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AOs. When using this method, the staff isolates the area and focuses on critical events in it. Staff members
assume that friendly units can handle most situations in the AOs and focus their attention on essential tasks.
Figure 4-10. Sample box method
4-152. In stability operations, the box method may focus analysis on a specific objective along a line of
effort, such as development of local security forces as part of improving civil security. (See Figure 4-11.)
Figure 4-11. Sample modified box method using lines of effort
Select a Technique to Record and Display Results
4-153. The war-game results provide a record from which to build task organizations, synchronize
activities, develop decision support templates, confirm and refine event templates, prepare plans or orders,
and compare COAs. Two techniques are commonly used to record and display results: the synchronization
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