ATTP 5-0.1 Commander and Staff Officer Guide

1 ATTP Commander and Staff Officer Guide September 2011 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Headquarters, Department of the Army This publication is available at Army Knowledge Online ( ) and General Dennis J. Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library at ( ). *ATTP Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This manual supersedes selected Appendices A through J of FM 5-0, dated 26 March 2010, and Appendices C through F of FM 6-0, dated 11 August 2003. i Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures No. Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 14 September 2011 Commander and Staff Officer Guide Contents Page vi Chapter 1 MISSION COMMAND OVERVIEW.

2 1-1 Mission Command .. 1-1 Mission Command System .. 1-2 The Operations Process .. 1-2 Chapter 2 THE Staff .. 2-1 Staff Responsibilities .. 2-1 Staff Characteristics .. 2-2 Staff Relationships .. 2-2 Staff Organization .. 2-3 Common Staff Duties and Responsiblities .. 2-5 Coordinating Staff Officers .. 2-5 Special Staff Officers .. 2-16 Personal Staff Officers .. 2-25 Chapter 3 COMMAND POST ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS .. 3-1 Command Post Organization .. 3-1 Command Post Organization Considerations .. 3-3 Command Post Cells and Staff Sections .. 3-4 Command Post Operations .. 3-8 Chapter 4 THE MILITARY DECISIONMAKING 4-1 Characteristics of the Military Decisionmaking Process .. 4-1 Steps of the Military Decisionmaking Process .. 4-4 Plans in a Time-Constrained Environment.

3 4-38 Chapter 5 TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES .. 5-1 Background and Comparison to the MDMP .. 5-1 Steps of Troop Leading Procedures .. 5-3 Contents ii ATTP 14 September 2011 Chapter 6 RUNNING ESTIMATES .. 6-1 Types of Running Estimates .. 6-1 Essential Qualities of Running Estimates .. 6-1 Running Estimates in the Operations Process .. 6-2 Chapter 7 FORMAL ASSESSMENT PLANS .. 7-1 Assessment Plan Development .. 7-1 Assessment Steps .. 7-1 Chapter 8 REHEARSALS .. 8-1 Rehearsal Basics .. 8-1 Rehearsal Types .. 8-1 Rehearsal Techniques .. 8-2 Rehearsal Responsibilities .. 8-6 Rehearsal Details .. 8-9 Chapter 9 LIAISON .. 9-1 Liaison Fundamentals .. 9-1 Liaison Responsibilities .. 9-2 Liaison During Unified Action .. 9-6 Chapter 10 MILITARY BRIEFINGS.

4 10-1 Types of Military Briefings .. 10-1 Steps of Military Briefings .. 10-3 Chapter 11 PROBLEM SOLVING, Staff STUDIES, AND DECISION PAPERS .. 11-1 Problem Solving .. 11-1 Staff Studies .. 11-6 Decision Papers .. 11-12 Staff Study Assembly .. 11-13 Chapter 12 PLANS AND ORDERS .. 12-1 Guidance for 12-1 Types of Plans and Orders .. 12-2 Characteristics of Plans and Orders .. 12-4 Preparation of the Plan or Order .. 12-5 Administrative Instructions .. 12-6 Examples and Procedures for Creating Plans, Orders, and Annexes .. 12-10 Annex A TASK ORGANIZATION FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. A-1 Annex B INTELLIGENCE ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. B-1 Annex C OPERATIONS ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. C-1 Annex D FIRES ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. D-1 Annex E PROTECTION ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS.

5 E-1 Annex F SUSTAINMENT ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. F-1 Annex G ENGINEER ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. G-1 Annex H SIGNAL ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. H-1 Annex I NOT USED .. I-1 Annex J INFORM AND INFLUENCE ACTIVITIES ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. J-1 Contents 14 September 2011 ATTP iii Annex K CIVIL AFFAIRS OPERATIONS ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. K-1 Annex L RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. L-1 Annex M ASSESSMENT ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. M-1 Annex N SPACE OPERATIONS FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. N-1 Annex O NOT USED .. O-1 Annex P HOST-NATION SUPPORT ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. P-1 Annex Q SPARE .. Q-1 Annex R REPORTS ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. R-1 Annex S SPECIAL TECHNICAL OPERATIONS ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS.

6 S-1 Annex T SPARE .. T-1 Annex U INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. U-1 Annex V INTERAGENCY COORDINATION ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. V-1 Annex W SPARE .. W-1 Annex X SPARE .. X-1 Annex Y SPARE .. Y-1 Annex Z DISTRIBUTION ANNEX FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS .. Z-1 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1 REFERENCES .. References-1 INDEX .. Index-1 Figures Figure 2-1. Staff structure .. 2-4 Figure 3-1. Functional and integrating cells .. 3-5 Figure 3-2. Integration of plans, future operations, and current operations .. 3-7 Figure 3-3. Sample shift-change briefing.

7 3-10 Figure 3-4. Sample SOP for a division civil-military operations working group .. 3-13 Figure 4-1. The steps of the military decisionmaking process .. 4-3 Figure 4-2. Mission analysis .. 4-7 Figure 4-3. COA development .. 4-16 Figure 4-4. Sample brigade COA sketch .. 4-21 Figure 4-5. COA analysis and war-gaming .. 4-23 Figure 4-6. Sample belt method .. 4-28 Figure 4-7. Sample modified belt method using lines of effort .. 4-28 Figure 4-8. Sample avenue-in-depth method .. 4-29 Figure 4-9. Sample modified avenue-in-depth method using lines of effort .. 4-29 Contents iv ATTP 14 September 2011 Figure 4-10. Sample box method .. 4-30 Figure 4-11. Sample modified box method using lines of 4-30 Figure 4-12. Sample synchronization matrix technique.

8 4-31 Figure 4-13. Sample sketch note technique .. 4-32 Figure 4-14. COA comparison .. 4-35 Figure 4-15. Sample advantages and disadvantages .. 4-36 Figure 4-16. Sample decision matrix .. 4-36 Figure 5-1. Parallel planning .. 5-2 Figure 5-2. Planning at company and below .. 5-3 Figure 5-3. Sample schedule .. 5-4 Figure 5-4. Sample mission and COA statements .. 5-9 Figure 6-1. Generic base running estimate format .. 6-2 Figure 7-1. Sample of end state conditions for defensive operations .. 7-3 Figure 7-2. Sample of end state conditions for stability operations .. 7-4 Figure 7-3. Sample assessment framework .. 7-6 Figure 8-1. Rehearsal techniques .. 8-3 Figure 10-1. Information briefing format .. 10-1 Figure 10-2. Decision briefing format .. 10-2 Figure 10-3.

9 Considerations during planning .. 10-4 Figure 10-4. Considerations during preparation .. 10-5 Figure 11-1. Sample evaluation criterion .. 11-4 Figure 11-2. Format for a Staff study .. 11-8 Figure 11-3. Format for a decision paper .. 11-12 Figure 11-4. Assembling and tabbing Staff action .. 11-14 Figure 12-1. Paragraph layout for plans and orders .. 12-6 Figure 12-2. Annotated Army OPLAN/OPORD format .. 12-11 Figure 12-3. Annotated attachment format (general) .. 12-22 Figure 12-4. Annotated WARNO format .. 12-24 Figure 12-5. Annotated sample FRAGO .. 12-25 Figure 12-6. Example of overlay order graphic .. 12-26 Figure A-1. Sample task organization .. A-8 Figure A-2. Sample acronym list .. A-9 Tables Table 4-1. Commander s planning guidance by warfighting function.

10 4-15 Table 4-2. Historical minimum planning ratios .. 4-18 Table 8-1. Example sustainment and protection actions for rehearsals .. 8-11 Table 9-1. Senior liaison Officer rank by echelon .. 9-1 Table 9-2. Example outline of a liaison Officer handbook .. 9-3 Table 9-3. Liaison checklist before departing the sending unit .. 9-4 Contents 14 September 2011 ATTP v Table 9-4. Liaison duties during the liaison tour .. 9-6 Table 9-5. Liaison duties after the liaison tour .. 9-6 Table 12-1. Designated letters for dates and times .. 12-8 Table 12-2. List of attachments and responsible Staff officers .. 12-18 Table A-1. Army command relationships .. A-3 Table A-2. Army support relationships .. A-4 Table A-3. Army unit listing convention .. A-5 vi ATTP 14 September 2011 Preface This Army tactics, techniques, and procedures (ATTP) reinforces the fundamentals of mission command established in field manual (FM) 3-0, Operations; FM 5-0, The Operations Process; and FM 6-0, Mission Command.