{"id":23350,"date":"2023-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23350"},"modified":"2023-08-17T06:41:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:41:14","slug":"air-force-releases-new-memo-doctrine-on-mission-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23350","title":{"rendered":"Air Force releases new memo, doctrine on mission command"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"article-detail-dateline\">ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS)   &#8212; \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The Air Force recently released two documents on mission command.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Aug. 16, Air Force Chief of Staff <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/108485\/charles-q-brown-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span> released a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/Portals\/1\/documents\/2023SAF\/AFDP_1-1_Mission_Command_Memo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>memo<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span> that elaborates on the operationalization of mission command and its application to the Air Force Future Operating Concept, Agile Combat Employment and the daily mission accomplishment of Airmen at all levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, Brown signed <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctrine.af.mil\/Portals\/61\/documents\/AFDP_1-1\/AFDP%201-1%20Mission%20Command.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Air Force Doctrine Publication 1-1, Mission Command<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span>, which illustrates the mission command principles of centralized command, distributed control, and decentralized execution. It also introduces the \u201cFive Cs\u201d of mission command<\/span> \u2014 character, competence, capability, cohesion, and capacity \u2014 which are the individual and organizational attributes needed to implement mission command.<\/p>\n<p><span>In 2021, <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctrine.af.mil\/Portals\/61\/documents\/AFDP_1\/AFDP-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Air Force Doctrine Publication-1<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span>: The Air Force was revised to orient the Air Force for strategic competition and reflect the service\u2019s strategic approach, <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/usg01.safelinks.protection.office365.us\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.af.mil%2FPortals%2F1%2Fdocuments%2Fcsaf%2FCSAF_22%2FCSAF_22_Strategic_Approach_Accelerate_Change_or_Lose_31_Aug_2020.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cbrian.d.anderson120.civ%40mail.mil%7C13b271e8c38849c36e1e08db9e89d8ba%7C102d0191eeae4761b1cb1a83e86ef445%7C0%7C0%7C638278088360469099%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4%2FEXtECLGlhbDMIJQanCYbE2Ey%2FfL2uTa44dsZY769I%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Accelerate Change or Lose<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span>. AFDP-1 acknowledges that Airmen will operate in environments characterized by increasing uncertainty, complexity and rapid change, and establishes mission command <\/span>as the Air Force\u2019s approach to command and control of airpower. AFPD 1-1 provides additional guidance on the application of mission command.<\/p>\n<p><span>The release of these two additional documents reinforces the service\u2019s return to a philosophy of mission accomplishment that empowers subordinate decision-making guided by commander\u2019s intent.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0 The Air Force recently released two documents on mission command. On Aug. 16, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. released a memo that elaborates on the operationalization of mission command and its application to the Air Force Future Operating Concept, Agile Combat Employment and the daily mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23352,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23350\/revisions\/23352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}