546: The Myth of Being in Control: Marine Corps Doctrine on Command and Control
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This is Jocko Podcast number five forty six with Carry Helton and me. An order should not trespass on the providance of the subordinate. It should contain everything which is beyond the independent authority of the subordinate, but nothing more. It should lay stress upon the object to be attained. And leave open the means to be employed.
That's a little quote right there from US Army field regulations. From Nineteen oh five. Nineteen oh five. So you know when people they think oh well back in the day the military you just told you just told everyone what to do and they did it and sure you can go back to
You know. Napoleonic times. But even then, Napoleonic times they didn't want Rope they wanted the soldiers to be robotic in their movement, but they wanted the people Napoleon wanted his people to think quick and make things happen.
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