MCWP 3-16.1 Artillery Operations.pdf - Marine Corps Community ...

10-24 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ MCWP 3-16.1
Signal
Includes the updated communications-electronics
operating instruction, wire plan, special signal
instructions, retransmission locations and priority,
and digital subscriber tables. This section will also
describe specified uses of pyrotechnics for signalling
and the challenge and password.
Orders Reconciliation
This internal process used by the staff ensures
that the basic order and all enclosures are
complete and in agreement. It identifies discrepancies
or gaps that the staff must correct. In
particular, the staff compares the commander’s
intent, mission, and CCIRs against the concept of
artillery support and supporting concepts.
Orders Crosswalk
The staff compares the order with the orders of
higher, adjacent, and supported commanders.
This helps achieve unity of effort and ensure that
the higher commander’s intent is met.
Commander’s Approval of Order or Plan
The final action taken is the approval of the order
by the commander. The actual output of this
process is the operations order or plan that will be
executed. Along with the order is all the supporting
documentation such as overlays, matrices,
and enclosures.
Transition
Transition ensures the successful shift from
planning to execution. It is meant to enhance the
situational awareness of those who will execute
the order, maintains the intent of the concept of
artillery support, promotes unity of effort, and
generates tempo. Transition is a continual process
that requires a free flow of information between
the commander, staff, and subordinate elements
by all means available. The basis for the transition
is the approved operations order or plan,
along with products of continuing staff action
such as updated IPB or synchronization matrices.
See figure 10-20.
Orders Brief
The transition begins with issuing the order
(written, matrix or verbal, depending on time
available) to subordinate commanders.
Rehearsals
Confirmation Brief
Routinely performed by subordinate commanders
immediately after receiving any instructions,
such as OPORD, fragmentary order, etc. Subordinate
commanders brief the higher commander on
their understanding of the commander’s intent,
their specific tasks and purpose, and intrarelationship
of all units in the plan.
Inputs Process Outputs
The order or plan Orders brief Subordinate commanders:
Synchronization matrix Rehearsals • Ready to execute
Decision support tools • Prepared for future operations
Updated intelligence and IPB products
Information on future operations
Any outstanding issues
Figure 10-20. Transition.