LESSON PLAN 1.4

 

 

FOR

 

PRESIDENTIAL DECISION DIRECTIVE 56

 

COMPLEX CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

 

 

 

PREPARED BY

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER TRAINING SYSTEMS DIVISION

ORLANDO, FL 32826

 

 

 

PREPARED FOR

NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY

FORT LESLEY J. McNAIR

WASHINGTON, DC 20319-5066

 

 

 

AUGUST 1999

 

 

 

 

Contents                                                                                                                                   Page

 

Change Record                                                                                                             

 

Security Awareness Notice                                                                                            

 

Terminal Objectives                                                                                                          

 

UNIT 1:  PRESIDENTIAL DECISION DIRECTIVE 

 

   Lesson Topic 1.1 – Complex Contingency Operations Overview

   Lesson Topic 1.2 – Role of United States Government Agencies

   Lesson Topic 1.3– After Action Review

   Lesson Topic 1.4 – Political Military Plan Overview

 

UNIT 2:  POLITICAL MILITARY PLANNING SCENARIO

 

    Lesson Topic 2.1 - Develop a Political Military Plan

 

 

 

TERMINAL OBJECTIVE

 

1.       Successfully demonstrate an understanding of Presidential Decision Directive 56 in accordance with the National Defense University Handbook for Interagency Management of Complex Contingency Operations.

 

 

Enabling Objectives

 

At the end of this topic the trainee will be able to:

 

1.       Summarize the purpose of the Political Military (Pol Mil) Plan.

2.       Identify the components of the Pol Mil Plan.

3.       Describe the role of the Deputies Committee in the development of the Pol Mil Plan.

4.       Describe the role of the Executive Committee in the development of the Pol Mil Plan.

5.       Describe the role of interagency cooperation in the development of a Pol Mil Plan.

 

Trainee Preparation:

 

A.      Trainee Support Materials

 

1.       Complex Contingency Operations Handbook

2.       Training Aid #1

3.       Training Aid #2

 

B.  Reference Publications: None

 

Discussion Point

Related Instructor Activity

1.   Introduction.

 

Establish contact.

 

Provide background that may be of interest to this topic.

 

Motivating statements

 

 

2.       Definition of a Pol Mil Plan

 

•          The Pol Mil Plan is a planning tool that articulates

•          Mission

•          Objectives

•          Desired end state

•          Key milestones

•          Concept of operations associated with the US responding to complex contingency operations

•          The Pol Mil Plan also includes

•          Mission area plans

 

 

3.       Purpose of the Pol Mil Plan is to:

 

•          Build interagency consensus on key elements of the operation

•          Assist in synchronizing agency efforts

•          Enhance transparency of interagency planning

•          Ensure that all key issues are raised during planning

•          Articulate strategic guidance to the field

•          Identify/support US interests

•          Articulate the end state of the operation

 

 

4.       Development of a Pol Mil Plan

 

•          The Deputies Committee authorizes agencies to begin planning for U.S. participation in complex contingency operations.

•          Executive Committee starts development of Pol Mil Plan by staffing the effort.

•          Interagency agreement is reached on national interests involved, mission statement, and US objectives and desired end state prior to writing of the Pol Mil Plan

•          Once agreement is reached, agencies begin detailed planning in accordance with their directions from the ExComm.

•          The ExComm reviews the plan and if needed, directs agencies to modify the plan.  This iterative process continues until the plan is complete.

•          ExComm briefs the completed draft of the Pol Mil Plan to the Deputies Committee during the interagency rehearsal.

•          The purpose of the rehearsal is to:

•          Identify disconnects and differences among agencies or working groups in mission objectives, responsibilities, timing/synchronization, and resource allocation

•          Deputies Committee evaluates the draft Pol Mil Plan to ensure that it is:

•          Effective (supports the US mission and achieves objectives according to planned milestones and timelines)

•          Integrated (agency efforts are complementary and synchronized), and

•          Executable (agencies meet all legal, resource, & financial requirements prior to authorization of the operation)

•          Modifications from Deputies Committee are incorporated into the Pol Mil Plan.

•          After each complex contingency operation, the ExComm charters an after action review to evaluate the development and implementation of the Pol-Mil Plan.  Lessons learned from the AAR are to be incorporated into the planning and execution process for subsequent CCOs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.       Components of a Pol Mil Plan

 

•          Situation Assessment

•          What are the most critical events, from your agency’s perspective, that should shape the USG’s response?

•          What are the “weakest links” in the information you’ve been presented?

•          Based on the gaps in the information, what assumptions have you made?

•          What agencies would you immediately contact to fill-in the unknown?

•          U.S. Interests

•          What are the U.S. interests in the order of priority?

•          What agencies should be involved in prioritizing the U.S. interests?

 

•          Mission Statement

•          Based on the USG interests, what strategic purpose should the USG pursue in its response to the current situation.

•          What should be the USG short-term response?

•          What should be the USG longer-term response?  How are you defining short and longer-term?

 

•          Objectives

•          Based on the strategic purpose, what are the U.S. objectives vis-a-vis the current situation?

•          What are the short-term and long-term objectives?

•          What key considerations (military, civilian, economic, domestic, multinational, etc.) will be shaping the U.S. objectives?

 

•          Desired End State

•          What are the conditions the USG is hoping to create that will define the proposed operation as a success?

•          Can you define criteria that would allow the USG to evaluate whether the desired End State has been met?

•          What assumptions are you making while developing the criteria?

•          What part of the USG will be making the final decision regarding the success of the operation?

 

•          Concept of Operations

•          What agency will take the lead in overseeing the operation?

•          What agencies should be involved in preparing for the operation?  Who will take the lead?

•          What agencies should be involved in implementing the operation?  Who will take the lead?

•          What are the phases in the proposed operation?

•          What is the concept of operation for each phase?

 

 

•          Lead Agency Responsibility

•          Can you identify which agency will take what responsibility at each stage of the proposed operation?

•          Do you have a mechanism to review this list once the operation commences?

 

 

•          Transition/Exit Strategy

•          What is the process that will allow you to identify the End State?

•          What agency will have the final authority to determine that the End State has been met and transition phase has began?

•          What should the USG strategy be for the transitional stage?

•          What agencies and organizations should be involved in the transitional stage?

 

Training Aid #1

6.   Summary and Review

 

1.       Summarize the purpose of the Political Military (Pol Mil) Plan.

2.       Identify the components of the Pol Mil Plan.

3.       Describe the role of the Deputies Committee in the development of the Pol Mil Plan.

4.       Describe the role of the Executive Committee in the development of the Pol Mil Plan.

5.       Describe the role of interagency cooperation in the development of a Pol Mil Plan.

 

 

7.   Assignments