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An Operation Order, often abbreviated to OPORD, is a plan format meant to assist subordinate units with the conduct of military operations.An OPORD describes the situation the unit faces, the mission of the unit, and what supporting activities the unit will conduct in order to achieve their commander's desired end state.
The five paragraph order or five paragraph field order is a style of organizing information about a military situation for a unit in the field. It is an element of Canadian Army, United States Army, United States Marine Corps and United States Navy Seabees small unit tactics, and similar order styles are used by military groups around the world.
An OPLAN is executed when the commander issues an operations order (OPORD), or when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) issues an execute order (EXORD) at the direction of the United States Secretary of Defense (Secdef) to implement a decision by the President to initiate military operations. A concept plan (CONPLAN) is an ...
Receive the Mission: Subordinate leaders receive the mission order, which can be in the form of a warning order, operations order (OPORD), or fragmentary order (FRAGO). Issue a Warning Order: The leader issues a warning order to provide initial guidance to subordinates and begin the planning process.
Used during both World Wars [4] to designate the day an assault occurred. K-Day The unnamed day on which a convoy system is introduced or is due to be introduced on any particular convoy lane. (NATO) L-Hour The specific time at which deployment for an operation commences. (US) L-Day
APD prepared templates for use in Microsoft Word 97 for members of the Department of the Army.. There are a number of other templates and documents purporting to be templates on the Army's milSuite collaboration site.
As far as I can tell from reading the articles, a five paragraph order is a common kind of operations order; and the distinction (if any) can be covered in a couple of paragraphs in a merged article. --DavidCary 15:05, 18 February 2015 (UTC) Merge. An OPORD is a subset of the Five Paragraph Field Order, which also includes FRAGOs, etc.
[4] Melee or Mêlée; Mess: A place where troops gather for their meals; Mikes: Minutes. When used in normal vernacular speaker will say will be ready in X-Mikes where X represents number of minutes. Mobile columns, or movable columns (French: colomnes mobiles or troupes en activité) — in contrast to stationary troops troupes sédentaire.