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1. Training Scenario: (See Annex A: Extract of Warning Order, and Annex B: Area Map).

Today is D+2 and the 1st IBCT deployed as a part of a multi-national force to the port of Djibouti in response to a request from the host nation. CENTCOM and JFLC are concerned with the increased movement of troops along the Ethiopian border. The Meles' Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF) has conducted a campaign of terrorist attacks on all major cities throughout Djibouti. The entire region of Djibouti has erupted into civil unrest because of these attacks. Intelligence estimates indicate that the TPLF is attempting to gain control of Djibouti to control the straight of Bab el Mandeb, a strategic asset that controls the entrance into the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. The terrorist organization could inhibit movement of U.S. forces into the Indian Ocean, hold OPEC oil exports hostage, and stop exports through the straight of Bab el Mandeb. The roads, to the north and east of the capital city of Djibouti, are clogged with 135,000 Djibouti refugees. The IBCT is presently in assembly areas around the Djibouti airfield. The battalion recently received a warning order to be prepared to conduct a movement to contact within 24 hours as part of a combined peace enforcement mission. A non-digitized Saudi Arabian Mechanized Rifle Company (SAMRC) has been placed under the operational control of your battalion. The JFLCC gave the brigade this mission at H+48 hours (D+2). JFLCC's intent is to quickly re-establish the international border and destroy any TPLF forces that oppose them in sector. The IBCT Commander is enroute to the battalion CP and requires a briefback on your concept for this operation.

The Saudi Mechanized Rifle Company (SAMRC) has deployed with 113 men and was just fielded with SINCGARS radios. (They have only used them in a single-channel mode.) Two Liaison Officers, a Djibouti Self-Defense National Army officer and a Saudi Arabian officer have already arrived at your Battalion HQ and the SAMRC is enroute to the battalion assembly area.

2. Requirement. In your small group, develop a concept of the operation and an operational sketch with which to brief the Brigade Commander. Be prepared to reconvene back into the large group to present your solution and/or approach and discuss the pros and cons of each group's approach. Some issues that each discussion group should address include, but are not limited to, the following: