Mission Command is critical to decentralized execution from centralized intent. While establishing the first American colonies militiamen faced an overmatch enemy consisting of the British Army and Navy. During the French and Indian War and Boston Campaign, New England militiamen and the Continental Army utilized command and control with principles of today's mission command doctrine. Mission command principles and philosophy allows commanders to set the conditions for success during combat operations. Future wars will be multi-domain battle where most or all domains will be contested and directly affect command and control. Mission command must be understood and applied to win decisively in the future wars and in multi-domain operational environments.

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