BSS5: The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 5th Ed. by Norman M. Wade (2015-05-04)

by Norman M. Wade

Book Overview

BSS5: The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 5th Ed. incorporates the full scope of new material from FM 6-0 (w/change 2), Commander and Staff Organization and Operations (May '15); ATP 2-01.3/MCRP 2-3A, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield/Battlespace (Nov '14); ADRP 1-02, Operational Terms and Military Symbols (Feb '15); FM 3-09, Field Artillery Operations and Fire Support (Apr '14); ATP 3-60, Targeting (May '15); and ATP 5-19 (w/change 1), Risk Management (Apr '14). Chapters and topics include the operations process (ADRP 5-0); commander's activities (Understand, Visualize, Describe, Direct, Lead, Assess); the military decisionmaking process and troop leading procedures (FM 6-0: MDMP & TLP); integrating processes and continuing activities (IPB, targeting, risk management); plans and orders (WARNOs/FRAGOs/OPORDs); mission command, command posts, liaison (ADRP 6-0); rehearsals & after action reviews; and operational terms and military symbols (ADRP 1-02). * This is the third printing of BSS5 (dated Apr 2017), incorporating minor text edits from Change 2 to FM 6-0 (Apr 2016) and ADRP 3-0 (Nov 2016). An asterisk marks changed content. Commanders, supported by their staffs, use the operations process to drive the conceptual and detailed planning necessary to understand, visualize, and describe their operational environment; make and articulate decisions; and direct, lead, and assess military operations. The Army's framework for exercising mission command is the operations process: planning, preparing, executing, and continuously assessing the operation.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 1935886630
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: The Lightning Press
• Length: 344 Pages