PSYOP B-D-1

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	ANNEX D TO APPENDIX B

	JOPES IO (PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS) GUIDANCE

	B-D-1

	The guidance in this annex relates to the
	development of Tab D (Psychological
	Operations) of Appendix 3 (Information
	Operations) to Annex C (Operations) of the
	OPLAN/CONPLAN/OPORD/campaign
	plan/functional plan format found in CJCSM
	3122.03, “Joint Operation Planning and
	Execution System, Volume II, Planning
	Formats and Guidance.”

	1. Situation
	a. Overview
	• What is the general psychological
	situation in the AOR/JOA?
	• What, if any, are the ongoing PSYOP
	programs?
	• What are the significant factors
	influencing PSYOP activities?
	• What are the competing PSYOP goals
	in the AOR/JOA?
	• What is the PSYOP task to be
	accomplished?
	b. US (or US and Allied/Coalition)
	Perspective
	• How will the assigned PSYOP task be
	accomplished?
	• What resources will be used?
	• What will be the general phasing of
	current actions with future actions?
	c. Neutral Perspective (if applicable)
	• What are the estimated neutral
	intentions under various circumstances?
	• What activities and resources are
	available to these neutral intentions?
	• What neutral actions and behavior
	would favor mission accomplishment?
	• Which apparent current COAs might
	affect mission accomplishment?
	• What resources are available to execute
	alternative COAs?
	• What objective and subjective factors could
	affect decisions and resource effectiveness?
	• What are the staff factions and who are the
	particularly influential individuals?
	• What are the characteristics of decision
	makers and their key advisors, major staff
	planners, staff factions (to include
	particularly influential individuals), and
	intelligence system analysts?
	• What are the groups of related planner and
	decision maker essential elements of
	friendly information (EEFI)?
	• What is the estimated background
	knowledge and desired and harmful
	appreciations for each group?
	d. Enemy Perspectives
	• Decision Maker and Staff
	•• Who are the decision makers who can
	direct development or allocation of
	resources of COA pertinent to the task
	assigned?
	•• What feasible alternative actions would
	favor or harm friendly operational effectiveness?
	•• What COAs might affect friendly task
	accomplishment?
	•• What resources are available to
	execute each COA?
	•• What are the characteristics of enemy
	decision makers, their key advisors, and
	staff (particularly intelligence analysts)?
	• Intelligence Systems
	•• What are the intelligence systems that
	support decision makers and their staffs?
	•• What are the intelligence systems’
	capabilities pertinent to the situation?
	•• What are the objective and subjective
	factors and the characteristics of collection
	planners and decision makers that affect
	their development and selection for use of
	information gathering resources?
	•• What are the groups of related planner
	and decision maker EEFI?
	•• What is the estimated background
	knowledge and desired and harmful
	appreciations for each group?
	• Target Audiences
	•• What groups can influence plans,
	decisions, and operational effectiveness
	in task accomplishment?
	•• How susceptible are these groups to
	PSYOP?
	•• What group behavior is favorable or
	harmful to task accomplishment?
	•• What are the apparent goals,
	motivations, and characteristics of each
	group?
	•• Who are the leaders who can cause
	these groups to behave in various
	ways?
	•• What are the groups of related target
	audience EEFI?
	•• What is the estimated background
	knowledge and desired and harmful
	appreciations for each group?
	• Command Systems
	•• What communications systems and
	command centers will be used to plan
	COAs and control, coordinate, and
	supervise execution of the planned
	COA?
	•• What is the purpose and what are the
	characteristics of each command and
	control communications net?
	•• What are the PSYOP targets for
	jamming or attacking?
	•• When should PSYOP operations to
	demoralize and disorganize opposing
	command be executed?
	•• When should PSYOP operations to
	reduce opposing operational effectiveness
	be executed?
	•• When should PSYOP operations to
	enhance the effectiveness of planned
	deceptions and PSYOP be executed?
	•• When should PSYOP operations to
	support OPSEC to the maximum
	advantage be executed?

	2. Mission
	How will the PSYOP mission support the
	maneuver commander?

	3. Execution
	a. Concept of Operations
	• Overview
	•• What is the commander’s intent?
	•• What is the overall concept for using
	PSYOP in support of task accomplishment?
	•• Who will plan and conduct strategic
	PSYOP in peacetime and in support of
	pre-conflict deterrence options? Who are
	the supporting commanders?
	•• Who will plan and conduct strategic
	and theater PSYOP in support of
	sustained hostilities? Who are the
	supporting commanders?
	•• Who will plan and conduct joint
	tactical PSYOP in support of operational
	COAs? Who are the supporting
	commanders?
	• General Guidance to Units and Forces
	•• What are the valid PSYOP themes to
	be promoted to induce strategic and
	theater PSYOP objectives?
	•• What are the valid or invalid PSYOP
	themes to be discouraged? Include
	indications of specific target audience
	sensitivities and harm that might occur
	if the themes are accepted by target
	audiences.
	•• PSYOP Actions Suitable for Use.
	(1) What is the guidance for the conduct
	of military operations, actions, and
	personnel behavior to promote valid
	PSYOP themes? (2) What is the
	guidance for avoiding military operations
	and actions and personnel behavior that
	would result in harmful target audience
	attitudes and behavior? (3) What are
	the cultural and psychological
	characteristics of target audiences which
	will aid operational planners and
	personnel in selecting COAs and
	interacting with target audience
	members?
	•• Adversary PSYOP. (1) What
	adversary PSYOP will be directed at US
	personnel and at foreign groups in the
	AOR/JOA. (2) What is the guidance
	for countering such adversary
	operations?
	• Outline of Each Planned PSYOP
	Operation
	•• What is the target audience and set of
	PSYOP objectives, overall themes,
	subgroups to be targeted (to include their
	characteristics), and specific themes to
	be promoted for each subgroup?‘
	•• What are the provisions for testing,
	producing, stocking, and disseminating
	PSYOP materials and for measuring
	PSYOP effectiveness?
	•• What are the command and staff
	arrangements? Who are the supporting
	commanders?
	•• What resources are required to plan
	and conduct PSYOP actions? Include
	civil capabilities; indigenous assets;
	exploitation of enemy prisoners of war
	(EPWs), internees, and detainees for
	PSYOP; and military PSYOP resources.
	•• What are the logistics requirements?
	Include preparation, distribution, and
	stocking of PSYOP materials; transport
	of PSYOP material and personnel to
	operational areas and their basing and
	support while conducting PSYOP;
	provisions for the supply and
	maintenance of US and indigenous
	PSYOP material; and fiscal and
	personnel matters.
	•• What are the requirements for
	implementing schedules and PSYOP
	operation control sheets?
	•• What is the codeword for OPSECsensitive PSYOP?
	• What is the OPSEC planning guidance?
	Include planning for, preparing for, and
	conducting PSYOP and PSYOP actions
	to maintain essential secrecy for the
	commander’s intention and to gain and
	maintain essential secrecy for OPSECsensitive PSYOP COAs.
	b. Situation Monitoring
	• How will intelligence, multi-discipline
	CI, security monitoring, and operational
	feedback be provided?
	• What is the requirement for running
	situation estimates; periodic estimates of
	target appreciations responsive to EEFI,
	actions, and attitudes and behavior; and
	current reporting of intelligence and
	multi-discipline CI information, security
	monitoring results, and implementing
	actions?
	• What resources are required? What is
	their availability?
	c. Control
	• How will control be affected and
	implementation centrally coordinated?
	• What are the coordinating instructions?
	• How will implementation planning and
	supervision of the planned action be
	accomplished?
	• What is the need for specific PSYOP
	operations?
	• What coordination is required with
	adjacent commands and civilian
	agencies, to include US diplomatic
	missions, US Information Agency
	(USIA), and Agency for International
	Development?
	• What coordination is required with
	military deception and OPSEC
	planners, EW planners, and planners
	in the fields of civic action, FHA, civil
	affairs, EPWs, CI, detainees,
	command, control, and
	communications, legal, captured US
	personnel, and operations?
	d. Tasks
	• What responsibilities must be assigned
	to implement the concept?
	• Is designation of an executive agent to
	coordinate implementation among
	multiple organizations required?
	• How will feedback to ensure
	effectiveness of tasks be provided?

	4. Administration and Logistics
	a. Logistics
	• What is the guidance on stocking of
	PSYOP and information materials and
	provisions to disseminating
	organizations?
	• What are the provisions for the supply
	and maintenance of PSYOP-unique
	supplies and equipment?
	• What are the provisions for control and
	maintenance of indigenous equipment
	and materials?
	• What are the fiscal matters relating to
	special funds?
	• What are the personnel matters relating
	to indigenous personnel?
	b. Administration
	• What are the requirements for special
	reports?
	• What are the requirements for planning
	and operations in support of education
	programs regarding EPWs and civilian
	internees?
	• What will be the participation in
	interrogation of EPWs, internees, and
	detainees to obtain information essential
	or peculiar to PSYOP?

	5. Command and Control
	Refer to appropriate sections of Annex K
	(Command, Control, and Communications
	Systems) and provide pertinent extracts of
	information included in the basic plan or
	Annex K, to include the following.
	a. What are the recognition and
	identification instructions?
	b. What is the electronic policy?
	c. What are the headquarters locations and
	movements?
	d. What are the codewords?
	e. What is the frequency allocation?

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