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66 March-April 2000lMILITARYREVIEW Intent = Purpose + Method + Endstate. Intent should have five elements. It should have two elements. It s Aftragstaktik made simple for the masses. It should be a structured process. It should be informal. THESE STATEMENTS about commander sintent, some of them obviously contradictory,were collected a few years ago from CombinedArms and Services Staff School (CAS3) students andArmy War College (AWC) students all combat armsofficers. Their understanding of commander s intentclearly demonstrates that although the concept ofintent has been in our doctrine for quite a while, con-fusion still exists. Yet, there has been little empiri-cal investigation into the process of communicatingintent. After a brief review of what Army doctrineand other literature have to say about intent, this ar-ticle will present the sobering findings of one studythat investigated the communication of intent in fouractive-duty combat arms battalions.
68 March-April 2000lMILITARY REVIEW of flexibility is critical to success. Consider the fol-lowing illustration. If both the enemy and friendly commanders have only one course of action avail-
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