The 5 paragraph order is a way to train the mind to issue orders. The intellectually limited will follow the format in a plodding manner. The adept commander will issue the appropriate portions but not be hamstrung by the process. The most gifted, front line commanders are the masters of the Frag Order.
Yes Mr. Rap~ but channeling Moltke nothing must ever be written down or suggested that can be seized by the stupid but industrious, so perhaps we should simply go all FRAGO?
(A fragmentary order, that is an actual order in plain language).
Or pictograms?
Stupid but Industrious is the very incarnation of our Civil Service, including their minions in uniform. Now we have the Evil , Stupid and Industrious Lawyers reviewing everything as well.
In the end, perhaps follow me is all we’ll be able to trust or understand.
The 5 paragraph order is a way to train the mind to issue orders. The intellectually limited will follow the format in a plodding manner. The adept commander will issue the appropriate portions but not be hamstrung by the process. The most gifted, front line commanders are the masters of the Frag Order.
Yes Mr. Rap~ but channeling Moltke nothing must ever be written down or suggested that can be seized by the stupid but industrious, so perhaps we should simply go all FRAGO?
(A fragmentary order, that is an actual order in plain language).
Or pictograms?
Stupid but Industrious is the very incarnation of our Civil Service, including their minions in uniform. Now we have the Evil , Stupid and Industrious Lawyers reviewing everything as well.
In the end, perhaps follow me is all we’ll be able to trust or understand.