Joint Publication 3-13, Information Operations - The Global ...

Executive Summary
Measures of performance
and measures of
effectiveness.
Measures of performance (MOPs) gauge accomplishment of IO
tasks and actions. Measures of effectiveness (MOEs) determine
whether IO actions being executed are having the desired effect toward
mission accomplishment: the attainment of end states and objectives.
MOPs measure friendly IO effort and MOEs measure battlespace
results. IO MOPs and MOEs are crafted and refined throughout the
planning process.
Multinational Considerations in Information Operations
Every ally/coalition
member can contribute to
IO by providing regional
expertise to assist in
planning and conducting
IO.
Allies and coalition partners recognize various IO concepts and
some have thorough and sophisticated doctrine, procedures, and
capabilities for planning and conducting IO. The multinational
force commander is responsible to resolve potential conflicts
between each nation’s IO programs and the IO objectives and
programs of the coalition. It is vital to integrate allies and coalition
partners into IO planning as early as possible so that an integrated
and achievable IO strategy can be developed early in the planning
process.
Integration requirements include clarification of allied and
coalition partner’s IO objectives; understanding of other nations’
information operations and how they intend to conduct IO;
establishment of liaison/deconfliction procedures to ensure
coherence; and early identification of multinational force
vulnerabilities and possible countermeasures to adversary attempts
to exploit them.
Information Operations in Joint Education, Training,
Exercises, and Experiments
A solid foundation of
education and training is
essential to the
development of IO core
competencies.
The development of IO as a core military competency and critical
component to joint operations requires specific expertise and
capabilities at all levels of DOD. At the highest professional
levels, senior leaders develop joint warfighting core competencies
that are the capstone to American military power. The Services,
United States Special Operations Command, and other agencies
develop capabilities oriented on their core competencies embodied
in law, policy, and lessons learned. At each level of command, a
solid foundation of education and training is essential to the
development of a core competency. Professional education and
training, in turn, are dependent on the accumulation,
documentation, and validation of experience gained in operations,
exercises, and experimentation.
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