Cpl's Course: Tactical Planning Exam
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BAMCIS OVERVIEW - ✔✔The troop leading steps are meant to aid leaders in
making tactically sound decisions, formulating plans, coherently communicating
those plans, and turning those decisions into action.
RECEIPT OF MISSION - ✔✔The receipt of a mission triggers the troop leading
steps.
•To make effective use of available time, the leader issues a warning order (an
abbreviated set of instructions to inform of an impending action) to
subordinates; this allows subordinate leaders to begin preparations while the
leader conducts a detailed analysis.
•At the end of this step, leaders will emerge with an initial plan that they expect
to execute, pending the validation of the assumptions made during planning. To
begin answering questions about the enemy or environment, leaders will
arrange to conduct a reconnaissance.
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,ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION - ✔✔The purpose of the estimate of the situation
is to collect and analyze relevant information for developing, within the time
limits and available information, the most effective solution to a problem.
•Although normally used in solving tactical problems, it is applicable to other
military activities. The estimate is as thorough as time and circumstances
permit.
•Estimates are revised continuously as factors affecting the operation change,
as new facts are recognized, as assumptions are replaced by facts or rendered
invalid, or as changes to the mission are received or indicated.
•Detailed analysis conducted before mission execution will increase the speed
and accuracy of decisions as the situation changes at the point of friction.
METT-T ANALYSIS - ✔✔The format, often referred to by the acronym METT-T,
provides a logical sequence for analyzing all relevant factors.
ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION:
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,MISSION ANALYSIS - ✔✔The first step in the estimate is mission analysis; it is
the means for the unit leader to gain an understanding of the mission.
•Task analysis: The unit leader must identify and understand all that is required
for the successful accomplishment of the mission. This includes tasks received in
the unit's task statement and coordinating instructions from the higher
commander's operations order.
•Limitations: These are restrictions on the freedom of action of the friendly
force; these prohibit the commander from doing something specific. Tactical
control measures, rules of engagement (ROE), and the statements, "Be prepared
to...," "Not earlier than...," "On order...," are some examples of limitations.
ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION:
ENEMY ANALYSIS - ✔✔Enemy analysis is conducted to not only know what
assets the enemy has, but also to understand what the enemy is doing.
•What is the enemy trying to accomplish?
•How will the enemy use each available element of combat power?
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, Input comes from many sources including enemy doctrine, current enemy
activities indicated in higher's order, units that have previously operated in the
area, and the unit's intelligence section. The information used to analyze the
enemy situation includes the following:
Composition, Disposition, and Strength - ✔✔Answer the questions:
•What does the enemy have?
•What is the enemy trying to accomplish?
Describe your enemy:
•Identify the forces and equipment that the enemy can bring to bear within
your unit's zone or sector.
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BAMCIS OVERVIEW - ✔✔The troop leading steps are meant to aid leaders in
making tactically sound decisions, formulating plans, coherently communicating
those plans, and turning those decisions into action.
RECEIPT OF MISSION - ✔✔The receipt of a mission triggers the troop leading
steps.
•To make effective use of available time, the leader issues a warning order (an
abbreviated set of instructions to inform of an impending action) to
subordinates; this allows subordinate leaders to begin preparations while the
leader conducts a detailed analysis.
•At the end of this step, leaders will emerge with an initial plan that they expect
to execute, pending the validation of the assumptions made during planning. To
begin answering questions about the enemy or environment, leaders will
arrange to conduct a reconnaissance.
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,ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION - ✔✔The purpose of the estimate of the situation
is to collect and analyze relevant information for developing, within the time
limits and available information, the most effective solution to a problem.
•Although normally used in solving tactical problems, it is applicable to other
military activities. The estimate is as thorough as time and circumstances
permit.
•Estimates are revised continuously as factors affecting the operation change,
as new facts are recognized, as assumptions are replaced by facts or rendered
invalid, or as changes to the mission are received or indicated.
•Detailed analysis conducted before mission execution will increase the speed
and accuracy of decisions as the situation changes at the point of friction.
METT-T ANALYSIS - ✔✔The format, often referred to by the acronym METT-T,
provides a logical sequence for analyzing all relevant factors.
ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION:
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,MISSION ANALYSIS - ✔✔The first step in the estimate is mission analysis; it is
the means for the unit leader to gain an understanding of the mission.
•Task analysis: The unit leader must identify and understand all that is required
for the successful accomplishment of the mission. This includes tasks received in
the unit's task statement and coordinating instructions from the higher
commander's operations order.
•Limitations: These are restrictions on the freedom of action of the friendly
force; these prohibit the commander from doing something specific. Tactical
control measures, rules of engagement (ROE), and the statements, "Be prepared
to...," "Not earlier than...," "On order...," are some examples of limitations.
ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION:
ENEMY ANALYSIS - ✔✔Enemy analysis is conducted to not only know what
assets the enemy has, but also to understand what the enemy is doing.
•What is the enemy trying to accomplish?
•How will the enemy use each available element of combat power?
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, Input comes from many sources including enemy doctrine, current enemy
activities indicated in higher's order, units that have previously operated in the
area, and the unit's intelligence section. The information used to analyze the
enemy situation includes the following:
Composition, Disposition, and Strength - ✔✔Answer the questions:
•What does the enemy have?
•What is the enemy trying to accomplish?
Describe your enemy:
•Identify the forces and equipment that the enemy can bring to bear within
your unit's zone or sector.
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