Company TACSOP Reports: What should be included?

2015-03-19T21:55:20-04:00

My Company's leadership is working on developing a Company TACSOP, I am tasked with handling the reports. I am looking for some input on which reports I should include? So far I have included SALUTE, ACE, 9 Line UXO, 9 Line MEDEVAC. I was considering ASCOPE and SWEAT-MS as well, any help is appreciated.

Response by CPT Zachary Brooks made Mar 19 at 2015 9:58 PM

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Is there a previously established one? Do you have the unit SOP handy? Have you asked the senior NCOs for advice? Have you reviewed the unit mission?

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 19 at 2015 10:03 PM

2015-03-19T22:03:32-04:00

PMESII-PT
LOGSTAT
PERSTAT

The latter two for sure; the former depends on unit type, but if you're thinking SWEAT-MS and ASOPE, PMESII-PT make sense to complement Civil Terrain and Infrastructure with Human Terrain.

Response by SGT Chris Reese made Mar 19 at 2015 10:24 PM

2015-03-19T22:24:59-04:00

If it were me I would consult the Senior NCO's. Most Senior NCO'S have del with this many times over. You definitely want to include PERSTAT, LOGSTAT, SITREP and AAR

Response by SSG Robert Burns made Mar 19 at 2015 10:55 PM

2015-03-19T22:55:05-04:00

You are asking in the right place. You are about to get more knowledge than you can handle!

Response by COL Charles Williams made Mar 19 at 2015 10:56 PM

2015-03-19T22:56:24-04:00

Find a good one, from your left and right and copy it. Make sure it is in line with your higher headquarters. It need to be focused on what your core missions are. Start by looking at what you have in place, and what your high HQ requires of you.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 12:34 AM

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As for the reports.... 9-line medevac, UXO, SALUTE, LACE, ASCOPE-yes you might actually use it, NBC-1, LOSTITEM, PERSTAT, LOGSTAT. Go ahead and consider METT-TC. The mission set is what really decides the reports that will be needed

Having reports in your TACSOP is great....but, what is more important is how leaders use them. By that, I mean, how will they have access to them? I'd recommend you put them in the TACSOP, but remember that a guy in a firefight isn't interested in a book. He needs the format in an easy to use package. Go ahead and print the forms out, laminate them, and then put a hog-ring through them. This way, when they have to send a report, they can just pull it out, fill it in with an alcohol marker and call it up. Make it part of the TACSOP that all leaders carry the report booklet in a specific place and make it an inspection item.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 3:04 AM

2015-03-20T03:04:38-04:00

http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/dr_pubs/dr_a/pdf/fm6_99.pdf

More reports than you can shake a stick at!

Response by 1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 7:04 AM

2015-03-20T07:04:24-04:00

Check out http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/atp3_90x90.pdf

And consult with your NCO's

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 7:25 AM

2015-03-20T07:25:20-04:00

Reports and warrior task/ drills...

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 8:13 AM

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Your company TACSOP should "mirror" or "nest" with the battalion TACSOP. Just like you pull your company information from the Battalion OPORD, you should pull your company TACSOP from the battalion TACSOP.

Would be kind of counterproductive if your company was the only one that was rolling around with an odd-ball load plan.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 8:56 AM

2015-03-20T08:56:36-04:00

Make sure you get some Commo in there....do you have a PACE plan?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 9:25 AM

2015-03-20T09:25:30-04:00

This is something that is a bit contentious. One thing I would note that company TACSOP should be nested in the Battalion TACSOP. I know that you are in ROTC but I would be cautious applying what you learn here and how you develop your own. The Company SOP should pertain to your mission set. What I would so is ask what reports does your command need. The basics are great but then again SOP shouldn't mirror doctrine. That is why it is there. It should list what Reports are there and what and when is needed. In ours I don't go into a lot of the content. For example, in my platoon I don't touch the battle drills. There is a FM for that. I don't see the point to have a SOP on that when there is doctrine already established. If you were altering it I would add the changes and how it would look like. But we all know what Battle Drill 1A is. If you don't you shouldn't be learning it from an TACSOP. You could learn how you do it if you add to the set protocol. But I wouldn't just copy and paste that. It is a waste of time and your TACSOP will be 100 page doctrine and 10 pages of what should really be in the TACSOP.

Response by SGT Bryon Sergent made Mar 20 at 2015 10:29 AM

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FM 101-5-2

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Mar 20 at 2015 1:21 PM

2015-03-20T13:21:11-04:00

I will post a tentative list. I caution you to build TACSOP items off of no kidding routine requirements, not just cool to have. Stick to basics. SOPs are living documents and should change based on collective experience.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2015 6:57 PM

2015-03-20T18:57:52-04:00

Awesome responses from all, but for a little comic relief:

I recommend you walk around your office, hold random spreadsheets in your hands, and appear in a hurry at all times. Keep this up until the year is over and you'll be out of the woods without having actually completed the report.

If you continue to get hounded, advise your leadership that for you to complete the report what you need is the cadet leaders below you start producing 800 page CONOPs before conducting any training what so ever. And if they ever turn it in, be sure to mark some random stuff with a red pen and hand it back to them for a rewrite, all the while chewing them out for not meeting some random deadlines.

Yes this is 2015, and yes the cloud(s) exists, but for "training purposes" demand everything in hard copy. It will make them feel tough, and make you appear important.

So, pretty much you can totally play the whole project off and claim responsibility for establishing a "more efficient, integrated, and bottom up command and control structure that has potential for further integration of cyber warfare training (cause that is the new sexy) and real time C4ISR (what ever that means, probably a cadet Facebook page)"

This totally works, trust me I'm a Major.

Good luck!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 21 at 2015 12:25 PM

2015-03-21T12:25:13-04:00

Don't forget to add a strep to the tacsop because it's crucial to the Company and Battalion tacsop

Response by 2LT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2015 8:24 PM

2015-03-24T20:24:06-04:00

Thank you everyone for the guidance. I apologize for not being able to respond to everyone, I was promised plenty of feedback and received just that.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2015 8:58 PM

2015-03-24T20:58:56-04:00

For ROTC you're probably fine with what you have. You're training focus should be on LDAC. Your unit will teach you the rest when you arrive.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 25 at 2015 5:21 PM

2015-03-25T17:21:07-04:00

Make sure you add MIST reports to your 9 line medivac

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2015 7:16 PM

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I spent a few semesters in ROTC before I enlisted, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that cadet command published a TACSOP of their own for ROTC units. I have a feeling this has changed with the sweeping changes that have been made as a whole but the old CC TACSOP should still be out there. It was fairly complete as far as tasks, basically a Warrior Skills I booklet with ROTC specific wisdom nuggets inside.