text: Synchronize and Coordinate Protection
  Table A-4. Example protection working group activities (continued)
  Inputs: Outputs:
  • Commanders guidance and intent • Update protection assessment
  • Operations and warning orders • Scheme of protection
  • Current scheme of protection • Protection Running estimate
  • Threat and hazard assessment • Protection prioritization list
  Inputs and out
  puts • Vulnerability assessment • Recommended FPCON
  • Criticality assessment • Recommended protection guidance and
  • Risk management mitigation measures
  • CAL • Recommended changes to EEFI
  • DAL • Recommended changes to CAL and
  prioritization of DAL
  • Roll Call
  • Operations/intelligence update (G-3/G-2)
  • Protection prioritization list assessment / update (Chief of Protection)
  • New vulnerabilities—next 72 hours (Chief of Protection)
  Agenda • Mitigation measures (Chief of Protection)
  • Recommendations—security posture adjustments, information engagement, resource
  allocation, required training (Chief of Protection)
  • Guidance (G-3)
  • Conclusion (Chief of Protection)
  Legend:
  ADA air defense artillery
  AO area of operations
  AT antiterrorism
  CA civil affairs
  CAL critical asset list
  CBRN chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
  DAL defended asset list
  EEFI essential elements of friendly information
  EOD explosive ordnance disposal
  FPCON force protection condition
  G-2 assistant chief of staff, intelligence
  G-3 assistant chief of staff, operations
  LNO liaison officer
  OPSEC operations security
  PR personnel recovery
  SOP standard operating procedure
  RUNNING ESTIMATE
  A-55. A running estimate is the continuous assessment of the current situation used to determine if the current
  operation is proceeding according to the commander’s intent and if planned future operations are supportable
  (ADP 5-0). Failure to maintain accurate running estimates may lead to errors or omissions that result in
  flawed plans or bad decisions during execution. Running estimates include recommendations for anticipated
  decisions. During planning, commanders use these recommendations to select feasible, acceptable, and
  suitable COAs for further analysis. During preparation and execution, commanders use recommendations
  from running estimates in decision making. See ADP 5-0 for additional information on running estimates.
  A-56. The protection working group develops and refines the protection running estimate (see figure A-6,
  page A-22). The protection estimate provides a picture to the command on the protection continuing activity.
  It is developed from information (including the facts, assumptions, constraints, limitations, risks, and issues)
  pertaining to the protection mission and the scheme of protection. It includes the essential tasks from a higher
  order. Integrating process data and continuing activities (assets available, civil considerations, threat and
  hazard assessments, criticality assessments, vulnerability assessments, capability assessments, MOEs,
  MOPs, essential elements of friendly information, protection priorities, risk decision points, supporting tasks)
  feed updates to the running estimate.