1708 - Civil-Military Operations (CMO) Planner

Summary

Civil-Military Operations Planners plan, coordinate, and assess civil-military operations (CMO) and civil affairs operations (CAO).

These officers advise commanders and their staff sections on the conduct of CMO and CAO as well as in understanding and shaping civil conditions to support MAGTF operations.

CMO Planners integrate CMO into the Marine Corps planning process (MCPP) across the range of military operations.

CMO Planners develop green cell products, and coordinate, plan and develop an annex G supporting a MAGTF or joint task force (JTF) operation plan or operations order.

CMO are the activities of a commander that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relations between military forces, governmental and nongovernmental civilian organizations and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostile operational area of operations (AO) in order to facilitate military operations, to consolidate and achieve U.S.

objectives.

CMO should be integrated with a larger influence campaign plan and leverage the placement and access gained by these types of operations to better influence the environment and inform the Commander of potential threats and opportunities.

Prerequisites

Must possess PMOS 1707, Influence Officer.

Security requirement: must meet sensitive compartmented information (SCI) eligibility guidelines based on a single scope background investigation/TS investigation.

Requirements

Complete the Civil-Military Operations Planner Course (M02ZSFD), Marine Corps Civil-Military Operations School (MCCMOS), Quantico, VA.

The following course of instruction is desirable as a skill enhancement course: NATO CIMIC Staff Worker Course (NCSWC200).

POI CID

None

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to NAVMC 3500.124A, Information Maneuver Training and Readiness Manual.

Emergency Management Specialist 13-1061.

Influence Officer, 1707.

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