text: Planning for Personnel Recovery
  Table 3-4. Course of action analysis (war game) staff actions
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: Gather the Tools
  Chief of staff • Updates running estimates.
  Staff • Identifies threat templates and models.
  • Modifies obstacle overlays and terrain effects matrixes.
  • Selects a recording method.
  • Provides completed COAs and supporting graphics.
  • Identifies a means to post or display enemy and friendly unit symbols.
  • Posts a map of the area of operations.
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: List All Friendly Forces
  Commander • Considers all units that are available for the operation.
  Staff • Considers support relationships and constraints.
  • Considers coalition or allied forces in an area of operations.
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: List Assumptions
  Commander • Reviews previous assumptions for validity and necessity.
  Staff • Determines assumptions that can be turned to facts.
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: List Known Critical Events and Decision Points
  Commander • Identifies critical events that may trigger significant actions, require detailed study,
  Staff and require essential tasks.
  • Identifies points in time and space that require a key decision. (Staff helps identify
  decision points, but commander makes the decision.)
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: Select the War-Gaming Method
  Commander • Selects war-gaming method: belt, avenue-in-depth, or box.
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: Select a Technique to Record and Display Results
  Chief of staff • Selects the technique: synchronization matrix or sketch note. Records any
  Staff discovered strengths and weaknesses.
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: War-Game the Operation and Assess the Results
  Commander • Visualizes the flow of operations based on friendly force strengths and enemy
  Staff capabilities within the possible COAs.
  • Foresees actions, reactions, and counteractions of all participants.
  • Identifies strengths and weaknesses of each COA; adjusts as necessary.
  • Considers how to create conditions for success, protect the force, and shape an
  operational environment.
  • Continually assesses risk.
  • Identifies required assets to support the COAs. Modifies any COA depending on
  war-gaming outcomes.
  Staff • Recommends priorities to the commander if necessary.
  Responsible Personnel Recovery Actions: Conduct a War-Game Briefing
  Staff • Delivers a briefing to ensure that all staff members fully understand the results of
  the war game.
  G-2 (S-2) • Updates reconnaissance and surveillance and enemy situation.
  PRCS • Provides update on the isolating event.
  Legend G-2 (S-2) intelligence staff officer
  COA course of action PRCS personnel recovery coordination section
  COURSE OF ACTION COMPARISON
  3-7. Table 3-5 on page 3-16 shows personnel recovery actions for step five of the MDMP, course of
  action comparison.