Commander’s Critical Information Requirements

Commander’s Critical Information Requirements identify information that must be reported immediately because it may require a command decision.

These may include:

• Loss of command or communications
• An element becoming combat ineffective
• Contact with a significant or unexpected enemy force
• Discovery of an unexpected obstacle or threat
• Loss of a mission-critical asset
• A serious civilian or ROE incident
• Completion or failure of a decisive task
• Conditions requiring commitment of the reserve
• Conditions requiring a change of phase

CCIRs should be limited to information that genuinely requires immediate command attention.