THE OPERATIONS PROCESS

FM 5-0

THE OPERATIONS PROCESS

MARCH 2010

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Change No. 1

FM 5-0, C1

Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 18 March 2011

The Operations Process

1. Change 1 to FM 5-0, 26 March 2010, is updated to align with Change 1 to FM 3-0.

2. This change modifies the Army operational concept to emphasize mission command.

3. This change replaces the command and control element of combat power and warfighting function with mission command.

4. Significant changes are marked with a plus-minus sign at the beginning of the discussion (?).

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Foreword pages i through ix pages 1-1 through 1-13 pages 2-1 through 2-10 pages 3-1 through 3-6 pages 3-11 through 3-13 pages 4-1 through 4-10 pages 5-1 through 5-4 pages 5-9 through 5-14 pages 6-1 through 6-2 pages 6-5 through 6-8 pages A-1through A-10 pages B-1 through B-39 pages C-7 through C-10 pages D-1 through D-4 pages E-1 through E-6 pages E-11 through E-27 pages F-1 through F-2 pages F-5 through F-8 pages G-1 through G-2 pages Glossary-1 through Glossary-9 pages References-1 thru References-4 pages Index-1 through Index-10

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Field Manual No. 5-0

*FM 5-0, C1

Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 26 March 2010

The Operations Process

?Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5

Contents

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PREFACE............................................................................................................... v

INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................vi

FUNDAMENTALS OF THE OPERATIONS PROCESS.................................... 1-1 ?The Nature of Operations ................................................................................. 1-1 ?Mission Command ............................................................................................ 1-2 ?The Operations Process ................................................................................... 1-3 ?Integrating Processes and Continuing Activities .............................................. 1-6 ?Running Estimates ........................................................................................... 1-7 ?Fundamentals ................................................................................................... 1-7

PLANNING ......................................................................................................... 2-1 Planning and Plans............................................................................................. 2-1 Planning and the Levels of War ......................................................................... 2-1 The Value of Planning ........................................................................................ 2-2 Conceptual and Detailed Planning ..................................................................... 2-6 Fundamentals of Planning.................................................................................. 2-8 Key Components of a Plan............................................................................... 2-14

DESIGN .............................................................................................................. 3-1 Design Defined ................................................................................................... 3-1 Design Goals ...................................................................................................... 3-2 Design in Context ............................................................................................... 3-3 Leading Design................................................................................................... 3-6 Design Methodology........................................................................................... 3-7

PREPARATION ................................................................................................. 4-1 Preparation Functions ........................................................................................ 4-1 Preparation and the Operations Process ........................................................... 4-2 Preparation Activities .......................................................................................... 4-3

EXECUTION....................................................................................................... 5-1 Fundamentals of Execution ................................................................................ 5-1

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*This publication supersedes FM 5-0, 20 January 2005, and FMI 5-0.1, 31 March 2006.

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