text: Troop Movement
  Table 14-1. Route designations
  Type Description Control
  This is the least restrictive control measure. Any unit may use the Minimum control
  Open route
  route without a movement credit. is exercised.
  The movement control headquarters will specify the size of convoys,
  Supervised Limited control
  the type of traffic, or characteristics of vehicles that require a
  route is exercised.
  movement credit to use the route.
  A movement credit is required to use this route regardless of the
  number or types of vehicles. A dispatch route will normally be
  Dispatch
  designated when traffic volume is expected to exceed capacity or
  route
  when the route is critical to operations and priority of use must be Full control is
  strictly enforced. exercised.
  The route is reserved for the exclusive use of a particular unit(s) or
  Reserved
  type of traffic and no other units or traffic may use the route. Reserved
  route
  routes may be identified for large-unit movements.
  The route is closed and units or traffic may not use the route. A route
  Prohibited may be prohibited due to washouts, destroyed bridges, maintenance,
  route construction work, or enemy activity. It may be prohibited for only short
  periods, such as the time necessary to do repairs.
  PLANNING A TROOP MOVEMENT
  14-36. Commander’s plan, prepare, execute, and assess troop movements to ensure the organized and
  uninterrupted flow of units throughout an area. The objective of a successful move is for a unit to arrive at
  its destination in a condition suitable to its probable employment. The goal of all movement planning is to
  retain flexibility to execute a variety of plans to meet ever-changing conditions. Leaders ensure that unit
  movement SOPs contain specifics. Leaders conduct rehearsals to ensure that the unit’s Soldiers and
  subordinate leaders understand the movement SOPs. These SOPs use standard task organizations to simplify
  planning, provide flexibility, and allow greater responsiveness by establishing habitual relationships among
  the unit’s subordinate elements and outside supporting elements.
  14-37. The movement order is the result of the unit’s planning process. The Army movement order is
  prepared as Tab C (Transportation) of Annex F (Sustainment) to an operation order or as a separate operation
  order. Prepared in five-paragraph format, Tab C provides critical information to plan and execute movement.
  Information normally found in Tab C includes the destination, routes, orders of march, rates of march, times
  that each serial (or march element for serial movement orders) arrives and clears its SP, intervals, speeds,
  scheduled maintenance halts, communications, and location of the commander. Units also identify logistics
  sites and services in Tab C. Information and procedures contained in the unit’s movement SOP are not
  included. The movement order should include a strip map or overlay. (See FM 5-0 for more information on
  operation orders.)
  14-38. The movement order discusses procedures for succession of command in the march unit, march
  serial, and march column if those procedures vary from the unit’s established SOP. It also addresses the
  procedures for disseminating information; the transmission of changes in command location, including the
  activation of alternate command nodes. The alternate means of internal and external communications to each
  march unit that vary from established SOPs are included. It also addresses who has the authority to activate
  alternative routes.
  14-39. Units base the movement order on the mission variables. The movement order establishes how the
  unit moves from its current location to the desired location. The integration of and support from maneuver
  and functional and multifunctional support—such as artillery, intelligence, military police, engineers,
  aviation, and air support—are critical for successful tactical and nontactical movement. The commander’s
  staff develops the detailed movement order based on established priorities.
  14-40. The movement order and unit SOP address the possibility of ambushes, indirect fires, and air attacks.
  These SOP includes drills for reacting to these circumstances. Passive measures mitigating an air attack
  include route selection, vehicle intervals, and movement during limited visibility. In case of attack, units have