OPORD BRIEF: Command and Signal

Описание: 1-166th Regiment ALC OPORD Brief.
Filmed: 18 Dec 2017 V. Command & Signal

This paragraph states where command and control elements are located during the operation.

A. Command

Location of the higher unit commander and CP (get this from your higher leader's paragraph 5)
Location of key personnel and type CP during all phases of the operation. during movement, at the ORP, and on the objective.
Succession of Command. (give this down to the last person in a squad element by name)
Adjustments to the unit SOP.
B. Signal

SOI index in effect (frequencies, call signs).
Method of communication by priority (usually FM and then runner)
Pyrotechnics and signals, to include arm and hand signals (go over all important signals like lift/shift fire, assault onto the OBJ, withdraw from OBJ, etc.)
Codewords (like red, white, and blue in the example in paragraph 3)
Challenge and password (behind friendly lines)
Number combination (forward of friendly lines)
Running password.
Recognition signals (near/far, day/night).
Special instructions for RTOs. ( you are in charge of all commo. monitor the radio continuously, remind me about reports that are due to higher, you are the enroute recorder and the recorder / timekeeper on the objective)