CORPORALS COURSE- Tactical Planning
Troop Leading Steps: ELO
-Six troop leading steps (BAMCIS)
-Factors for analysis when conducting an estimate of the situation (METT-T analysis)
-Five military aspects of terrain
-Five military aspects of weather
-Military aspects of civil considerations
BAMCIS
to aid leaders in making tactically sound decisions, formulating plans, coherently communicating those
plans, and turning those decisions into actions
Begin planning
Arrange for reconnaissance & coordination
Make reconnaissance & coordination
Complete the plan
Issue the order
Supervise
Begin Planning: Receipt of Mission
, triggers the troop leading steps
-to make effective use of available time, the leader issues a warning order (instructions to inform of an
impending action) to subordinates; subordinate leaders to begin preparations while the leader conducts
a detailed analysis
-leaders will emerge with an initial plan that they expect to execute, pending the validation of the
assumptions made during planning
Begin Planning: Estimate of the Situation
to collect and analyze relevant information for developing, within the time limits and available
information, the most effective solution to a problem
-used in solving tactical problems, applicable to other military activities; the estimate is as thorough as
time and circumstances permit
-estimates are revised continuously as factors affecting the operation change, as new facts are
recognized, as assumptions are replaced by facts or rendered invalid, or as changes to the mission are
received or indicated
-detailed analysis conducted before mission execution will increase the speed and accuracy of decision
as the situation changes at the point of friction
Begin Planning: METT-T Analysis
Mission
Enemy
Terrain & Weather
Troops & Fire Support
Troop Leading Steps: ELO
-Six troop leading steps (BAMCIS)
-Factors for analysis when conducting an estimate of the situation (METT-T analysis)
-Five military aspects of terrain
-Five military aspects of weather
-Military aspects of civil considerations
BAMCIS
to aid leaders in making tactically sound decisions, formulating plans, coherently communicating those
plans, and turning those decisions into actions
Begin planning
Arrange for reconnaissance & coordination
Make reconnaissance & coordination
Complete the plan
Issue the order
Supervise
Begin Planning: Receipt of Mission
, triggers the troop leading steps
-to make effective use of available time, the leader issues a warning order (instructions to inform of an
impending action) to subordinates; subordinate leaders to begin preparations while the leader conducts
a detailed analysis
-leaders will emerge with an initial plan that they expect to execute, pending the validation of the
assumptions made during planning
Begin Planning: Estimate of the Situation
to collect and analyze relevant information for developing, within the time limits and available
information, the most effective solution to a problem
-used in solving tactical problems, applicable to other military activities; the estimate is as thorough as
time and circumstances permit
-estimates are revised continuously as factors affecting the operation change, as new facts are
recognized, as assumptions are replaced by facts or rendered invalid, or as changes to the mission are
received or indicated
-detailed analysis conducted before mission execution will increase the speed and accuracy of decision
as the situation changes at the point of friction
Begin Planning: METT-T Analysis
Mission
Enemy
Terrain & Weather
Troops & Fire Support
