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The five paragraph order or five paragraph field order is a style of organizing information about a military situation for a unit in the field. It is an element of Canadian Army, United States Army, United States Marine Corps and United States Navy Seabees small unit tactics, and similar order styles are used by military groups around the world.
An Operation Order, often abbreviated to OPORD, is a plan format meant to assist subordinate units with the conduct of military operations.An OPORD describes the situation the unit faces, the mission of the unit, and what supporting activities the unit will conduct in order to achieve their commander's desired end state.
FM 100–5: FM 100–5, Operations: 20 August 1982 [19] This publication supersedes FM 100–5, 1 July 1976. Edward C. Meyer: INACTIVE: C1, FM 100–5: FM 100–5, Operations (with included Change No. 1) 29 April 1977 [20] This manual supersedes FM 100–5, 6 September 1968, including all changes. Bernard W. Rogers: INACTIVE: FM 100–5: FM 100 ...
As far as I can tell from reading the articles, a five paragraph order is a common kind of operations order; and the distinction (if any) can be covered in a couple of paragraphs in a merged article. --DavidCary 15:05, 18 February 2015 (UTC) Merge. An OPORD is a subset of the Five Paragraph Field Order, which also includes FRAGOs, etc.
Historically, an order of battle was the order in which troops were positioned relative to the position of the army commander or the chronological order in which ships were deployed in naval situations. As combat operations develop during a campaign, orders of battle may be revised and altered in response to the military needs and challenges.
US Field Manual 5.0 (U.S. Army 2010, para. 2-90) [7] constitute the US Army's view on planning, preparing, executing, and assessing operations. "The commander’s intent is a clear, concise statement of what the force must do and the conditions the force must establish with respect to the enemy, terrain, and civil considerations that represent ...
The Special Operations Task Force (SOTF, Chinese: 特别行动特遣部队, Malay: Pasukan Petugas Operasi Khas) [4] is a special operations command of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for conducting special operations.
The five-paragraph essay is a form of essay having five paragraphs: one introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs with support and development, and; one concluding paragraph. The introduction serves to inform the reader of the basic premises, and then to state the author's thesis, or central idea.