5 PARAGRAPH OPERATION ORDER

ORIENTATION

        Current Location

        Location of Enemy Units

        Control Measures (Assmbly Area, Atk Pos, LOD, Asslt Pos)

        Terrain & Vegetation

        On Call TGTS

PARAGRAPH #1 - SITUATION

        A.  Enemy Forces - SALUTE

                Size
                Activity
                Location
                Unit
                Time
                Equipment

        B.  Friendly Forces - HAS

                Higher Units
                Adjacent Units
                Supporting Units

        C.  Attachments/Detachments - None

PARAGRAPH #2 - MISSION - 5 Ws

        Who
        What
        Why
        When
        Where

PARAGRAPH #3 - EXECUTION

        A.  Concept of Operations

                1.  Scheme of Maneuver
                        Form of Manwuver - Frontal assault
                                Initial Formation - give a general description
                                                    of how you will get to
                                                    objective.

                2.  Fire Support Plan - None

        B.  Specific Tasks

                1st Fire Team
                2nd Fire Team
                3rd Fire Team

                Specific Tasks include:
                - Position in initial formation
                - Security during movement/halts
                - Position at assault position
                - Assigned portion of the objective
                - Consolidation instructions
                (Always specify which fire team will be your base unit and which
                fire team you will be with.)

        C.  Coordinating Instructions

                - Time of Attack
                - Line of Departure
                - Check Points
                - Assault Positions
                - Route to Objective

PARAGRAPH #4 - ADMIN. & LOGISTICS - 4 Bs

        - Beans (food and water)
        - Bullets (resupply of ammo.)
        - Band Aids (location of the corpsman)
        - Bad Guys (EPW treatment)

PARAGRAPH #5 - COMMAND & SIGNAL

        - Types of signals - hand and arm, switch to voice during attack.
        - Location of key personnel
                Platoon Commander
                Platoon Sergeant
                Squad Leader