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Title: Simplicity

Action: Begin with text 3, a quote by Billy Mitchell, near screen bottom and header and first bullet point of text 1 to screen left.

Text 1

JP 3-0 Joint Perspective:

• Prepare clear, uncomplicated plans and concise orders to ensure thorough understanding
• Facilitates mission accomplishment by reducing misunderstanding, confusion, and fog of war

Text 2

AFDD-1 Airman’s Perspective:

• Allows subordinate commanders the freedom to creatively operate within their battlespace
• Reduce complexity with straightforward plans and unambiguous organizational and command relationships

Text 3

Aviation depends for its action on a concentration of power at the decisive point

Voice: Simplicity in the joint arena calls for making all plans and orders as clear and concise as possible.

Action: Show second bullet point of text 1.

Voice: A simple plan is more likely to endure the fog of war and be successful.

Action: Add header and first bullet point of text 2.

Voice: From the airman’s perspective, simplicity is crucial for decentralized execution or allowing subordinate commanders the freedom to creatively execute the operational plan within given general guidelines.

Action: Show second bullet point of text 2.

Voice: Simplicity begins with unambiguous organizational and command relationships that can develop straightforward plans.

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