FM 6-0 Commander and Staff Organization and Operations, May 2014 by United States Army

FM 6-0, Commander and Staff Organization and Operations, provides commanders and their staffs with tactics and procedures for exercising mission command. This publication supersedes ATTP 5-0.1, Commander and Staff Officer Guide.

To comprehend the doctrine contained in this publication, readers must first understand the nature of unified land operations as described in ADP 3-0 and ADRP 3-0, Unified Land Operations. In addition, readers must also fully understand the principles of mission command as described in ADP 6-0 and ADRP 6-0, Mission Command, and the fundamentals of the operations process found in ADP 5-0 and ADRP 5-0, The Operations Process.