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This week’s @USArmyMCCoE #MissionCommandMonday tackles mission orders. IMO the most misunderstood principle & most flexible tool. What is & what it isn’t. How to make that annex of yours more useful @usacac
Msn orders are a technique for giving orders, focusing on what & why not the how. From 5 para order to dynamic T/P msn orders are flexible to the level of uncertainty & tempo. It means issuing graphics, intent, & instructions with only the necessary to enable success & initiative
Believe it or not Army planning methods (TLPs, MDMP, design) and guidelines like 1/3-2/3 or WARNORDs are built for mission orders. Even with modern comms and data processing platforms, these are the necessary but insufficient science of an effective command system
The art comes from the leader link— judging and balancing what necessary guidance entails in the moment and how that changes over time. Leaders generate the push and pull of information that continually improves and updates that all important ‘what’ and ‘why’
How do we train (or re-train) to use mission orders? How does it change in different OEs or across the P, A, C and E in your unit comms plan? @usacactraining @ArmyUniversity @USArmyDoctrine @USArmy_CALL
