F*U*C*K Y*O*U!! LEARN SOME SHIT BEFORE U RUN YOUR MOUTH! US ARMY FM 7-20 B-1. COMMANDER The commander commands and controls subordinate combat, CS, and CSS elements that are organic or attached to his unit or that are under its OPCON. The commander’s main concerns are completing his mission and ensuring the welfare of his soldiers. a. The commander cannot win the battle alone. He must— (1) Rely on his staff and subordinate commanders for advice and aid in planning and supervising operations. (2) Understand their limits and capabilities. (3) Train them to execute his concept in his absence. (4) Institute cross-training among the staff so the unit can operate with combat losses or fatigue in the staff elements. b. The staff reduces the demands on the commander’s time and aids him by providing information; estimating; recommending; preparing plans and orders; and supervising the execution of orders issued by, or in the name of, the commander. To ensure conflicts do not arise, the commander assigns responsibility for specific functions to unit staff officers. Though they must be responsive to command prerogative, the staff must have the authority to be responsive to subordinate unit commanders, and to say “yes” to requests from them US ARMY FM 6-0 1-2. A command post is a unit headquarters where the commander and staff perform their activities. The headquarters design, combined with robust communications, gives commanders a flexible mission command structure consisting of a main CP, a tactical CP, and a command group for brigades, divisions, and corps. Combined arms battalions are also resourced with a combat trains CP and a field trains CP. Theater army headquarters are resourced with a main CP and a contingency CP
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