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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
British military history is the source of some of the earliest orders of battle in the English language, and due to the British Empire's involvement in global conflicts over several centuries the records of historical orders of battle provide a valuable source of study for understanding not only of the composition, but also of tactics and doctrines of the forces through their depiction in the ...
General orders, according to the United States Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, are: . Permanent instructions, issued in order form, that apply to all members of a command, as compared with special orders, which affect only individuals or small groups.
SPC – Specialist (U.S. Army E-4) SPORTS – Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap, Shoot. SR – Seaman Recruit (USCG/USN E-1) SrA – Senior Airman (USAF E-4) SRBM – Short Range Ballistic Missile; SRR – Special Reconnaissance Regiment (British special Forces) SSBN – Nuclear-Powered Ballistic missile submarine; SSDD – Same Shit Different Day