text: Operational Environment of Counterinsurgency
  Location
  1-77. This column shows the locations where people communicate or where key communicators live
  and work.
  Population
  1-78. This column describes who the population perceives as being a key source of communication.
  Insurgent
  1-79. This column shows who the insurgents use to communicate with the population.
  Counterinsurgent
  1-80. This column shows who the HN uses to communicate with the population.
  Table 1-6. Example people (means of communications) matrix.
  From the Perspective of
  Area Location Population Insurgent Counterinsurgent
  Phones Grid Local store owner Unknown Tribal and
  coordinates community leader
  cell phones
  Mass Media - Radio Grid Individual names… Individual names… Individual names…
  coordinates
  Religious services Grid Individual names… Individual names… Individual names…
  coordinates
  Individuals such as Grid Respected leader Enemy of the Tolerated because
  mayor, police chief, of coordinates believed to be people not from same
  store owner unbiased ethnic group
  EVENTS
  1-81. Events, both public and private, are routine, cyclical, planned, or spontaneous activities that affect
  organizations, people, and military operations. Examples include national and religious holidays,
  agricultural crop/livestock and market cycles, elections, civil disturbances, and celebrations. Once tactical
  units determine significant events, they must template the events and analyze them for their political,
  economic, psychological, environmental, and legal implications. Table 1-7 shows an example event matrix.
  Event
  1-82. This column identifies and lists all events important to the populace. This includes annual events
  such as religious holidays; seasonal harvests or migration of insurgents; or more frequent events like
  council meetings, religious services, and special shopping days.
  Location
  1-83. This column shows the location, normally in military format and includes a date-time-group
  (DTG).
  Population
  1-84. This column describes the population’s perception of the event.