Posted on Jun 3, 2019
I am a SPC getting ready to attend Sapper Leadership Course, can someone just help me understand OPORDS before I go?
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I can receive OPORDS and understand the mission perfectly fine, but I was wondering if there is a quick way to know what sections of the OPORD can be just regurgitated from highers OPORD and which sections I will need to write? I understand that in the patrolling environment I will be able to task out certain portions like load plans and primary land nav and routes, I will need to be able to do all of it, in short I am very lost in the sauce.
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Some of what you ask is Squad and Platoon SOP. There was a great Squad SOP card that designated each of the squad patrol duties, each person had a numbered position and that position had fixed duties. I think there is an example in this article that I coopted for CSS QRF operations.
http://www.alu.army.mil/alog/2001/marapr01/pdf/marapr2001.pdf
You want to dump as many battledrill type things you can into SOP so you don't have to explain crossing a danger area etc in Para 3. When you say Load plans, are you talking how people Load their rucks and LBVs? Or vehicle load plans? Two different animals. Ruck and gear configuration is a SOP thing and shouldn't take valuable OPORD time unless it is essential to the mission or something you normally wouldn't have, then that is a either a Coordinating Instruction or Admin\Log Para 4.
I don't know how Sapper does their patrol events, but what i was raised on was you started the mission with an OPORD and then issued FRaGOs that made you issue new squad orders, so base order info was already out and disseminated. You usually just focused on changes or what seemingly background para 1 imformatiom all of a sudden became important with regard to the FRAGO.
A Cadet asked a similar question last year. Some good responses. In This post I tried to explain the HHQ to Squad order, assuming you are the squad leader. https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-tips-that-you-normally-use-in-constructing-an-opord
Some of what you ask is Squad and Platoon SOP. There was a great Squad SOP card that designated each of the squad patrol duties, each person had a numbered position and that position had fixed duties. I think there is an example in this article that I coopted for CSS QRF operations.
http://www.alu.army.mil/alog/2001/marapr01/pdf/marapr2001.pdf
You want to dump as many battledrill type things you can into SOP so you don't have to explain crossing a danger area etc in Para 3. When you say Load plans, are you talking how people Load their rucks and LBVs? Or vehicle load plans? Two different animals. Ruck and gear configuration is a SOP thing and shouldn't take valuable OPORD time unless it is essential to the mission or something you normally wouldn't have, then that is a either a Coordinating Instruction or Admin\Log Para 4.
I don't know how Sapper does their patrol events, but what i was raised on was you started the mission with an OPORD and then issued FRaGOs that made you issue new squad orders, so base order info was already out and disseminated. You usually just focused on changes or what seemingly background para 1 imformatiom all of a sudden became important with regard to the FRAGO.
A Cadet asked a similar question last year. Some good responses. In This post I tried to explain the HHQ to Squad order, assuming you are the squad leader. https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-tips-that-you-normally-use-in-constructing-an-opord
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CPT (Join to see) this is an example of what I was getting at in my post to your discussion .
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Pay particular attention to the Tasks to Subordinate Units and Mission Statement/ Commander's intent. Those sections should be digested and issued verbatim.
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