Rules Of Engagement CellDRAFT 18 June, 1999Go back to: Corps as a Warfighting HeadquartersAssociated sections:
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General The operations officer is responsible for the development of ROE in CAP. The ROE cell provides a formal planning structure through which the operations officer can effectively perform this responsibility. The ROE planning process requires timely and extensive intra-staff coordination and planning (usually between the intelligence officer, operations officer, plans officer, and SJA). The starting point for mission-specific ROE is the SROE, which may be modified with approved supplemental ROE. (See Paragraph 9 of Chapter IV, "Joint Task Force Command and Control," for details on ROE.) ROE are not static, however. They are tailored to the individual mission and threat environment and must remain responsive to changes in either. The ROE planning process does not end when the OPLAN or OPORD is approved. The ROE cell should track and review the ROE and respond according to threat or mission changes. It also is the responsibility of the ROE cell to ensure that core SROE training concepts from the Service and functional component forces are integrated into the ROE development process and that subsequent training on the approved mission-specific ROE build upon that core training base. ROE development must begin early in the planning process (before or during COA development). The ROE cell ensures early and knowledgeable ROE development. Key points regarding the ROE cell are as follows. • The initial focus of effort by the ROE planning cell is in support of the overall planning effort by the plans officer and/or JPG. • intelligence officer, operations officer, plans officer, and SJA representatives at a minimum (participation may vary according to the mission). • Consideration of ROE issues is critical to the COA analysis process. Prepare for wargaming of COAs in the same manner as an opposition force cell by predicting probable ROE impact on operation planning and by discussing political and military aspects of the mission statement and forecasting probable ROE restrictions and allowances for use of force. Proposed ROE must be modified as necessary to support the accomplishment of mission objectives. • Gather threat indicators and decision points during COA development that will become the basis for drafting and requesting supplemental ROE. • Draft ROE and supplemental ROE (OPLAN, OPORD, or campaign plan Appendix 8 to Annex C, "Operations"). • Develop or review for uniformity and compliance with the ROE the tools for training, tracking, and/or interpreting ROE. •• Threat matrix is a tool that identifies theater-specific threats and hostile indicators. •• ROE pocket cards may be used at the unit level for training in ROE. •• Tracking boards for current ROE in force have proven effective. •• ROE situation vignettes for use in training. • Oversee dissemination and training of ROE. • React to requests for supplemental ROE from components. • Generate supplemental ROE requests based on changing threat or mission. • Assist the SJA in interpreting SROE and existing ROE for CJTF, JTF staff, and component commands.
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