FM 6-0 Commander and Staff Organization and Operations (2022. 5. 16.)

Description

This publication supersedes FM 6-0, dated 5 May 2014.

Preface

FM 6-0, Commander and Staff Organization and Operations, provides commanders and their staffs with tactics and procedures for organizing and operating their command and control (C2) system. This publication supersedes FM 6-0, Commander and Staff Organization and Operations, May 2014.

To comprehend this doctrine, the reader must first understand the nature of operations as described in ADP 3-0, Operations; the principles of C2 as described in ADP 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces; and the fundamentals of the operations process found in ADP 5-0, The Operations Process.

The principal audience for FM 6-0 includes Army commanders, leaders, and unit staffs (including officers, noncommissioned officers, and Soldiers). Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as a joint headquarters or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and the employment of joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication.

Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States, international, and in some cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and the rules of engagement. (See FM 6-27 for more information on the law of land warfare.)

FM 6-0 uses joint terms where necessary. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. Terms for which FM 6-0 is the proponent publication (the authority) are presented in italics and bold font in the text and marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. When first defined in the text, a term for which FM 6-0 is the proponent publication is boldfaced and italicized, and the definition is boldfaced. When first defining other proponent definitions in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition.

FM 6-0 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.

The proponent of FM 6-0 is the United States Army Combined Arms Center. The preparing agency is the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, United States Army Combined Arms Center. Send comments and recommendations on a DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Commander, United States Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, ATTN: ATZL-MCD (FM 6-0), 300 McPherson Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1300; submit an electronic DA Form 2028; or by an email to usarmy.leavenworth.mccoe.mbx.cadd-org-mailbox@army.mil.