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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

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Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP)

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Terminal Learning Objective

Action: Apply knowledge of the Military Decision Making Process.

Conditions: Given a small group instructional environment.

Standards: IAW ADRP 5-0, The Operations Process March 2011 and FM 6-0, Commander And Staff Organization And Operations May 2014.

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Enabling Learning Objective A

Action: Employ military decision making.

Conditions: Given a small group instructional environment.

Standards: IAW ADRP 5-0, The Operations Process March 2011 and FM 6-0, Commander And Staff Organization And Operations May 2014.

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Planning

  • Planning is the art and science of understanding a situation.
  • Helps commanders create and communicate a common vision.
  • Plans are continuously refined as the situation changes.
  • Planning may be highly structured or less structured.
  • Units allocate two-thirds of the available time to allow subordinate units to conduct their planning.

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

MDMP

  • MDMP is one of the Army’s Planning Methodologies.

  • MDMP helps leaders apply thoroughness, clarity, sound judgment, logic, and professional knowledge to:

Understand situations

Develop options to solve problems

Reach decisions

MDMP results in an improved understanding that guides the force through preparation and execution.

Helps commanders and staff think critically and creatively.

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

TLP and MDMP

  • Receive the Mission
  • Issue a warning order
  • Make a tentative plan
  • Initiate movement
  • Conduct reconnaissance
  • Complete the plan
  • Follow-up
  • Supervise and refine
  • Receipt of Mission
  • Mission Analysis
  • COA Development
  • COA Analysis (Wargame)
  • COA Comparison
  • COA Approval
  • Orders Production

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TLP

MDMP

* Used at Company level and below

* Used at Battalion through Corps

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

MDMP

  • Commander is the most important participant.

  • Can be as detailed as time, resources, experience, and the situation permit.

  • Advantages of conducting all steps of the MDMP is that integration, coordination, and synchronization of the operation minimize the risk.

  • Commanders may alter the steps to fit time-constrained circumstances.

  • Formal and informal meetings between commanders and staff help visualizations and synchronization of the plan.

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Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Enabling Learning Objective B

Action: Assess and determine the steps of MDMP.

Conditions: Given a small group instructional environment.

Standards: IAW ADRP 5-0, The Operations Process March 2011 and FM 6-0, Commander And Staff Organization And Operations May 2014.

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 1- Receipt of Mission

  • Commanders initiate MDMP upon receipt of the mission.

  • Alerts all participants and determines time available.

  • Staff gathers all tools (higher HQ plans, assessments, SOP’s etc.) needed for mission analysis.

  • Commanders and staff make initial assessment.

  • XO develops a staff planning timeline and outline.

  • Last step in receipt of mission is to issue a WARNO to subordinate and supporting units.

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 1 Receipt of Mission

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Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 2 Mission Analysis

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 3 COA Development

Each course of action should meet the following criteria: acceptable, feasible, suitable, distinguishable, and complete

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 4 COA Analysis (Wargaming)

“Fight It”

XO Coordinates

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Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 5 COA Comparison

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Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 5 COA Comparison

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 6 COA Approval

  • Commander selects COA, and issues final guidance.

  • Refined commanders intent and new CCIRs to support execution.

  • The commander does not have to approve the recommended COA.

  • Staff develops and issues WARNO to subordinate HQ.

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AMERICA’S ARMY

Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

Step 7 Orders Production

  • Staff turns selected COA into concept of operations.

  • COA sketch becomes operation overlay.

  • Staff may conduct more detailed war game.

  • Staff writes OPORD of OPLAN.

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Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

QUESTIONS

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Inspiring Today’s Leaders to Support Tomorrow’s Challenges

SUMMARY

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