4-40 COA Essentials

COA DEVELOPMENT

ACTIVITIES

Narrator: Jot down your initial COA ideas for the COA development planning session. Remember, your COA 1 graphic must be adequate, feasible, acceptable and distinguishable from COA 2, and should ultimately include the main effort scheme of maneuver, the supporting effort scheme of maneuver, and the maneuver control measures, or boundaries and phase lines. It could also include: fire support coordination measures, or Fire Support Coordination Lines, No Fires Areas and Restricted Fire Areas; NAIs, TAIs, and DPs, and employment of the reserves.

COA Development

Remember:

All COA Development planning templates and COA 2 examples are provided in the OPT Toolkit.
Remember, your COA 1 graphic must be adequate/suitable, feasible, acceptable, and distinguishable from COA 2, and should ultimately include the main effort scheme of maneuver, the supporting effort scheme of maneuver, and the maneuver control measures (boundaries and phase lines).
It could also include fire support coordination measures or fire support coordination lines, no fire areas, and restricted fire areas, as well as NAIs, TAIs, DPs and employment of the reserves.