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1 $'3 7+( 23(5$7,216 352&(66 -8/< DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION:Approved for public release; distribution is SXEOLFDWLRQ VXSHUVHGHV $'3 GDWHG 0D\ DQG $'53 GDWHG 0D\ HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYThis publication is available at the army Publishing Directorate site ( ) and the Central army Registry site ( ). *ADP 5-0 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: This manual is approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes ADP 5-0, dated 17 May 2012, and ADRP 5-0, dated 17 May army Doctrine PublicationNo. 5-0 HeadquartersDepartment of the army Washington, D &. 31 July 2019 THE OPERATIONS PROCESS Contents Page iii INTRODUCTION .. v Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE OPERATIONS PROCESS.)))

2 1-1 The Nature of Operations .. 1-1 Unified Land Operations .. 1-2 Mission Command .. 1-3 The Framework of the Operations Process .. 1-4 Principles of the Operations Process .. 1-7 Integrating Processes .. 1-15 Battle Rhythm .. 1-17 Chapter 2 PLANNING .. 2-1 Fundamentals of Planning .. 2-1 The Science and Art of Planning .. 2-2 The Functions of Planning .. 2-3 Planning and the Levels of Warfare .. 2-7 Operational Art .. 2-10 Integrated Planning .. 2-15 Key Components of a Plan .. 2-19 Guides to Effective Planning .. 2-21 Planning Pitfalls .. 2-25 Chapter 3 PREPARATION .. 3-1 Fundamentals of Preparation .. 3-1 Guides to Effective Preparation .. 3-2 Preparation Activities .. 3-4 Chapter 4 EXECUTION.

3 4-1 Fundamentals of Execution .. 4-1 Guides to Effective Execution .. 4-1 Responsibilities During Execution .. 4-4 Execution Activities .. 4-5 Rapid Decision-Making and Synchronization Process .. 4-9 Chapter 5 ASSESSMENT .. 5-1 Fundamentals of Assessment .. 5-1 Assessment Activities .. 5-2 Contents ii ADP 5-0 31 July 2019 Assessment 5-4 Guides to Effective Assessment .. 5-6 SOURCE NOTES .. Source Notes-1 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1 REFERENCES .. References-1 INDEX .. Index-1 Figures Introduction figure-1. Operations process logic chart ..vi Figure 1-1. The operations process .. 1-4 Figure 1-2. The commander s role in the operations process .. 1-8 Figure 1-3. Commander s 1-9 Figure 2-1. Levels of warfare.

4 2-9 Figure 2-2. Sample line of operations and line of effort .. 2-13 Figure 2-3. Integrated planning .. 2-16 Figure 2-4. Activities of army design methodology .. 2-17 Figure 3-1. Transition among the integrating cells .. 3-8 Figure 4-1. Risk reduction factors .. 4-3 Figure 4-2. Decision making during 4-6 Figure 4-3. Rapid decision-making and synchronization process .. 4-9 Figure 5-1. Activities of assessment .. 5-2 Tables Introduction table-1. New, modified, and removed army vii Table 3-1. Preparation activities .. 3-4 Table 4-1. Decision types and related actions .. 4-7 Vignettes Agility: Rapidly Turning the Third army to Bastogne .. 1-5 Collaboration: Meade s Council of War .. 1-14 Tenets in Action: OPERATION JUST CAUSE.

5 2-22 Prepare: Rangers Train for Seizing Pointe du Hoc .. 3-3 Large-Unit Preparation: Third army Readies for OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM .. 3-9 Decision Making During Execution: Chamberlain at Little Round Top .. 4-8 Measures of Effectiveness: OPERATION SUPPORT HOPE .. 5-4 Commander s Assessment: Are We Ready To Close on Baghdad .. 5-731 July 2019 ADP 5-0 iii Preface ADP 5-0 provides doctrine on the operations process. It describes fundamentals for effective planning, preparing, executing, and assessing operations. It describes how commanders, supported by their staffs, employ the operations process to understand situations, make decisions, direct action, and lead forces to mission comprehend doctrine contained in ADP 5-0, readers should first understand the fundamentals of unified land operations described in ADP 3-0.

6 As the operations process is the framework for the exercise of command and control, readers should also understand the fundamentals of command and control and mission command described in ADP 6-0. Readers must also understand how the army ethic guides decision making throughout the operations process (see army doctrine on the army profession). Several publications support ADP 5-0. For detailed tactics and procedures associated with the operations process, such as the duties and responsibilities of the staff, how to conduct the military decision-making process, and formats for plans and orders, readers should refer to FM 6-0. Techniques for organizing command posts and command post operations is located in ATP Techniques for employing the army design methodology is located in ATP Techniques for assessing operations is located in ATP The principal audience for ADP 5-0 is army commanders, leaders, and unit staffs.

7 This publication also provides the foundation for army training and education curricula on the operations process. Commanders and staffs of army headquarters that require joint capabilities or form the core of a joint task force, joint land component, or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine. This includes JP 3-16, JP 3-31, and JP 3-33. Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure that their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States , international, and, in some cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure that their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and the rules of engagement. (See FM 27-10.)

8 ADP 5-0 implements North Atlantic Treaty Organization Standardization Agreement 2199, Command and Control of Allied Land Forces. ADP 5-0 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. Terms for which ADP 5-0 is the proponent publication (the authority) are marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. When first defined in the text, terms for which ADP 5-0 is the proponent publication are boldfaced and italicized, and definitions are boldfaced. When first defining other proponent definitions in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. Following uses of the term are not italicized.

9 ADP 5-0 applies to the Active army , the army National Guard/ army National Guard of the United States , and the United States army Reserve unless otherwise stated. The proponent of ADP 5-0 is the United States army Combined Arms Center. The preparing agency is the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, United States army Combined Arms Center. Send comments and recommendations on a DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Commander, United States army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, ATTN: ATZL-MCD (ADP 5-0), 300 McPherson Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-2337; by e-mail to or submit an electronic DA Form 2028. iv ADP 5-0 31 July 2019 Acknowledgements The copyright owners listed here have granted permission to reproduce material from their works.

10 The Source Notes lists other sources of quotations and as I Knew It by General George S. Patton. Copyright 1947 by Beatrice Patton Walters, Ruth Patton Totten, and George Smith Totten. Copyright renewed 1975 by MG George Patton, Ruth Patton Totten, John K. Waters, Jr., and George P. Waters. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Excerpts from On War by Carl von Clausewitz. Edited and translated by Peter Paret and Michael E. Howard. Copyright 1976, renewed 2004 by Princeton University Press. Quotes reprinted courtesy B. H. Liddell Hart, Strategy. Copyright 1974 by Signet Printing. Quote courtesy Bernard L. Montgomery, The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery. Copyright 1958 by Bernard Law Montgomery.