2-124. Commanders stress the importance of using mission orders as a way of building simple, flexible plans. Mission orders are directives that emphasize to subordinates the results to be attained, not how they are to achieve them (ADP 6-0). Mission orders are not a specific type of order but a reflected style or technique for writing OPLANs, OPORDs, and FRAGORDs. In developing mission orders, commanders focus subordinates on what to do and why to do it without prescribing exactly how to do it. Commanders establish control measures to aid cooperation among forces without imposing needless restrictions on freedom of action.