Military Review English Edition March-April 2016 | Page 88

commander of the U.S.
Army Training and Doctrine
Be Technically and Tactically Proficient
Command, expressed why
Know Yourself and Seek Self-Improvement
the shift back to mission
Know Your Men and Look Out for Their Welfare
command was necessary.
Keep Your Men Informed
“[Mission command is]
Set the Example
in our doctrine now, beEnsure that the Task is Understood, Supervised,
cause we know the world
and Accomplished
is unknown and constantly
Train Your Men as a Team
changing … you have got to
Make Sound and Timely Decisions
figure out how you empower
Develop a Sense of Responsibility Among
subordinates to exploit the
Subordinates
initiative.”16
Employ Your Command in Accordance with Its
Additionally, Army
Capabilities
leadership believed the term
Seek Responsibility and Take Responsibility for
“command and control”
Your Actions
strayed from the original intent, and it had become largely associated with the systems
Figure 1. Army Leadership Principles, 1958
rather than people. The
Army was able to reframe the
Three years later, Army doctrine again reversed
antiquated concept of command and control to stress
direction with the release of “airland battle.” Airland
the centrality of the human domain by consolidating
battle doctrine identified the core mission command
these principles and forming the mission command
principles as a “central tenet” and a “prerequisite for its
philosophy.17 This domain’s criticality, although deexecution.”13 Unfortunately, minimization of individtai