text: Civil Military Integration During Multinational Operations
  • Have national civil-military plans been coordinated with multinational force headquarters?
  • Has the multinational force headquarters established a relationship with coalition ambassadors and,
  if a UN operation, the special representative of the Secretary-General?
  • Is the civil administration sound, or will one be established? If the latter, what resources will be
  required?
  • What are the requirements for restoring or rebuilding the local infrastructure?
  • What are the requirements for restoring or providing essential services in the short-, medium-, and
  long-terms? The short-term tasks (such as urgent provision of shelter, water, sanitation, and power)
  may become military tasks. The military will need to plan accordingly.
  • What support is required to assist or establish the host-nation civilian law and order system?
  • Has an operational estimate for CAO been conducted?
  • Are there adequate CAO personnel available to assist planners?
  • Has a CMOC been established at an appropriate level to coordinate CAO?
  • Is there a lead agency or lead agencies for humanitarian assistance such as UN or International
  Committee of the Red Cross?
  • What international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and international and national
  donor agencies will be operating in the joint operations area?
  • Is there a process in place for the commander to deal with rogue nongovernmental organizations?
  Is it linked to a lead agency?
  • What is the policy for dealing with international organizations or nongovernmental organizations
  that are political or economic fronts to corporations, political action groups, rogue nations, allies of
  the combatants, criminal organizations, or terrorist groups?
  • What legal authority does the commander have to take a more prescriptive approach to CAO if this
  should be necessary?
  • Is there a synchronization plan that articulates a common operational effect across boundaries (such
  as military, social, political, cultural, religious, media, or economic boundaries)?
  • What areas of CAO support can nations provide and what areas can nations not provide?
  • Do all participating nations understand CAO or CIMIC?
  • Do all nongovernmental organizations subscribe to the code of conduct for the International Red
  Cross and Red Crescent Movement and nongovernmental organizations in disaster relief?
  • Do civilians in the AO need mine awareness and unexploded ordnance training?
  • What other CAO engineering requirements exist in the theater?
  • Is there separate funding to support these requirements?