9 people

-squad leader (1)

-team leader (2)

-grenadier (2)

-Automatic Rifflemen (2)

-Rifflemen (2)

GRENADIER

(GRN)

SPC

M203- "GRENADIER LAUNCHER"

AUTOMATIC RIFFLEMEN

(AR)

SPC

M249- "SAW"

1. Define your dream- "outcome goal"

2. Know where you are right now- "Gut check moment"

3. Decide what you need to develop- "priorities"

4. Make a plan for improvement-"Action&Belief statements"

5. Set and pursue short term goalss- "Daily To-Do's"

6. Commit yourself completely- "force multipliers"

7.Continually moiter your progress-"Personal goal IPR"

powerful and personal dream goal

EX: Graduating Tx A&M in 2015- ADIOS B-1!

+unify planning process

+guides decision making

+provides context

+motivating force action

+connects to values

+areas that need improvement?

+specific strengths?

+What have I learned from past experiences

Identify the "Here and Now Priorities"

EX: -Increase physical fitness

-Stay healthy throughout prep

SMART actions

Specific

Measurable

Attainable/ Action-Focused

Realistic

Time-Bound

Additudes that will help^ : powerful, personal, present tense, specific

4. Set and pursue short-term goals

1. Recieve the mission

2. Issue a warning order

3. Make a tentative plan

4. Start Necessary movement

5. Reconnoiter

6. Complete the plan

7. Issue the complete order

8. Supervise

In offense:

use no more than one-third of your time between the moment you recieve your missiion and the time you begin the attack.

 In Defense:

Use no more than one-third of your time from the moment you recieve mission to the time plt is ready to defend.

+PLAN!

+ISSUE OPERATION ORDER (OPORD)

work backwards from the time you must attack or defend

M: Mission- what is it?

• identify step by step tasks that must be accomplished
• write restated mission esuring you cover 5 W's: Who,         where, when, and why

E: Enemy- What do you know about your enemy?

• Consider type, size, organization, tactics, and equipments of enemy forces.
• identify most likely course of action

T: Terrain- How will terrain and weather affect mission?

• Use OAKOC, land nav, to evaluate terrain/weather on upcoming mission
• how will the terrain/weather affect enemy

T: Troops- what troops do  you have?

• Consider troop strength, numbers, and weapons
• Consider the capabilities
• assign tasks approp. to the number of soldiers 

T: Time- How much time do you have?

• allocate time based on plan/changes
• one-third, two-thirds plan

C: Civilians- How will mission affect civilians?

• consider population, culture, and leaders
• success of mission may depend on the goodwill of the civilian population

WARNO

(Warning Order)

OPORD

(Operation Order)

An order that givces the details they need to conduct an offensive or defensive operation, includes

FIVE PARAGRAPH

1. situation
2. mission
3. execution
4. service support
5. command control/signal

FRAGO

(Fragmentary Order)

Army acronym that helps commanders plan and operation- stands for 

Mission

Enemy 

Terrain

Troops

Time

Civilian considerations

O: Observation and fields of fire

• what can you see in area
• max. effective range
• how will weather affect visibility?

A: Avenues of approach

• approach that will give soldiers greatest protection?
• which avenue will make you most vulnerable to enemy

K: Key and decisive terrain

• terrain in your area of operation
• how will it all affect tatics? enemy? soldiers?

C: Cover and concealment

• Wht terrain will protect you and soldiers from direct/indirect (Cover)
• aerial and ground observation protection (concealment)
• will weather aid hinder cover/concealment?

• Keep soldiers inform-immediately through chain of command
• follow five paragraph format
• remember one-third, two-thirds rule
• min. of 5 W's

• est. situation to begin planning
• apply army problem solving process (7)

1. Identify prob
2. gather info 
3. develop criteria-tasks? Risks?
4. generate possible solutions
5. analyze possible solutions
6. compare possible solutions
7. Make and implement your decision

Start making a plan

moving out 

equipments

Confirm movements

Confirm Time

Consider risks

Sender: Meaning->Encoding->Transmit

Reciever->Meaning->Decode->Percieve

Barriers to effective communication

Internal Barriers

• lack of listening
• uninteresting
• unimportant
• distraction- bc receiver has bugun to respond

Barriers to effective communication

External barriers

• enviromental distractions
• visual distractions

Barriers to eddective communication

semantic barriers

• language barriers

• Clear
• Coherent
• convincing
• complete
• concise
• correct 

bottom

line

up

front

1. focus msg 
2. magify the listener's attention
3. penetrate barriers
4. listen actively

Administrative

Combat orders

• operations in Garrison/field
• covering traffic, supplies, maintenance, evacuation, 
• include general, specific and memorandum orders

Combat Orders

1. WARNO
2. OPORD
3. FRAGO

Combat Orders- strategic, operation, tactical, service support

• WARNO- prelimnary notice tht an order is to follow
• OPORD- directs a commander issues to subordinate commanders- specify execution time and date- 5 paragraph headings
• provides timely changes of existing orders to subordinates

TLP

Troop Leading Procedures

1. recieve the mission 
2. issue a warning order
3. make a tentative plan
4. start necessary movvement 
5. reconnoiter
6. complete the plan 
7. issue the complete order 
8. supervise

OPORD

Review

• directive issued to subordinante commanders, leaders
• info to effecti execution of an operation
• always specifies execution time and date 
• focus is on what to do not how to do it 
• explains why the mission is import.