SitRep

SitRep aka Situation Report

The way I learned it made reference to SMEAC: situation; mission; execution; administration and logistics; communications and signals. (Compare to the list in CompactForm: Context, Problem, Forces, Solution, Resulting Context)

I found "Infantry Leaders' Reference Card" GTA-07-01-038 to be so pithy that I've copied part of it [Boy! Indentation and white space is as unmanageable as with Word ... actually worse than HTML!]:

OPERATION ORDER (FM 7-10)

• Task Organization
  1. Situation.
  2. Mission
     • Who, what, where, when, and why.
     • Task and purpose.
  3. Execution.
     • Concept of operation.
       1. Maneuver.
       2. Fire support.
       3. Engineer.
     • Tasks to maneuver units
     • Tasks to combat support units.
     • Coordinating instructions.
  4. Service support.
     • General.
     • Material and services.
     • Casualty evacuation.
     • Miscellaneous.
  5. Command and signal.
     • Command.
     • Signal.

• ESTIMATE OF SITUATION (FM 7-10)
  1. Conduct a detailed mission analysis.
  2. Analyze the situation and develop courses of action.
  3. Analyze courses of action.
  4. Compare courses of action.
  5. Make a decision.

-- BenTremblay