12/30/2023 0 Comments Operation tannenberg wwiiADP 6-0, which superseded ADRP 6-0 in 2019, states that “Mission command traces its roots back to the German concept of Auftragstaktik (literally, mission-type tactics),” while ADRP 6-0 similarly claims that “mission command …, the Army’s preferred style for exercising command since the 1980s …, traces its roots back to the German concept of Auftragstaktik, which translates roughly to mission-type tactics.” 1ĪDP 6-0 acknowledges that “aspects of mission command, including commander’s intent, disciplined initiative, mission orders, and mutual trust, have long been part of U.S. This is glaringly so in the case of Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces, and now-withdrawn Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 6-0, Mission Command, and their unfounded claim for mission command’s historical roots in Auftragstaktik, more properly termed Führen mit Auftrag. Unfortunately, it is not always done properly, or with much regard to, or understanding of the evidence or to historians’ analyses. History is also employed to validate, provide context to, and thereby legitimate concepts like doctrine. History informs the military profession and is a central, foundational element in professional military education. (Illustration by Richard Knötel via Wikimedia Commons) Prussian military leader Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735–1806), was blinded in the battle and died soon after. The twin battles were fought near the river Saale in Germany between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. Prussian troops retreat 14 October 1806 after the disastrous double battle of Jena and Auerstadt.
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