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Doctrine 2015Clear − Concise − Current − Accessible

BACKGROUND

The Army maintained 625 doctrinal publications in 2009 with many of these manuals remaining

unchanged for years. The TRADOC commander directed a reengineering of Army doctrine designed to

reduce the number of FMs, standardize the content of manuals to less than 200 pages, and establish a

more efficient doctrine management program. The 2009 doctrine re-engineering project was a good start

but a closer examination indicated some shortcomings in the process. It was obvious that further changes

were required, which led to the development of Doctrine 2015.

DOCTRINE 2015

The primary focus of Doctrine 2015 is to produce a body of knowledge related to the conduct of

operations that uses technology to leverage and incorporate leader input, especially on mission essential

tasks. Doctrine 2015 integrates this knowledge rapidly into the professional military education system.

Doctrine development will become faster, and the system will create fewer publications which will be

shorter, clearer, and more digitally accessible, than the current system.

Doctrine 2015 is broken down into its components, making revision quicker, but without losing

enduring principles. Doctrine 2015 includes five categories of operational knowledge:

1. Army doctrine publications (ADPs)

2. Army doctrine reference publications (ADRPs)

3. Field manuals (FMs)

4. Army techniques publications (ATPs)

5. Digital applications (APPs)

ADPs contain the fundamental principles that guide the actions of military forces and explain how

they support national objectives. These ADPs are authoritative in nature and provide the intellectual

underpinnings that explain how the Army operates. ADPs are published in 6x9” printed formats, are 10-12

pages in length and they are limited to 15 publications.

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ADP 6-22ArmyLeadership

ADP 3-90

ADP 2-0Intelligence

ADP 4-0Sustainment Mission

Command

ADP 3-37Protection

ADP 3-09Fires

ADP 7-0Training

ADP 5-0TheOperationsProcess

OperationalTerms and Graphics

ADP 3-0Unified

LandOperations

ADP 6-0

ADP 3-07 ADP 3-28 ADP 1-02ADP 3-05

ADP 1

Offensive andDefensive

Operations

StabilityOperations

DSCA SpecialOperations

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ADRPs are Department of the Army publications approved by the Commanding General

of the US Army Combined Arms Center who is the proponent for Army doctrine. Most ADPs are

supported by an ADRP with details on the fundamentals “to ensure a common understanding of the

fundamentals across the force. They provide a more fully developed discussion of fundamentals and

captures key information not possible in a ten page document. ADRPs are staffed Army-wide in the same

way that current doctrine is staffed. To ensure conciseness, the content of these publications is restricted

to about 100 pages. The intent is that, eventually, each ADRP will be available in some form of video

book format or other media besides just the printed word. There is a pilot program right now to develop a

proof of principle for a video book based on FM 3-0 Operations, Change 1.

FMs are retained and they describe tactics and procedures. FMs are also approved by the CG,

CAC. Most of the content in FMs describes how the Army and its organizations train for and conduct

operations described in ADPs. Maintaining a standard for conciseness, FMs are limited to no more than

200 pages. They explain tactics – “the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each

other (JP 1-02).” There are only 50 FMs included in the Doctrine 2015 library. Reducing the total number

ADRP 3-0 ADRP 5-0 ADRP 6-0 ADRP 3-90 ADRP 6-22

UnifiedLand

Operations

ADRP 3-0 ADRP 5-0The

OperationsProcess

ADRP 6-0Mission

Command

ADRP 3-90Offensive

AndDefensive Operations

ArmyLeadership

ADRP 6-22

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of FMs makes research faster and information easier to find.

ATPs are departmental publications and contain techniques – “Non-prescriptive ways or methods

used to perform missions, functions, or tasks (JP 1-02)”. Each authenticated ATP will have a draft version

on a wiki site managed in coordination with the Center for Army Lessons Learned. The wiki version will

allow direct input from the field and host collaborative forums to facilitate changes to approved

publications. The doctrine proponent is responsible for obtaining input, for monitoring contributions, and

for completing the authenticated publication using collaborative input from the field. Unlike the other

publications, ATPs do not have a content length restriction.

FM 3-90/3

Recon, Security and

Enabling

OPNS

FM 6-0Missio

n Comm

and (OPNS

Process)FM 7-15Army Universal Task List

FM 1-02Terms and Symb

ols

FM 6-01Cyber / EM OPN

S

FM 3-94

Theater Army Corps, Divisio

n OPNS

FM 3-13Infor

m and

Influence

Activities

FM 3-28Defense SPT of

Civil Auth

FM 3-07Stabil

ityOPN

S

FM 3-

90/2Defense

OPNS

FM 3-90/1

Offensive

OPNS

FM 3-16

Multinationa

l OPN

S

FM 3-

50.1PersonnelRecovery

FM 6-99

Report and

Message

Format

FM 3-52Airspace

Control

FM 3-24COIN

FM 3-XX

Army Suppor

t to Securit

y Cooper

ation

FM 3-55Informatio

n Collection

FM 3-34

Engineer

Operations

FM 3-09

Fire Suppor

t

FM 6-02Signa

l Operations

FM 4-02ArmyHealt

hSyste

m

FM 3-97Stryk

er Briga

de Operation

s

FM 3-96

Heavy Brigad

e Operati

ons

FM 3-95Infant

ry Briga

de Operations

FM 3-05Army Speci

al Operations

FM 3-37Protection

FM 4-0

Sustainment

FM 2-0Intelligence

FM 3-58

Military Info Supp

ort Operations

FM 3-57Civil Affair

s

FM 1-0Person

nel Operati

ons

FM 3-04Aviati

on Operation

s

FM 3-39

Military

Police

Operations

FM 3-11

CBRNE

Operations

FM 3-01Air and

Missile

Def Operation

s

FM 3-61

Army Public Affairs

FM 2-

22.3HUMI

NT Collector

Operation

s

FM 3-14Army Spac

e Operations

FM 27-10

The Law of

Land Warfa

re

FM 1-04

Legal Support to the

Operational

Army

FM 1-06

Financial

Management Operati

ons

FM 1-05Religious

Support

FM 4-40

Transportatio

n Operati

ons

FM 4-30Ordnance Operation

s

FM 4-20

Quartermaste

r Operati

ons

FM 3-90.7

Airborne and

Air Assaul

t OPNS

FM 3-90.4Mob, Ctr

Mob, Survival

and Breachi

ng

FM 3-27

Global

Ballistic Msl Def

OPNS

Full Spectrum Operations

Warfighting Functions

Branches

Reference Publications

Other Echelons

Types of Operations/Activities

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APPS will be developed. Consisting of interactive media, podcasts and mobile apps, these

APPS will enable Soldiers to access doctrine information in a repository through a digital device, such as

a smartphone, electronic tablet or other similar, yet-to-be-determined, portable devices.

SUMMARY

Doctrine 2015 is a significant departure from the way doctrine has been developed in the past.

Changing times, technical advances, demands from the field, and the ever changing battlefield

environment prompted these significant and necessary changes. Doctrine 2015 is the vehicle for gaining

and capturing that knowledge and transmitting it to the Army of the future. By breaking up doctrine into its

basic components, the Army will be able to make revisions faster, retain enduring concepts, and gain

lessons from battlefield experienced warriors. The addition of digital collaboration to the doctrine

production process will draw the recently deployed forces and the Army educational centers closer

together than ever before by giving a voice to the true experts, the Soldiers themselves.

The current timeline calls for all Army doctrinal publications to transition to this process by the end

of 2015.

“Doctrine 2015 affords the Army well defined enduring principles, tactics, and standard procedures – the basics of our Profession. Additionally, through the creative use of technologies, we will rapidly update techniques due to the changing conditions of the operational environment and the needs of operationally deployed forces.”

- General Robert W. Cone, TRADOC commander, Doctrine 2015 Guidance Memorandum, 23 Aug 11