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Previous Editions (Limited Stock)

Previous Editions (Limited Stock)

  • JFODS5: The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 5th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 4th Rev. Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • JFODS4: The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 4th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • BSS5: The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 5th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • The Stability, Peace & Counterinsurgency SMARTbook (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • MEU2: The Marine Expeditionary Unit SMARTbook, 2nd Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • SMFLS4: The Sustainment & Multifunctional Logistics SMARTbook, 4th Ed. w/Change 1 (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • TLS6: The Leader’s SMARTbook, 6th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • SUTS2: The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook, 2nd Ed. w/Change 1 (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • BSS6: The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 6th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 5th Rev. Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • AODS5: The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 5th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • AODS5: The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 5th Ed. w/Change 1 (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • TLS5: The Leader's SMARTbook, 5th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • TLS4: The Leader’s SMARTbook, 4th Rev. Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 2nd Rev. Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 3rd Rev. Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • AODS6-1: The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 6th Ed. w/SMARTupdate 1 (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • Joint/Interagency SMARTbook 1 – Joint Strategic & Operational Planning (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • Joint/Interagency SMARTbook 1 – Joint Strategic & Operational Planning, 2nd Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

  • The Air Force Operations & Planning SMARTbook w/SMARTupdate 1 (PREVIOUS EDITION)

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BSS6: The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 6th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)

BSS6: The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 6th Ed. (PREVIOUS EDITION)
ISBN-13 :978-1-935886-81-5
ISBN-10 :1935886819
Release Date :Aug 30th, 2020
Cover Type:Gloss U.V. Coating
Binding Type:Plastic Comb
Print Inside Pages:Black and White
Trim Size:5.5'' x 8.5''
Total Pages:360
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BSS7: The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 7th Ed.

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BSS6 is the sixth edition of The Battle Staff SMARTbook, completely updated for 2020. Updated material includes the full scope of new material from ADP 5-0, The Operations Process (Jul ‘19); ADP 6-0, Mission Command (Jul ‘19); FM 3-0 (w/Change 1), Operations (Dec ‘17); FM 6-0 (w/change 2), Commander and Staff Organization and Operations (Apr ‘16); ATP 2-01.3, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (Mar ‘19); ADP 3-19, Fires (Jul ‘19); ATP 3-60, Targeting (May ‘15); ATP 5-19 (w/change 1), Risk Management (Apr ‘14); and ADP 1-02, Terms and Military Symbols (Aug ‘19); and more. BSS6 also features a return of our premium GBC plastic-comb binding for a true open-flat reference experience!

The Battle Staff SMARTbook covers the operations process (ADP 5-0); commander’s activities; Army planning methodologies; the military decisionmaking process and troop leading procedures (FM 6-0 w/Chg 2: MDMP & TLP); integrating processes (IPB, information collection, targeting, risk management, and knowledge management); plans and orders (WARNORDs/FRAGORDs/OPORDs); mission command, C2 warfighting function tasks, command posts, liaison (ADP 6-0); rehearsals & after action reviews; and operational terms and military symbols (ADP 1-02).

The Army’s framework for organizing and putting command and control into action is the operations process—the major command and control activities performed during operations: planning, preparing, executing, and continuously assessing the operation. Commanders use the operations process to drive the conceptual and detailed planning necessary to understand their operational environment (OE); visualize and describe the operation’s end state and operational approach; make and articulate decisions; and direct, lead, and assess operations.

Planning is the art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future, and laying out effective ways of bringing that future about. Preparation consists of those activities performed by units and Soldiers to improve their ability to execute an operation. Execution is the act of putting a plan into action by applying combat power to accomplish the mission and adjusting operations based on changes in the situation. Assessment is a continuous activity that supports decision making by ascertaining progress of the operation for the purpose of developing and refining plans and for making operations more effective.

JFODS6: The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 6th Ed.

SUTS3: The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook, 3rd Ed.

SMFLS5: The Sustainment & Multifunctional Logistics SMARTbook, 5th Ed.

AODS7: The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook, 7th Ed.

CYBER1-1: The Cyberspace Operations & Electronic Warfare SMARTbook (w/SMARTupdate 1)

OPFOR SMARTbook 1 - Chinese Military

INFO1: The Information Operations & Capabilities SMARTbook