The techniques presented are feasible and used by various maneuver units as standing operating procedures. Some are easily learned and can be used with newly formed staffs while others require training before being executed properly. But all allow commanders and staffs to speed the military decision-making process without eliminating a necessary step. "The teams and staffs through which the modern commander absorbs information and exercises his authority must be a beautifully interlocked, smooth working mechanism. Ideally, the whole should be practically a single mind." --GENERAL Dwight David Eisenhower Back to Table of Contents -- Battalion and Brigade Battle Staff Back to CALL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Coalition Web. Inc. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com