Mission Command is the model that helps commanders to exercise authority and direction. This model is built on the commander’s intent, mission type, centralized and decentralized execution.
Mentally agile and adaptive leaders understanding the intent and context of the mission assigned, are needed to complete the objective. Leaders from the top of the ranks all the way down to the team leaders apply critical and intellectual thinking to their understanding and decision making.Mission command is a style of military command in which commanding officers inform subordinates of their mission objectives and allow these subordinates to carry out a mission with the freedom to decide how to do so.
