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ADRP 6-0 Mission Command

ADRP 6-0

Mission Command

Army · ADRP · May 2012 · 56 pages

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Historically, military commanders have employed variations of two basic concepts of command: mission command and detailed command. While some have favored detailed command, the nature of operations and the patterns of military history point to the advantages of mission command. Mission command has been the Army's preferred style for exercising command since the 1980s. The concept traces its roots back to the German concept of Auftragstaktik, which translates roughly to mission-type tactics. Auftragstaktik held all German commissioned and noncommissioned officers dutybound to do whatever the situation required, as they personally saw it. Understanding and achieving the broader purpose of a task was the central idea behind this style of command. Commanders expected subordinates to act when opportunities arose.

DesignationADRP 6-0

EditionMay 2012

StatusSuperseded

Pages56

FunctionLeadership Training

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 20

ATTP 5-01.1Not in the Vault