BATTLE COMMAND CONCEPT
CG, TRADOC, 22 FEB 93
VISION OF BATTLE COMMAND:
Fundamentally Competent Leaders
Necessary Intuitive Sense of Operational Unit and Soldiers
Ability to Visualize the Battlefield
NOT CAPTURED BY THE CURRENT WORN-OUT C2 ENGINE:
Current Command Post Fixations
Large Tactical Staffs
Current Programs
VISION OF THE FUTURE OF BATTLE COMMAND:
Continue to Develop Leaders with the Fundamental Competencies and
Characteristics
Harness Systems to Help Those Competent Battle Commanders
Develop Leader Teams, Now Called Staffs
Horizontally and Vertically United by Intent
Able to Access Broadcast Data to Aid in Visualizing the Battlefield
Create the Means to Order Execution of Methods from Mobile Sites
We need to pay more attention to the implicit part of command and control and
battlefield leadership. Commanders training together and knowing each other,
rehearsing and practicing operations, holding AARs immediately after an exercise,
refining and enforcing SOPs, and ensuring there is good understanding two levels up
and down are a few of the things we need to emphasize.
COL Don Holder, Cdr, 2ACR
DESERT STORM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Table of Contents
Preface
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
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BCFR Objectives
Battle Command Definition
Battle Command Components
Tenets of Battle Command
Dynamics of Battle Command
BCFR Program Findings
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CHAPTER 2 THE ART OF BATTLE COMMAND
Battle Command
The Tactical Decision-Making Process
Targeting and the Tactical Decision-Making Process
Mission Analysis and the Restated Mission
Setting Conditions for Battle
Troop Leading Procedures
Commander's Guidance
Battle Commander's Intent
Risk Considerations
Time Management
Commander's Critical Information Requirements
How to War-Game
Rehearsals
Synchronization
CHAPTER 3 MANEUVER
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Command and Support Relationship
Factors in Planning Tactical Support
Employment Considerations (Offense)
Characteristics of Offensive Operations
Five Forms of Maneuver
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CHAPTER 3 MANEUVER cont
Characteristics of a Hasty and Deliberate Attack
Guidelines for the Attack of Strong Points or
Fortified Positions
Sequence of Attack
Offensive Control Measures
Employment Considerations (Defense)
Peace Keeping, Humanitarian and Other Operations
Aviation Employment Considerations
Commanders Guidance for Aviation
Defensive Control Measures
CHAPTER 4 COMMAND AND CONTROL
General Considerations of Command and Control
Command Presence
Task Degradation and Command Presence
Command Succession
Delegation of Authority
Information Management
Types of Command Posts
Battalion Task Force Level Command Post and Functions
Tactical Operations Center
Recommendations for Laison Officer (LO) Operations
Signal Planning Considerations
Command, Control, and Communications
Command and Control Process
The Commander and the Media
CHAPTER 5 INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Capabilities
Tactical Intelligence Collection Assets
Plan Offensive Operations
Plan the Defense
Establish and Prioritize Intelligence Requirements
Tactical Intelligence Support Process - A View
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CHAPTER 6 FIRE SUPPORT
Combined Arms Commanders Fire Support Duties
and Responsibilities
Fire Support Systems and Capabilities
Tactical Missions
Equipment - The Digital World
Artillery Target Intelligence
Air Support
Naval Gunfire
Target Acquisition
Fire Support Planning, Preparation, and Execution
Tactical Decision Making Process (Fire Support)
Course of Action Development
Course of Action Analysis and Comparison (War-Gaming)
Fire Support Preparation (Rehearsal, Refinement, Execution)
Fire Support Employment
Peace Keeping, Humanitarian and Other Operations
Targeting
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CHAPTER 7 AIR DEFENSE
Passive and Active Air Defense
Relationships and Missions
Systems and Characteristics
Weapons Control
Early Warning
Employment Considerations
Commander's Guidance for Air Defense
Air Defense Planning Considerations
ADA Organization for Combat
Organizing for Combat
Employment Principles
Command and Support Relationships
ADA Employment Guidelines
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CHAPTER 8 MOBILITY/SURVIVABILITY
Armored Division Brigade Engineer Support
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Separate Brigade Engineers Light Division Brigade Engineer
Support
Engineer Capabilities
Employment Considerations
Engineers Fight as Infantry
Commander's Guidance for Mobility/Survivability
Operations
Obstacle Planning
The Planning Process
Mine Warfare
Chemical Company
NBC Reconnaissance Platoon
Smoke Employment
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CHAPTER 9 COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT
Combat Service Support Operations
Brigade Combat Service Support
Brigade Commander, FSB Commander and Staff Interface
Forward Support Battalion
Brigade Trains Operations
Support for Deep Operations
Battalion Task Force CSS Support
Task Force Logistics Estimate
Task Force Trains
CSS for Cross-Attachment
Trains Security
Supply
Support of Night Operations
Maintenance
Field Services
Personnel and Administrative Services
Health Sevices Support
Reconstitution/Reorganization/Regeneration
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ANNEX B
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ANNEX E
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Consolidated Operational Definitions and Task List
Priority Target Engagement Techniques and Fire Support
Coordinating Measures
Glossary (Acronyms and Abbreviations)
References
Doctrinally Correct Terms Used in
Intent and Mission Statements
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