3-11. Mission command as the approach to commanding and controlling Army forces is grounded in the Army’s understanding of the nature of warfare. The basic ideas of mission command have been part of every capstone publication since 1905. The term itself is relatively new in doctrine, but the idea is not. The 1905 FSR included these sentences: “An order should not trespass on the province of the subordinate. It should contain everything which is beyond the independent authority of the subordinate, but nothing more…. It should lay stress upon the object to be attained, and leave open the means to be employed.” By 1914, this had been expanded to include—