Mission Command is essentially Swarm Intelligence. On the surface, this might appear to be a new way to look at Mission Command, but it’s not. We have made the idea of Mission Command so confusing ...

Mission command is defined as "the conduct of military operations through decentralized execution based upon mission-type orders." These orders reflect the commander's (centralized) intent but do not ...

Disruptive technologies drive doctrinal and operational changes for modern militaries. Particularly in the last 120 years, industrial and technological advancements have revolutionized warfare. In the ...

1. The Wehrmacht was the best at it and their military excellence relied on it. The idea of Mission Command was explicit in German doctrine in the Second World War. However, it is not true that the ...

Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, toured the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Georgia, led by the MCoE and Fort Benning commanding ...

Special Operations Command is launching a new program, Mission Command, that will present all the data needed for a mission in a single pane of glass. Special Operations Command wants all of the data ...

The Israel Defense Forces have relied on mission command since their foundation. This essay collection explores Israel’s military strategy through the understanding of mission command and its relation ...

As Army senior leaders highlight key aspects of modernization, such as a “single pane of glass” for commanders to visualize the battlespace, a future operating environment where “data is the new ...