Week 8- TLP's

I have really been slacking on these post and to get them all done before Leaders Forge I will skip minor details.
Forget everything you were taught about OPORD's in ROTC, forget all the impractical missions a movements that your instructors taught you. As you know the Army is an adaptive unit and we need to constantly be changing anything that we are getting good at. So we were informed of the new format through a series on power points, that were leaps and bounds above our head. The questions were flying and there were a few very long days in the classroom cramming information to prepare for our first PLT level OPORD.

The PLT level OPORD is very time consuming and the course is set up to force you to produce an order with in a short period of time. Some people spent sleepless nights on it and racked up 16 hours working on it. I am telling you the horror stories to shock you a little bit because it is difficult, but  if you prepare yourself it will not be as taxing on your sleep. The PLT OPORD has graphics and layovers as well as enemy and friendly analysis, so the length of it is considerable, it took me 1:15 to brief my OPORD. Like any other presentation confidence kills, so I practiced briefing my OPORD to my wife, who I am sure loved hearing about the enemies Fields of Fire.

The first OPORD is confusing and difficult to complete but now that I have done and received my AAR comments I know what to do to improve it next time. If any of you would like to see the OPORD format used in IBOLC let me know and I can send it to you.