Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post

RTK, ... I don't mean this disrespectfully, but so what? ... On further reflection our COG probably needs to be tied to our end state.
No disrespect taken.

THis is exactly the point I've tried to make in other threads, particularly the Strategic Corporal thread. I work off my commander's intent and endstate. I then refine his to develop mine. Endstate drives the train. So I've got all these Iraqis out there. So what? How do they affect me? How do they affect my mission? Where do they tie into my endstate? Looking at things from a purely informational standpoint, you could see these as PIR.

Perhaps COG is nothing more than a prescribed set of CCIR and key tasks driven towards a defined endstate fulfilling the commander's intent.