scheme of maneuver


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scheme of maneuver

Description of how arrayed forces will accomplish the commander's intent. It is the central expression of the commander's concept for operations and governs the design of supporting plans or annexes.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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FTCPs in the brigade support area (BSA) typically lack the mission command capability to synchronize and integrate logistics to support the scheme of maneuver for their battalions.
Keeping in mind the endgame is to build a comprehensive concept of intelligence operations that is fully integrated into the operational scheme of maneuver; the following are techniques to guide the intelligence planner.
The integration of Air Force ISR liaison officers (ISRLO) into the TACP addressed the air component's ISR integration into the ground scheme of maneuver.
* understand their role in the overall scheme of maneuver and commander's intent of the mission
* Identify and portray the basic intended scheme of maneuver. VII Corps would act as the main effort attack for the First Army, attacking with the 9th, 4th, and 30th Infantry Divisions abreast.
You'll note we didn't set up a Joint Special Operations Task Force that went out and did things on its own with limited integration into the Joint Force Commander's scheme of maneuver. Rather, in Iraq, special operators were integrated into the theater commanders campaign plan as an independent maneuver element.
All of this "warfighter" presence and their expert input support provided operational maneuver consistency and valuable customer oversight of the communications scheme of maneuver within the experiment.
Certain Victory, the US Army's official account of Desert Storm, avidly recounts the air component's "failure" to support the surface maneuver commander's scheme of maneuver. In many ways, Certain Victory is a frontal assault on the integrity of the JFACC as defined in Joint Pub 1.
Commanders need to understand how logistics operations will nest with the scheme of maneuver in order to sustain the fight across the battlefield.
The ability to shape task organization and scheme of maneuver early is critical to effective integration of engineer forces and other enabling BCT assets.
Alongside the reconnaissance company commander and intelligence section, the master trainer develops a sUAS scheme of maneuver and named area of interest overlay/observation plan.
This reinforces the unit task, purpose, scheme of maneuver, scheme of fires, and scheme of support.