OUTLINE FORM OF AN OPERATION PLAN

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File Notations
SECRET (or CONFIDENTIAL)		TITLES OF THE
SUPERIOR ECHELONS,
TITLE OF THE FORCE,
NAME OF SHIP, Flagship.
Operation Plan
No. ——		PLACE OF ISSUE,
Date and hour of issue.

TASK ORGANIZATION.

(a) Task Force Title, Rank and name of its commander. Composition of Task Force.

(b) (Similarly enumerate other Task Forces after appropriate letter (b), (c), etc.)

1. Information. Information of enemy and own forces affecting the Plan and needed by subordinate commanders. If no further information is available, the statement "No further information" is inserted. Distinction is made between matters of conjecture and of fact. If desired, indicate the tasks and general objectives of higher echelons and of coordinate forces of the commander's echelon, and of other forces of the command, not listed in the Task Organization. If desired, include general measures prescribed by the immediate superior for cooperation and security.

Assumptions. Statement of the assumptions upon which the Plan is based. Assumptions are things taken for granted as the basis for action.