1966 US Army Vietnam War ARMOR ... - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMAPPENDIX IXOPERATION ORDERS AND PLANSSection I. COMBAT ORDERS1. General higher commanders and have thea. Classes of Orders. Orders are of three same authority as operation orders.general classes-routine, court-martial, and (3) Operation order. An operation ordercombat.is given by a commander setting(1) Routine orders cover normal adminis- forth the situation, the mission, histrative operations in garrison or thedecision and plan of action, and suchfield and include general, special anddetails of method of execution as willletter orders, bulletins, circulars, and insure coordinated action by thememorandums. For details see ARwhole command.310-10.(2) Court-martial orders are published(4) Administrative order. An administrativeorders is given by a commander,promulgating the result of trials byannouncing to elements of the comspecialor general court-martial.mand the plan to provide combat(3) Combat orders pertain to operations service support for operations.and attendant combat service supportin the field. They are classified as di- (5) Standing operating procedure. Arectives, letters of instruction, opera-standing operating procedure (SOP)tion orders, administrative orders,is a set of instructions to be followedand standing operating procedures.by a particular unit for the performb.Definitions. ance of the features of operations,(1) Directive. A directive is any com- both tactical and administrative, thatmunication that initiates or governsthe commander desires to make rouaction,conduct, or procedure. It is atine.general term, including all forms of (6) Fragmentary order. A fragmentaryorders and instructions. It is usedorder, normal to armor operations, ismost often to indicate broad aims,a combat order containing informapolicies,or strategic plans promulgat-tion of immediate concern to certained by commandershigher commands.of theater or subordinate units. It may omit ele-ments normally found in a complete(2) Letter of instruction. A letter of in- combat order that (1) have notstruction is intended for guidance andchanged since issuance of the lastcontrol of the operations of a largecomplete order; (2) are not essentialcommand. It may consist of one orto the performance of the mission;more paragraphs dealing with the(3) might delay or complicate transbroadphases of operations. When is-mission; and (4) are unavailable orsued, it follows the sequence of the 5-incomplete at the time of issue. Theparagraph operation order to the ex-advantage of fragmentary orders istent possible. Letters of instructiontimeliness. In a rapidly moving situaareissued normally by army andtion, there may not be time to publish308