Healthy System Planning

1. Define the Principles of Planning

The focus of the medical planning process should be to quickly develop a flexible, tactically sound, fully integrated and synchronized plan that supports the tactical commander’s mission.

Army Medicine plays a key role in developing and maintaining …

> combat power.

> Its mission is to maintain the health of the Army and to conserve its fighting strength. Commanders need to retain acclimated and experienced personnel to perform their mission.

The principles guide medical planners in developing operational plans (OPLANs) which are

effective, efficient, flexible, and executable.

Principles of Planning

• Understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future condition, and laying out effective ways to bring that future about

• Results in a plan or order that communicates the commander’s vision

• Directs action to synchronize forces in time, space, and purpose for achieving objectives and accomplishing missions

• Apply critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe unfamiliar problems and approaches to solving them

1. Communicate the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP)

1. Communicate AHS Support Estimates

1. Identify the Characteristics of a Plan

1. Communicate Running Estimates