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Appendix A
Crew Briefing Guide/Format
OPERATIONS BRIEF
The operations brief should be developed based on planning conducted
at the MACCS (MACG) planning staff level. As such, it
will incorporate specifics from the MACCS commander’s brief,
however, it must be appropriately tailored for the TAOC. The
operations brief should incorporate specific issues to the MACS,
beyond the scope of the commander’s brief, which are required
for effective TAOC employment.
The operations brief is designed to provide the MACS operations
officer/TAOC detachment commander with a standardized, comprehensive,
and concise format to brief critical TAOC crew
members and the SAAWC for an operation or exercise. The
briefing format will then allow TAOC crews to develop and present
their crew briefs prior to execution.
The format for this operations brief is not designed to script
every possible item that could be included in a TAOC crew
brief, nor do all the items listed need to be included. The individual
developing and presenting this brief must analyze the information
presented in the MACCS commander’s brief,
determine which information is critical to the TAOC’s mission
accomplishment, and tailor his brief to meet these needs. The operations
brief format follows: