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Chapter 4
� Control requirements, including control measures and updated operational graphics.
� CCIRs and IRs—including the last time information of value—and incorporate them into the
reconnaissance and surveillance plan and information management plan.
4-166. An effective war game results in the commander and staff identifying—
� Key or decisive terrain and determining how to use it.
� Tasks the unit retains and tasks assigned to subordinates.
� Likely times and areas for enemy use of weapons of mass destruction and friendly chemical,
biological, radiological, and nuclear defense requirements.
� Potential times or locations for committing the reserve.
� The most dangerous enemy COA.
� The most likely enemy COA.
� The most dangerous civilian reaction.
� Locations for the commander and command posts.
� Critical events.
� Requirements for support of each warfighting function.
� Effects of friendly and enemy actions on civilians and infrastructure and on military operations.
� Or confirming the locations of named areas of interest, target areas of interest, decision points,
and IRs needed to support them.
� Analyzing, and evaluating strengths and weaknesses of each COA.
� Hazards, assessing their risk, developing controls for them, and determining residual risk.
� The coordination required for integrating and synchronizing interagency, host-nation, and
nongovernmental organization involvement.
4-167. An effective war game results in the commander and staff analyzing—
� Potential civilian reactions to operations.
� Potential media reaction to operations.
� Potential impacts on civil security, civil control, and essential services in the AO.
4-168. An effective war game results in the commander and staff developing—
� Decision points.
� A synchronization matrix.
� A decision support template and matrix.
� Solutions to achieving minimum essential stability tasks in the AO.
� The reconnaissance and surveillance plan and graphics.
� Initial information themes and messages.
� Fires, protection, and sustainment plans and graphic control measures.
4-169. Lastly, an effective war game results in the commander and staff—
� Determining requirements for military deception and surprise.
� Determining the timing for concentrating forces and starting the attack or counterattack.
� Determining movement times and tables for critical assets, including information systems nodes.
� Estimating the duration of the entire operation and each critical event.
� Projecting the percentage of enemy forces defeated in each critical event and overall.
� Projecting the percentage of minimum essential tasks that the unit can or must accomplish.
� Anticipating media coverage and impact on key audiences.
� Integrating targeting into the operation, to include identifying or confirming high-payoff targets
and establishing attack guidance.
� Allocating assets to subordinate commanders to accomplish their missions.
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