text: Orders and Briefs
  Table B-1. Comparison of brief types.
  Type Purpose Conditions Briefer Audience Time Elements
  Con- Ensure team NA Team leader Company NLT 30 minutes • Restatement of mission (if
  firmation understands commander after receipt of specified in OPORD)
  OPORD (or unit rep) Company
  • Restatement of commander's
  before they OPORD
  intent
  analyze
  mission • Initial issues or concerns
  • Next key hard time
  Mission Extract all Given a time-- Team leader Commander NLT 2 hours • Intent two levels up
  Analysis critical and or an or his after receipt of
  • Specified tasks
  pertinent data operational representative Company
  from OPORD paced- (IAW unit OPORD • Implied tasks
  and conduct constrained SOP, number
  detailed MPF environment-- of unit teams, • Facts about friendly, enemy,
  before and and terrain, time
  developing situational operational
  • Assumptions about friendly,
  team COAs awareness pace),
  enemy, terrain, and time
  or team only
  • Facts that could hinder
  execution
  • Restatement of mission
  Prepare team Commander Team leader After team • Assumed risk by phase
  leader to (or rep) leader's Mission
  • Criteria to evaluate (some
  develop Analysis (MA)
  or all)
  COAs brief
  • Number of COAs to develop
  • Detailed instructions on
  higher coordinations for
  insertion and extraction
  • Approval of mission
  statement
  COA Determine Team leader Commander • Intent of higher
  Decision best possible or rep (PL,
  • Restated mission
  Brief COA for team PSG,
  execution operations • Updated IPB (enemy
  officer, or SITEMP)
  1SG,
  depending on • COA table or matrix with
  operational criteria*
  pace and
  * Weighted criteria are allowed
  number of
  teams)
  Team, if team After team • Residual risk by phase of the
  leader does completes operation
  not brief MA--developing
  • Strengths and weaknesses of
  higher; team COA and
  each COA
  then votes on preparing for
  COA. COA decision • Team's recommendation
  brief takes about
  2 hrs • Issues and concerns
  Commander • Commander or rep chooses
  or represent- or refines COA
  ative