SitRep ''aka'' Situation Report The way I learned it made reference to SMEAC: situation; mission; execution; administration and logistics; communications and signals. (Compare to the list in CompactForm: Context, Problem, Forces, Solution, Resulting Context) I found "Infantry Leaders' Reference Card" GTA-07-01-038 to be so pithy that I've copied part of it [Boy! Indentation and white space is as unmanageable as with Word ... actually ''worse'' than HTML!]: '''OPERATION ORDER (FM 7-10)''' * Task Organization 1. Situation. 2. Mission * Who, what, where, when, and why. * Task and purpose. 3. Execution. * Concept of operation. 1. Maneuver. 2. Fire support. 3. Engineer. * Tasks to maneuver units * Tasks to combat support units. * Coordinating instructions. 4. Service support. * General. * Material and services. * Casualty evacuation. * Miscellaneous. 5. Command and signal. * Command. * Signal. * ESTIMATE OF SITUATION (FM 7-10) 1. Conduct a detailed mission analysis. 2. Analyze the situation and develop courses of action. 3. Analyze courses of action. 4. Compare courses of action. 5. Make a decision. -- BenTremblay