Product Overview
The current edition of this book is AODS5: The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 5th Ed. (with Change 1*) , available in our Amazon store! Guide to Army Operations & the Six Warfighting Functions. Topics include complete discussion of the fundamentals, principles and tenets of Army operations and organization (ADP/ADRP 3-0 Operations, 2016); chapters on each of the six warfighting functions: mission command (ADP/ADRP 6-0), movement and maneuver (ADPs 3-90, 3-07, 3-28, 3-05), intelligence (ADP/ADRP 2-0), fires (ADP/ADRP 3-09), sustainment (ADP/ADRP 4-0), and protection (ADP/ADRP 3-37); Doctrine 2015 guide and glossary of terms. * Change 1 to AODS5 (Apr 2017) incorporates additional material from ADRP 3-0 (Nov 2016), FM 6-0 (Chg 2, Apr 2016), FM 3-52 (Oct 2016) and FM 3-34 (Apr 2016). An asterisk marks changed pages. An operation is a sequence of tactical actions with a common purpose or unifying theme. Army forces, as part of the joint force, contribute to the joint fight through the conduct of unified land operations. Combat power is the total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at a given time. To an Army commander, Army forces generate combat power by converting potential into effective action. Combat power has eight elements: leadership, information, mission command, movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, and protection. The Army collectively describes the last six elements as the warfighting functions. Commanders apply combat power through the warfighting functions using leadership and information.
