SUO Planning Decision Aids PDA Thread 2 Sniper

SUO Planning & Decision Aids PDA Thread 2 - Sniper Suppression Prototyping Peter Jarvis, John Levine, Austin Tate, Jeff Dalton AIAI, University of Edinburgh Outline – Purpose: experimentation to ensure that the situations and actions in SUO can be represented – Recap the situation within the thread – Early Demonstration (live)

Thread Overview • Initially – Platoons in “toe-hold” positions – Undetected by OPFOR – 1 st Platoon • Squad A covers at 30 m from building 34 • Squad B covers inside building 34 • Squad C ready to storm San Roberto 2 nd Plt 1 st Plt 3 OP “M” 3 rd Plt 4 th Plt

Advance from Toe-Holds • On Order – 1 st Platoon Charlie Squad blows wall and advances on the Church • Result – First two soldiers through breach are killed by sniper fire – Member of Bravo Squad hit on other side of Building 34 (indicates two snipers) – Battle drill response of placing suppressing fire upon the snipers’ positions

Sniper Positions

Platoon Leaders Query to PDA • Platoon Leader asks PDA to give COAs for following task. – 1. Suppress Sniper 1 – 2. Suppress Sniper 2 – 3. Storm Church under suppressed sniper fire

World Situation • PDA retrieves the following information from SAS – – – – – {historic_interest Building 33} = valuable {friendly_occupancy Building 31} = actual {friendly_occupancy Building 32} = planned {location_of Sniper 1} = Building 32 {location_of Sniper 2} = Building 46 {location_of Team_A_1 st_Platoon} = Cover_Positions_Building 34 {location_of 2 nd_Platoon} = Building 31 {status_AFSS 1 st_Platoon} = available {status_TACAir 1 st_Platoon} = available

Demonstration • Planning Process – Each objective is listed together with methods appropriate in this situation – Inappropriate methods for this situation are automatically filtered. • COA Generation – Generate all COAs appropriate in this situation – * Rank the set according to the Platoon Leader’s evaluation criteria

PDA Operation • Option 1: Guide the Planning Process

PDA Operation • Option 2: Produce All Open COAs

PDA Thread 2 COAs • COA 1 – Suppress Sniper 1 - Suppressing fire from 2 nd Platoon – Suppress Sniper 2 - AFSS • COA 2 – Suppress Sniper 1 - Accurate smoke from 1 st Platoon – Suppress Sniper 2 - AFSS • COA 3 – Suppress Sniper 1 - Accurate smoke from 1 st Platoon – Suppress Sniper 2 - Tactical Air Strike • COA 4 – Suppress Sniper 1 - Accurate smoke from 1 st Platoon – Suppress Sniper 2 - Accurate smoke from 1 st Platoon • COA 5 – Suppress Sniper 1 - Suppressing fire from 2 nd Platoon – Suppress Sniper 2 - Tactical Air Strike • COA 6 – Suppress Sniper 1 - Suppressing fire from 2 nd Platoon – Suppress Sniper 2 - Accurate smoke from 1 st Platoon

Summary • Military Benefits – Selecting workable course of action • e. g. avoiding air strike on building occupied by own forces • e. g. change in 2 nd Platoon’s plans means that an air strike is now an option.