MISSION COMMAND – AN ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION

Authors

  • Claudiu Valer NISTORESCU Major, Superior Instructor, PhD Candidate,  „Carol I” National Defence University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53477/2668-2028-21-24

Keywords:

Keywords: mission command; initiative; commanders’ intent; enemy’s vulnerabilities; will to fight; trust.

Abstract

Abstract: Today’s conflicts generate a complexity of requirements including command and control challenges, deployment and maneuver issues, delivering superior firepower, ensuring appropriate sustainment and protection and others. Present battlefields as much as in the past impose a different philosophy of command. Uncertainty, ambiguity and frictions are inherent in combat and commanders have to express their initiative in order to exploit fleeting opportunities and strike enemy’s vulnerabilities. Therefore, an effective command way of thinking is needed. Mission command is the philosophy of command that gives commanders the authority to manifest and exercise their initiative in conducting military operations. The key in mission command philosophy is commanders’ clear intent and subordinate commanders’ willing to act.

Author Biography

Claudiu Valer NISTORESCU, Major, Superior Instructor, PhD Candidate,  „Carol I” National Defence University

Date of birth, City/Country: 23 April 1982, Deva / Romania

Higher education (undergraduate and graduate studies):

  • Bachelor degree in (field of study), awarded by (University), class of (year):
  • Bachelor degree in (field of study), awarded by (University), class of (year): Bachelor degree in Military Science – Organization’s Management, awarded by „NICOLAE BĂLCESCU” ROU LAND FORCES ACADEMY, class of 2005;
  • Master degree in (field of study), awarded by (University), class of (year):
    • Master degree in International Relations and Security Studies, awarded by „LUCIAN BLAGA” UNIVERSITY, class of 2007;
    • Master degree in Land Forces Combined Arms Command , awarded by ”CAROL I” ROU NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY, class of 2020;
  • Doctorate degree in (field of study), awarded by (University), class of (year): ……………

Relevant training courses:

-  Brigade Staff Officer Course, „Carol I” National Defence University, 2014.

- Combined Arms Master-Land Forces at Faculty of Command and Staff, in „Carol I”National Defense University

Current position and affiliation: Major, Superior Instructor, PhD Candidate,

 „Carol I” National Defence University

Research interests: Military Science

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Published

2021-07-23

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2021)

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