text: Chapter 3
  Adjust the Deception Plan as Necessary for Changed Conditions
  3-6. The cycle begins with a review of the plan. In this step, the MDO analyzes the situation and operational
  environment, and reviews anticipated conditions and planning assumptions against which the plan was
  developed. Existing RFIs are reemphasized, and new RFIs are developed to address shortfalls in necessary
  intelligence.
  3-7. During this step, the MDO reviews and identifies any changes to the enemy situation. Changes can
  include—
  * Adjustments to the enemy decision-making process or key military decision makers.
  * Changes in enemy force structure, capabilities, disposition, and intelligence collection efforts
  (conduits or information pathways) to best facilitate the effective delivery of the deception story.
  * Changes in third-party intelligence support.
  * Potential new sources of open-source intelligence based on rapidly evolving social media or other
  networks.
  3-8. The MDO also reviews and identifies changes to the friendly plan. Changes can include—
  * Revised strategic or commander’s guidance.
  * Changes to allocated forces.
  * Changes to relationships with multinational partners.
  * Changes to basing or adjustments to operational phasing or timing.
  The MDO coordinates with the G-3 on initial deception and operations execution timing to ensure a
  synchronous, supporting relationship exists that will aid the deception, the operation, or both.
  3-9. Once the MDO has updated knowledge of the enemy and friendly situations, all key elements of the
  plan—from the deception goal and objectives through the final deception event schedule—are validated or
  adjusted as required. While this is the first step in deception execution, this process of analysis and adjustment
  continues as conditions evolve and change over the course of mission execution.
  Sustain Deception Synchronization with the OPSEC Plan
  3-10. The MDO continuously coordinates vertically and horizontally with commanders and staffs to
  synchronize real-world operations and deception operations. This coordination helps portray a credible,
  believable, and realistic deception. Changes to any operational aspect—such as presence, capability, strength,
  intent, readiness, future location, timing, or method of planned friendly operations—require accountability
  in the scheduled execution of deception activities. Such accountability requires the MDO to maintain
  situational awareness, participate in meetings that address targeting and assessments, and provide routine
  updates and operational analysis to the commander. The MDO works with the OPSEC planner to monitor
  critical information and indicators throughout the operations as well as recommend changes to DISO plans.
  3-11. MDOs have a special responsibility to keep deception and OPSEC closely synchronized. Both
  deception and OPSEC work closely together in the holistic portrayal of friendly activities. Deception
  activities often receive support from focused OPSEC measures and countermeasures that protect their
  existence. This support includes close cooperation in the targeting or exploitation of enemy conduits so they
  are either neutralized or available as required to create the desired OPSEC and deception effects.
  Sustain Internal Deception Synchronization Between the Planning Team and Commander
  3-12. Deception executions, while planned in detail, do not remain static activities on an access-controlled
  deception event schedule or operational-level synch matrix. The MDO maintains constant communication
  with internal components, capability owners, and other resource providers tasked to execute or support each
  event so the portrayal of the deception story proceeds as planned. This includes operational-level tasks—
  such as synchronizing different deception lines of effort and balancing or shifting lines of effort as
  appropriate—to sustain the desired story progression. Based on feedback, the MDO may adjust, repeat,
  postpone, or cancel some planned executions or event series.