This article is an extract from the Full Spectrum Training Environment (FSTE), Introduction to Section 4: Orders of Battle. It provides simple instructions on how to select, use, develop, and apply OPFOR task organizations for combat for use in the FSTE and other training environments.
Section 4: Orders of Battle is comprised of four appendices. Appendix A: Orders of Battle contains the administrative force orders of battle of Ariana, Atropia, Minaria, Gorgas, and Donovia. The Donovian orders of battle are currently under construction and will be added to the FSTE when available. Organizational equipment tables of selected units are in an online version of Appendix B. Appendix C provides instructions on how to task organize OPFOR units for combat. Appendix D consists of the OPFOR equipment tier tables from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG).
All five countries of the FSTE have an administrative force structure (AFS) to manage their military forces in peacetime. This AFS is the aggregate of various military headquarters, facilities, and installations designed to man, train, equip, and sustain the forces. In peacetime, forces are commonly grouped into divisions, corps, or armies for administrative purposes. The AFS includes all components of the Armed Forcesnot only regular, standing forces (active component), but also reserve and militia forces (reserve component). Normally, these administrative groupings differ from the country’s go-to-war (fighting) force structure which are task-organized to meet the combat situation. Organizations not contained in Appendix A or those units lower than brigade level can be found in FM 7-100.4, Opposing Force Organization Guide, Administrative Force Structure, Volumes I thru IV. [Note 1. All of the OPFOR organizations listed in the AFS organizational directories are constructed using Microsoft Office software (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel). The use of these commonly available tools should allow trainers and planners to tailor and/or task-organize units individually or collectively to meet specific training and/or simulation requirements.]