 3-0