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The purpose of shared situational awareness is to support a common operating picture (what now only COBR calls a CRIP – commonly recognised information picture).  This should form the basis of decision-making and probably constitutes the situation report sent up and down the chain. Note that it doesn’t imply that everybody has everybody else’s knowledge; it’s about the critical elements that explain the situation and which are agreed upon by the team as their common understanding.  

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