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(Annex Title) ANNEX K (CIVIL AFFAIRS OPERATIONS) TO OPERATION PLAN/ORDER [number] [(codename)]—[issuing headquarters] [(classification of title)]

(References) References: List documents essential to understanding the attachment

List maps and charts first. Map entries include series number, country, sheet names or numbers, edition, and scale.

List other references in subparagraphs such as the civil affairs operations annex of higher headquarters, relevant civilian agency operations guides and standard documents, relevant plans of participating civilian organizations, coordinated transition plans, international treaties and agreements, and civil information management plans.

Doctrinal references for civil affairs operations include FM 3-57, FM 6-0, and JP 3-57.

Time Zone Used Throughout the Order: Write the time zone established in the base plan or order.

(U Mil para) Situation. Include information affecting civil affairs operations that paragraph 1 of the OPLAN or OPORD does not cover or that needs expansion.

Area of Interest. Describe the area of interest as it relates to civil affairs operations. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Area of Operations. Refer to Appendix 2 (Operation Overlay) to Annex C (Operations).

Terrain. Describe the aspects of terrain that impact civil affairs operations such as population centers, likely movement corridors of dislocated civilians, and terrain that channels dislocated civilians. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Weather. Describe the aspects of weather that impact civil affairs operations such as seasonal events (rain, flooding, wind storms, and snow) that may impact commercial mobility, agricultural production, farmer to market access, and populace and resources control in the area of operations. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Enemy Forces. List known and templated locations and activities of enemy civil affairs operations units for one echelon up and two echelons down. Identify enemy forces and appraise their general capabilities and impacts on the indigenous population and civil affairs operations. State expected enemy courses of action and employment of enemy civil affairs operations assets. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Friendly Forces. Outline the higher headquarters’ civil affairs operation plan. Briefly identify the mission of friendly forces and the objectives, goals, and mission of civilian organization that impact civil affairs operations. List designation, location, and outline of plan of higher, adjacent, and other civil affairs organizations and assets that support or impact the issuing headquarters or require coordination and additional support.

Higher Headquarters’ Civil Affairs Operations Mission. Identify and state the civil affairs operations mission of the higher headquarters.

Civil Affairs Operations Missions of Adjacent Units. Identify and state the civil affairs operations missions of adjacent units and other units whose actions have a significant impact on the issuing headquarters.

Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Nongovernmental Organizations. Identify and state the objectives or goals and primary tasks of those non-Department of Defense organizations that have a significant role within the civil situation in the area of operations or implementation of civil affairs operations-specific equipment and tactics. Refer to Annex V (Interagency Coordination) as required.

Interagency Organizations. Identify and state the objectives and primary tasks of those interagency organizations that impact the unit’s civil affairs operations mission. Briefly describe the capabilities and capacity of each organization if not listed in Annex V (Interagency Coordination).

Intergovernmental Organizations. Identify and state the objectives and primary tasks of those intergovernmental organizations that impact the unit’s civil affairs operations mission. Briefly describe the capabilities and capacities of each organization.

Nongovernmental Organizations. Identify and state the objectives and primary tasks of those nongovernmental organizations that impact the unit’s civil affairs operations mission. Briefly describe the capabilities and capacities of each organization.

Civil Considerations. Describe the critical aspects of the civil situation that impact civil affairs operations using the memory aid ASCOPE (areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, and events). Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Areas. List the key civilian areas such as political boundaries; locations of government centers; social, political, religious, or criminal enclaves; agricultural and mining regions; trade routes; possible sites for the temporary settlement of dislocated civilians in the area of interest. Describe how these civilian areas affect the mission and how military operations may affect these areas.

Structures. List the locations of existing civil structures (critical infrastructure) such as ports, air terminals, transportation networks, bridges, communications towers, power plants, and dams. Identify churches, mosques, national libraries, hospitals, and other cultural sites generally protected by international law or other agreements. Other infrastructure includes governance and public safety structures (national, regional, and urban government facilities, record archives, judiciary, police, fire, and emergency medical services) and economic and environmental structures (banking, stock and commodity exchanges, toxic industrial facilities, and pipelines). Identify facilities with practical applications—such as jails, warehouses, schools, television stations, radio stations, and print plants— which may be useful for military purposes.

Capabilities. Describe civil capabilities by assessing the population’s capabilities of sustaining itself through public safety, emergency services, and food and agriculture. Include whether the population needs assistance with public works and utilities, public health, public transportation, economics, and commerce. Refer to the civil affairs preliminary area assessment.

Organizations. Identify and list civil organizations that may or may not be affiliated with government agencies, such as religious groups, ethnic groups, multinational corporations, fraternal organizations, patriotic or service organizations, intergovernmental organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. Do not repeat those listed in Annex V (Interagency Coordination) or paragraph 1e (Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Nongovernmental Organizations) of this annex. Include host- nation organizations capable of forming the nucleus for humanitarian assistance programs, interim- governing bodies, civil defense efforts, and other activities.

People. List key personnel and their linkage to the population, leaders, figureheads, clerics, and subject matter experts such as plant operators and public utility managers. Categorize groups of civilians using local nationals (town and city dwellers, farmers and other rural dwellers, and nomads), local civil authorities (elected and traditional leaders at all levels of government), expatriates, tribal or clan figureheads and religious leaders, third-nation government agency representatives, foreign employees of intergovernmental organizations or nongovernmental organizations, contractors (American citizens, local nationals, and third-nation citizens providing contract services), the media (journalists from print, radio, and visual media), and dislocated civilians (refugees, displaced persons, evacuees, migrants, and stateless persons).

(Note) Note: This list may extend to personnel outside of the area of operations whose actions, opinions, and influence can affect the commander’s area of operations.)

(U Mil para) Events. Determine what events, military and civilian, are occurring and analyze the events for their political, economic, psychological, environmental, moral, and legal implications. Categorize civilian events that may affect military missions. Events may include harvest seasons, elections, riots, voluntary and involuntary evacuations, holidays, school years, and religious periods.

Attachments and Detachments. List units attached to or detached from the issuing headquarters only as necessary to clarify task organization that impact civil affairs operations. Refer to Annex A (Task Organization) as required.

Assumptions. List key assumptions that pertain to civil affairs operations that were used to form the civil affairs operations running estimate and develop the OPLAN or OPORD and this annex.

Mission. State the mission of civil affairs operations in support of the base plan or order.

Execution.

Scheme of Civil Affairs Operations. Describe how civil affairs operations support the commander’s intent and concept of operations described in the base plan or order. Outline the effects the commander wants civil affairs operations to achieve while prioritizing civil affairs tasks. Identify and list civil-military objectives and the primary tasks to achieve those objectives

Execution Matrix. Provide the execution matrix. Refer to Appendix 1 (Execution Matrix) to Annex K (Civil Affairs Operations).

Populace and Resources Control Plan. Provide the populace and resources control plan. Refer to Appendix 2 (Populace and Resources Control Plan) to Annex K (Civil Affairs Operations).

Civil Information Management Plan. Provide the civil information management plan. Refer to Appendix 3 (Civil Information Management Plan) to Annex K (Civil Affairs Operations).

Tasks to Subordinate Units. State the civil affairs operations tasks assigned to each unit that report directly to the headquarters issuing the order. Each task must include who (the subordinate unit assigned the task), what (the task itself), when, where, and why (purpose). Include interagency, intergovernmental organization, or nongovernmental organization supporting tasks. Use a separate subparagraph for each unit. List units in task organization sequence. Place tasks that affect two or more units in paragraph 3c (Coordinating Instructions) of this annex.

Coordinating Instructions. List only instructions applicable to two or more subordinate units not covered in the base plan or order.

Environmental Considerations. Review environmental planning guidance and, if available, the Environmental Management Support Plan for implied civil affairs operations tasks that support environmental activities. For example, establishing and supporting camps for dislocated civilians may require air and water purification, hazardous waste and material disposal, sanitation facilities and personal hygiene facilities, and identification of hazards such as pesticides, toxic chemicals, and historic or cultural resources for preservation. Refer to Annex G (Engineer) as required.

Stability tasks. Describe how civil affairs operations support the command’s identified minimum-essential stability tasks—civil control, civil security, and restoration of essential services. Units responsible for an area of operations must execute the minimum-essential tasks with available resources if no civilian agency or organization is capable. Address course of action support to governance and economic stability if required by mission taskings of the higher headquarters.

Sustainment. Identify priorities of sustainment for civil affairs operations key tasks and specify additional instructions as required. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required.

Logistics. Identify unique sustainment requirements, procedures, and guidance to support civil affairs teams and operations. Specify procedures for specialized technical logistics support from external organizations as necessary. Use subparagraphs to identify priorities and specific instructions for civil affairs operations logistics support. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) and Annex P (Host-Nation Support) as required.

Personnel. Identify unique personnel requirements and concerns associated with civil affairs operations, including global sourcing support and contracted linguist requirements. Use subparagraphs to identify priorities and specific instructions for human resources support, financial management, legal support, and religious support. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required.

Health Service Support. Identify availability, priorities, and instructions for medical care. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required. Provide additional information on the following:

Identify and list locations, capabilities, and capacity of nonmilitary medical treatment facilities that can or will support civil affairs operations.

Identify and list unique problems, challenges, and legal considerations of providing health service support to the indigenous population.

Identify and list host-nation medical support capabilities if not addressed in Annex P (Host-Nation Support).

Identify and list areas requiring capacity building activities, such as in veterinary services or agriculture realms.

Command and Signal.

Command.

Location of the Commander and Key Leaders. List the location of the commander and key civil affairs leaders.

Succession of Command. State the succession of command if not covered in the unit’s standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Liaison Requirements. State civil affairs liaison requirements not covered in the unit’s SOPs.

Control.

Command Posts. Describe the employment of command posts (CPs), including the location of each CP and its time of opening and closing, as appropriate. State the primary controlling CP for specific tasks or phases of the operation (for example, “Civil-military operations center (CMOC) will be co-located with division main CP”).

Location and alternate locations of civil affairs command post or CMOC.

Location and alternate locations of higher, adjacent, and subordinate CMOCs.

Location of key civil affairs operations leaders.

Reports. List reports not covered in SOPs. Describe civil affairs operations reporting requirements for subordinate units. Refer to Annex R (Reports) as required.

Signal. List signal operating instructions for civil affairs operations as needed, as well as primary and alternate means of communications with both military and nonmilitary organizations conducting civil affairs operations. Consider operations security requirements. Refer to Annex H (Signal) as required.

Describe the networks to monitor for reports.

Address any civil affairs operations specific communications or digitization connectivity requirements or coordination necessary to meet functional responsibilities (consider telephone listing). Provide instructions regarding maintenance and update of the civil information management database.

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Appendix 1–Execution Matrix

Appendix 2–Populace and Resources Control Plan

Appendix 3–Civil Information Management Plan

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