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Chapter 3
Current mission and commander’s intent (COS [XO])
Enemy situation (G-2 [S-2])
• Significant enemy actions during the last shift.
• Current enemy situation and changes in the most likely enemy courses of action.
• Anticipated significant threat activity in the next 12/24/48 hours.
• Changes in priority intelligence requirements (PIRs).
• Limited visibility and weather update.
• Changes to collection priorities and updates to the intelligence synchronization tools.
• Disposition and status of selected reconnaissance and surveillance units and capabilities.
Civil Situation (G-9 [S-9])
• Significant actions by the population during the last shift.
• Current civil situation.
• Disposition and status of civil affairs units and capabilities.
• Significant activities involving the population anticipated during the next shift.
Friendly situation (G-3 [S-3])
• Significant friendly actions during the last shift.
• Subordinate units’ disposition and status.
• Higher and adjacent units’ disposition and status.
• Major changes to the task organization and tasks to subordinate units that occurred during the
last shift.
• Answers to CCIRs and changes in CCIRs.
• Changes to reconnaissance and surveillance.
• Disposition and status of selected reconnaissance and surveillance units and capabilities.
• Answers to FFIRs and changes in FFIRs.
• Significant activities and decisions scheduled for next shift (review of the decision support matrix).
• Anticipated planning requirements.
Running estimate summaries by warfighting function and staff section.
Briefers include—
• Fires.
• Air liaison officer.
• Aviation officer.
• Air and missile defense officer .
• G-7 (S-7).
• Engineer officer.
• Chemical officer.
• Provost marshal.
• G-1 (S-1).
• G-4 (S-4).
• G-6 (S-6).
Briefings include—
• Any significant activities that occurred during the last shift.
• The disposition and status of units within their area of expertise.
• Any changes that have staff wide implications (for example, “higher headquarters changed the
controlled supply rate for 120 mm HE, so that means...”).
• Upcoming activities and anticipated changes during the next shift.
CP operations and administration (headquarters commandant or senior operations
noncommissioned officer).
• CP logistic issues.
• CP security.
• CP displacement plan and proposed new locations.
• Priority of work.
COS or XO guidance to the next shift, including staff priorities and changes to the battle rhythm.
CCIR commander’s critical information requirement
COS chief of staff
CP command post
FFIR friendly forces information requirement
HE high explosive
mm millimeter
Figure 3-3. Sample shift-change briefing
3-10 ATTP 5-0.1 14 September 2011