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This publication supersedes ATTP 5-01.1, dated 14 September 2011. FM 6-0, Commander and Staff Organization and Operations, provides commanders and their staffs with tacticsand procedures for exercising mission command. This publication supersedes ATTP 5-0.1, Commander andStaff Officer Guide.To comprehend the doctrine contained in this publication, readers must first understand the nature of unifiedland operations as described in ADP 3-0 and ADRP 3-0, Unified Land Operations. In addition, readers mustalso fully understand the principles of mission command as described in ADP 6-0 and ADRP 6-0, MissionCommand, and the fundamentals of the operations process found in ADP 5-0 and ADRP 5-0, The OperationsProcess.