Exactly, but you don’t issue them daily. In the overall planning guidance the guy in charge in country knows his commander’s intent. The guys under him know his intent. The guy under the gun, in this case the man running the defense made the call without handcuffs, without the need to check with his higher up. The result is how joint warfare is done, fast and lethal. A well-coordinated ready defense slaughtered the enemy by combining all available assets in time and space. I have no idea what the enemy thought was going to happen but it was obvious disjointed restricted 0bamawar hijinks is over. TBTG!
Thanks for the explanation.
Did you read the Russian radio intercepts describing this action? They were fun to read.
If this is the same event Mattis referred to, they were largely annihilated.