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When issuing orders, the formation commander must pay special attention to the clear and concise formulation of the broad missions of formations and units, and to bringing out the underlying idea of the plan he decided on ... The art of drawing up orders calls for skill in putting the concept of the operation vividly and lucidly in a few words.

- Red Army's New Field Service Regulations, 1936

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Today in Military History

June 12



1885:

The Essex and Kent Scottish: Semper Paratus (Always ready)


1944:

VC won by Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, Royal Canadian Air Forcem over Cambrai (posthumous)


1982:

Attack on Mount Harriet, Falkland Islands, ( 42 Royal Marine Commando)


1982:

Attack on Two Sisters, Falkland Islands, ( 45 Royal Marine Commando)




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