1. TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES
                   
TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES
                                                            

2. TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES
ACTION: Demonstrate an understanding of basic U.S. Army Doctrine and the Troop Leading Procedures IAW FM 7-8.
CONDITIONS: Given FM 7-8, FM 7-10, FM 3-0, FM , several periods of instruction, various training aids, and an example company operations order in a classroom environment.
STANDARDS: Student scores at least 70% (60% for ISTD) on a written exam and receives a “GO” rating on a written assignment (paragraphs I – II and Timeline of a platoon operations order).

3. TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES

4. AGENDA Review Day 1 Student Briefings Enemy Analysis (MTETT-C)
SITTEMP PE
Homework
Begin teach on Mission Analysis (MTETT-C), focusing on Receive the Mission and Terrain Analysis.
Have PE(s) for time, mission, and terrain

5. Troop Leading Procedures
1. Receive Mission
2. Issue the Warning Order
3. Make a Tentative Plan
4. Initiate Movement
5. Conduct Reconnaissance
6. Complete the Plan
7. Issue the Order
8. Supervise
Discuss the 8 steps of the TLPs in sequence, but make clear that the sequence is not concrete.
These procedures are the foundations for how Army Leaders plan military operations

6. MTETT-C (Mission Analysis)
3. Make a Tentative Plan
MTETT-C (Mission Analysis)
M ISSION
T ERRAIN AND WEATHER
E NEMY ANALYSIS
T ROOPS/RESOURCES AVAILABLE
T IME AVAILABLE
C IVIL CONSIDERATIONS
Discuss how the acronym MTETT-C is just a pneumonic device for memory and not a sequence.
Guides the platoon leader through the analysis phase of the decision making process
Talk about how the “M” in MTETT-C differs from the initial mission analysis done in step 1 of the TLPs
Talk about how the first “T” in MTETT-C differs from the initial time analysis done in step 1 of the TLPs
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7. Enemy Analysis DISPOSITION 2 of 12 GENERAL INFORMATION
COMPOSITION
STRENGTH
CAPABILITIES
MPCOA
SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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FM 7-10 pgs

8. Disposition Focus on how forces are arrayed Include: General locations
General information: Big, overall picture
Focus on how forces are arrayed
Include:
General locations
Recent activities
General size of enemy
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FM 7-10 pgs

9. Composition General info: Smaller picture than Disposition
Focus on how the enemy is built or arranged. Talk about big and little picture and what the enemy has
Include:
Type/design of forces
Number of men, weapons, and equipment
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FM 7-10 pgs

10. COMPOSITION (1 level up)
CO HQ HQ
WPNS
2 X RPG-29
1 X W-87 AGL
12 X PERSONNEL
3 PERSONNEL
1X BRDM
9 X DISMOUNTED TROOPS
1 X W-87 AGL
1 X RPG 7V
1X RPK 73
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11. Strength General Info: Smallest picture – What’s on Your OBJ/AO!
Include:
What you expect to see and face on your OBJ or in your AO
Attrition levels, mission-capability, etc…

12. Strength

13. Capabilities 7 of 12 Analyze by Battlefield Operating Systems (BOS)
Manuever: Describe the enemy's capabilities to reinforce, or manuever, where they would reinforce from
Fire Support: List assets available, ranges of indirect fire, and aircraft capabilities
C3: Distance from next higher commander, commo capabilities
Intelligence: Describe inel gathering capabilities, OPs, scouts, patrols.
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14. Capabilities (cont) 8 of 12
Mobility, survivability, counter-mobility: describe engineering capabilities, reinforcing obstacles, breaching assets, mines
Air defense: Locations and ranges of ADA weapons
Combat service support: proximity to supplies, resupply capabilities
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15. MPCOA
Describe how you think the enemy will fight you from start to finish (Details are Key!!!)
Briefed in conjunction with the enemy SITTEMP
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16. Enemy SITTEMP
Doctrinal Template (DOCTEMP) - How the enemy fights without regard to terrain and specific battlefield conditions
Situational Template (SITTEMP) - How the enemy will fight on a specific piece of terrain under specific conditions
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FM 7-10 pgs 2-24

17. Enemy SITTEMP 11 of 12 SITTEMP MINIMUM STANDARDS
Depict Terrain (contour lines, roads, streams) on BLOWUP SKETCH MAP!!
Show all enemy positions with sectors of fire
Crew served weapons and combat vehicle positions
Enemy Targets and TRPs
Most likely counterattack routes
OPs
Patrol Routes
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18. Enemy Analysis (SITTEMP)
Practical Exercise
Talk about the old saying that “A plan only stands up until the first bullet is fired”—Then actions rely on leaders’ understanding of intent
Historical vignette to use is the coastal invasion of Normandy on 6JUN44
Discuss potential situations where the understanding of intent is crucial
-change in enemy COA
-environmental/weather changes
-discovery of non-combatants

19. 14 MIN

20. REMEMBER… Break down enemy analysis into components Disposition
Composition
Strength
Break down enemy capabilities by BOS elements
Develop enemy MPCOA/SITTEMP (make a BLOWUP!!)
Think like the enemy would!!

21. HOMEWORK
Revise/correct WARNO, analysis of mission, and terrain/weather products
Study for Quiz 2
Complete Enemy Analysis
Build and BPT brief Disp/Comp/Strength and Capabilities by BOS
Build enemy MPCOA and create SITTEMP on a blowup and be prepared to brief/explain it