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Chapter III(9) Where are the locations of medical facilities; are they operational, and towhat level?(10) What are the unique shelter, food, and security needs of the people and towhat extent is support available from within the affected country?(11) What facilities and support are available to FHA forces from the affectedcountry?(12) What unique social, ethnic, or religious concerns affect the conduct of theoperation?(13) What are the legal limitations to US assistance in this case?plight?(14) What is the local population’s attitude toward who or what is causing their(15) What is the local population’s attitude toward the presence of US forces?(16) What are the force requirements to protect the force?(17) What is the status of the host strategic transportation infrastructure? Areavailable seaports and airfields in usable condition? What is the status of materialshandling equipment? Are connecting roads and railroads usable?g. Sources of Information. Intelligence estimates, area assessments, and surveysare sources of information on the situation in the crisis area, providing political, cultural,economic, military, geographic and topographic, climatic, infrastructure and engineering,health, and other essential information. Other sources for an initial assessment include theUS country team, CCDR country books, recent OFDA situation reports, UN Secretariatassessments, the UN’s ReliefWeb Internet site, PDC’s Asia Pacific Natural Hazards andVulnerabilities Atlas (http://atlas.pdc.org) and other PDC resources, relief organizationsalready operating in the area, and SOF personnel (see Figure III-3). A GCC may alsochoose to deploy a HAST to assess the situation.3. Mission Analysisa. The joint force’s mission is the task or set of tasks, together with the purpose, thatclearly indicate the action to be taken and the reason for doing so. The primary purpose ofmission analysis is to understand the problem and purpose of the operation and issueappropriate guidance to drive the rest of the planning process. Although some steps occurbefore others, mission analysis typically involves substantial parallel processing ofinformation by the CDR and staff, particularly in a CAP situation.III-8 JP 3-29