The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 3rd Revised Edition

Guide to Designing, Planning & Conducting Military Operations

This is the third revised edition of The Battle Staff SMARTbook, incorporating the 2010 edition of FM 5-0, The Operations Process. In addition to the introduction of design, the 2010 revision of FM 5-0 builds on and expands the body of doctrine associated with full spectrum operations described in the 2008 edition of FM 3-0, Operations. Moving beyond planning and orders production, FM 5-0 holistically addresses planning, preparation, execution, and assessment in the continuous cycle of the operations process.

What's Inside:
The Battle Staff SMARTbook covers the operations process (FM 5-0); design; battle command; the military decisionmaking process (MDMP & TLP); integrating processes (IPB, targeting, ISR, security & protection) ; plans and orders (WARNOs/FRAGOs/ OPORDs); mission command and command posts; rehearsals & after action reviews; and operational terms, acronyms and graphics (FM 1-02/MCRP5-12A)!

SMARTbooks - The Essentials of Warfighting!


Recognized as a doctrinal reference standard by military professionals around the world, SMARTbooks are designed with all levels of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Civilians in mind.

SMARTbooks can be used as quick reference guides during actual tactical combat operations, as study guides at military education and professional development courses, and as lesson plans and checklists in support of training. Serving a generation of warfighters, military reference SMARTbooks have become "mission-essential" around the world.

The SMARTbook series consists of eight professional military titles:

- The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook (Guide to Joint, Multinational & Interagency Operations)
- The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook (Guide to FM 3-0 Operations & the Six Warfighting Functions)
- The Naval Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook (Guide to Designing, Planning & Conducting Maritime Operations)
- The Battle Staff SMARTbook (Guide to Designing, Planning & Conducting Military Operations)
- The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook (Leader's Reference Guide to Conducting Tactical Operations)
- The Stability, Peace & Counterinsurgency SMARTbook (Nontraditional Approaches in a Dynamic Security Environment)
-  The Leader's SMARTbook (Doctrinal Guide to Military Leadership & Training for Full Spectrum Operations)
- The Sustainment & Multifunctional Logistician's SMARTbook (Warfighter's Guide to Logistics, Personnel Services, & Health Services Support)