L4: OP130 MDMP Flashcards
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ADP 5-0
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The Operations Process
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FM 6-0
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Commander and Staff Organization and Operations
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ATP 2-01.3
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Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
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Fundamentals of Planning
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- helps create and communicate a CO’s common vision between COs, their staffs, subordinate COs and unified action partners
- is both a continuous and cyclical part of the ops process
- synchronizes the actions of forces in time, space, and purpose to achieve objectives and accomplish missions
- results in a plan or order - a directive for future action
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definition of planning
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the art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future, and laying out a desired way to bring that future about
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the measure of a good plan is:
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whether the plan facilitates effective action in the face of unforeseen events
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7 steps of the MDMP
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- Receipt of mission
- Mission analysis
- COA development
- COA analysis
- COA comparison
- COA approval
- Orders production, Dissemination, and transition
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Role of the Commander in the MDMP
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- Follows the status of the planning effort
- Participates during critical periods of the process
- Makes decisions based on the detailed work of the staff
- Focus their activities on understanding, visualizing, and describing
the CO is the most important participant in the MDMP
