text: Appendix B
  FRAGMENTARY ORDER
  B-4. A FRAGO provides timely changes to existing orders. A FRAGO includes only the items that
  have changed since the last OPORD. The items in the FRAGO follow the five-paragraph OPORD format.
  However, a significantly changed mission or a brand new mission requires a new OPORD. Figure B-3
  shows an example FRAGO.
  Figure B-3. Example fragmentary order.
  Section II. BRIEFS
  Briefs are presentations of information from one leader to another, either up or down the chain of command.
  TYPES
  B-5. Figure B-4 shows the types of briefs, and Table B-1 compares them based on who gives them to
  whom and why, and on what elements each type must, should, or might include--
  • Confirmation
  • Mission Analysis
  • COA Decision Brief
  • Backbrief
  • Initial GO/NO-GO Brief
  • Mission Concept Brief
  • Final GO/NO-GO Brief
  • Debrief
  Figure B-4. Brief types.