FM 5-0, The Operations Process - Federation of American Scientists

Index
Entries are by paragraph number.
military decisionmaking process.
See MDMP.
military operations, 1-43, 5-9,
C-38
characteristics of, 1-3
society and, 1-2
mission, C-22–C-27
accomplishing, 2-98
defined, 2-89
mission analysis, COA
development, C-39–C-47
MDMP and, B-25–B-72
preparation and, 4-31
running estimate and, G-8
tools for, B-17–B-18
troop leading procedures and,
C-21–C-38
mission analysis briefing,
B-63–B-66
outline, B-65
mission briefing, 4-38, J-8–J-11
mission command, 1-39–1-42,
4-46
defined, 1-40
operational concept and, 1-45
planning, 2-28
mission narrative, 6-36, B-58
defined, 3-66
mission orders, 2-36, 2-78–2-80,
B-61, B-180
defined, 2-78
mission statement, 2-92, 2-105,
B-31, B-35, B-64, B-66, C-14,
C-27, C-47
defined, B-59
plan component, 2-88
proposed, B-59–B-62
unit, 2-89
mission team, F-5
mission variables, 1-21, 1-71,
2-59, 5-41, B-63
mobile command group, A-12
MOE, 3-27, 6-13, B-4, G-11, H-9
defined, 6-14
questions for, 6-14
selecting and writing,
H-11–H-19
momentum, 1-62,
building, 5-11–5-12
monitoring, 5-8, 6-7–6-11, 6-12,
6-21, H-6
defined, 6-7
MOP, 6-13, 6-35, 6-47, 6-52, B-4,
G-11, H-9, H-23
defined, 6-15
questions for, 6-16
movement, initiate, C-50
troop leading procedures, C-50
movement and maneuver cell,
A-19
movement and maneuver
warfighting function, planning
guidance, D-8
N–O
names, in OPLAN and OPORD,
E-40
nested concepts, defined, 2-95
network rehearsal, I-29–I-30
objective, defined, 2-101
decisive points, 2-100–2-101
observation, defined, C-30
obstacle, defined, C-33
offensive operation, 1-61, 2-57,
2-58, 3-13, 5-4, 6-54, 6-60,
B-108, C-42, E-1,
one-third–two-thirds rule,
2-66–2-67
open source, B-50
operation order. See OPORD.
operation plan. See OPLAN.
operation update, assessment
briefing, A-43–A-44
operational approach, 1-57, 2-23,
2-41, 2-54, B-68
consideration of, 3-57–3-62
defined, 3-58
plan and, 6-35
planning and, 2-1
operational area, 1-25–1-26, 4-30
changing conditions, 1-12
operational area security, 4-25
operational art, defined, 2-10
operational concept, mission
command and, 1-45
operational design, 2-102, 3-67,
B-74
use of, D-3
operational environment, actors
in, 3-51
analysis of, 1-63
characteristics of, 1-4–1-10
complexity of, 1-5, 1-19
defined, 1-4
framing, 3-39–3-51
patterns in, 1-18
tools of, 3-50
understanding, 3-24–3-25,
3-40–3-41
operational initiative, defined, 3-60
operational limitation, defined,
B-37
operational problem, 2-16
operational variables, 1-21, 1-71,
2-59, 3-8, 3-40, 3-52, B-38
operational-level planning, 2-10,
2-12
operations. See also military
operations.
CP, A-34–A-59
culture and, 1-24
deception, 4-52
elements of, 1-12
follow-on, 2-58
nature of, 1-1–1-13
operations process, activities of,
1-47, 6-30
assessment and, 1-63–1-65
battle command and,
1-49–1-56
collaboration and, 1-35
execution and, 1-48,
1-61–1-62
fundamentals of, 1-1–1-72
planning and, 1-57–1-58, 2-2
preparation and, 1-59–1-60,
4-8–4-15
running estimate, G-7–G-11
operations research/systems
analysis, 6-65–6-68
operations security, 4-23
operations synchronization
meeting, A-45–A-46
OPLAN, administrative
instructions of, E-27–E-58
characteristics of, E-1–E-12
defined, E-15
format, E-59
task organization and, F-15
OPORD, administrative
instructions of, E-27–E-58
characteristics of, E-1–E-12
defined, E-19
format, E-59
rehearsal and, I-5, I-59
task organization and, F-15
opportunity, 5-33
commanders and, 5-10
create and exploit, 3-27, 5-8,
3-13–3-14
design and, 3-14, 3-34
options, generate, B-82–B-88
Index-6 FM 5-0 26 March 2010