1. Mission Command
2. Develop the situation through action
3. Combined Arms
4. Adherence to the Law of War
5. Establish and Maintain Security
6. Create Multiple Dilemmas for the Enemy
Steps of IPB
1. Define the Operational Environment
2. Describe environmental effects on operations
3. Evaluate the threat
4. Determine threat COAs
The Mission Statement
Who (the company)
What (the unit's essential task and type of operation)
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,When (this is the time given in the BN OPORD)
Where (the OBJ or location stated in higher's OPORD)
Why (the company purpose, taken from higher's concept of the operation)
Decisive Point
A decisive point is a geographic space, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted
upon, allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to
achieving success
Offensive Tasks
1. Movement to contact
2. Attack
3. Pursuit
4. Exploitation
1. Do not keep recon assets in reserve
2. Orient on the recon objective
3. Report information rapidly and accurately
4. Gain and maintain enemy contact
5. Ensure continuous recon
6. Retain freedom of maneuver
7. Develop the situation rapidly
Fundamentals of Security
1. Provide early and accurate warning
2. Provide reaction time and maneuver space
3. Orient on the force or facility to be secured
4. Perform continuous recon
5. Maintain enemy contact
Principles of Direct Fire Control
1. Mass the effects of fire
2. Avoid target overkill
3. Destroy the greatest threat first
4. Employ the best weapon for the specific target
5. Minimize exposure
6. Plan and implement fratricide avoidance measures
7. Plan for limited visibility
8. Plan for degraded capabilities
Terrain Based DFCM
1. Target Reference Point
2. Engagement Area
3. Sector of Fire
4. Direction of Fire
5. Terrain based quadrant
6. Friendly based quadrant
7. Maximum Engagement Line
8. Final Protective Line
9. Restrictive Fire Line
Threat based DFCM
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, 1. Rules of Engagement
2. Weapons ready posture
3. Weapons safety posture
4. Weapon control status
5. Engagement priorities
6. Trigger
7. Engagement techniques
8. Target Array
9. Fire patterns
1. Column
2. Company line
3. Company wedge
4. Company vee
5. Company file
6. Echelon right or left
7. Box (weapons company)
8. Diamond (weapons company)
9. Coil (stationary weapons company)
10. Herringbone (weapons company)
Tenets of breaching operations
1. Intelligence
2. Fundamentals
3. Organization
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