Complete the Advanced Maneuver Operations Course. Advanced tactical planning, combined arms operations, and maneuver warfare concepts for experienced leaders ready to operate at higher echelons.
The Academics phase builds the doctrinal foundation for combined arms maneuver. Students work through the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) from mission analysis through orders production, learning to integrate fires, maneuver, and sustainment into a coherent operational plan.
Terrain analysis and Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) are taught at an advanced level. Students must demonstrate mastery of OAKOC and its application to course of action development before proceeding to the applied phase.
Fire support integration is a critical component — students learn to synchronize indirect fires, close air support, and electronic warfare with ground maneuver elements to create combined arms effects at the point of decision.
Applied Operations is where students put doctrine into practice. Working in staff groups, students receive a tactical scenario and must produce a complete operations order integrating all warfighting functions under time pressure.
The operations brief is a high-stakes event — students present their plan to senior evaluators who challenge every assumption. Poor terrain analysis, weak fires integration, or an unsynchronized scheme of maneuver results in failure.
Situational training exercises force students to adapt their plans when the enemy doesn't cooperate. The final graded exercise requires students to demonstrate they can plan, brief, and execute a combined arms operation from start to finish.
Winter at Fort Moore is mild compared to northern installations. Classroom-heavy instruction means weather has minimal impact on training. Temperatures rarely drop below freezing, making any outdoor STX events comfortable.
Spring is a popular time for AMOC classes. Pleasant weather at Fort Moore makes outdoor situational training exercises comfortable. Many units schedule leaders for spring classes to avoid summer training conflicts.
Georgia summers are brutal. Fort Moore heat and humidity make outdoor STX events challenging. Classrooms are air-conditioned, but any field time requires aggressive hydration. Smaller class sizes mean more individual attention from instructors.
Fall is an excellent time for AMOC. Heat subsides, weather is comfortable, and end-of-fiscal-year scheduling often fills classes with motivated leaders trying to get qualified before the new training year.
AMOC runs multiple classes throughout the fiscal year at Fort Moore, GA. Source: MCoE / Fort Moore.
| Class | Report Date | Graduation | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMOC 01-26 | 13 Jan 2026 | 23 Jan 2026 | Winter |
| AMOC 02-26 | 10 Mar 2026 | 20 Mar 2026 | Spring |
| AMOC 03-26 | 12 May 2026 | 22 May 2026 | Spring |
| AMOC 04-26 | 14 Jul 2026 | 24 Jul 2026 | Summer |
| AMOC 05-26 | 08 Sep 2026 | 18 Sep 2026 | Fall |
Weak MDMP skills, poor fires integration, and bad briefings are the leading causes of failure. Master the planning process before you arrive.
Every failure at AMOC has a type. We built a fix for each one.
The Military Decision-Making Process is the backbone of AMOC. If you can't execute all seven steps under time pressure, you will not pass the planning exercises.
Combined arms means integrating fires with maneuver. If your fire support plan is an afterthought, your scheme of maneuver falls apart under evaluation.
OAKOC isn't optional. If you can't conduct a thorough terrain analysis and integrate it into your IPB, your entire plan will be built on a weak foundation.
You must produce a complete five-paragraph operations order under time constraints. If you've never written one from scratch, start practicing now.
You will brief senior evaluators who will challenge your plan. Stumbling through a briefing or failing to defend your decisions is a fast path to a no-go.
Tactical movement planning and route selection are critical. If you can't synchronize movement with fires and maneuver, your plan will not survive contact.
Key Takeaway: AMOC is a thinking course, not a gut-check. Mastery of the MDMP, fires integration, and the ability to produce and brief a coherent operations order under pressure is what separates graduates from failures. Arrive with doctrine studied and briefing skills sharp.
Plan the Fight — Fight the Plan
Graduates of the Advanced Maneuver Operations Course have proven they can plan and synchronize combined arms operations at echelons above company level. The AMOC qualification represents mastery of maneuver warfare doctrine, fire support integration, and the ability to produce and execute a coherent operational plan under pressure.
From the classrooms of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore, Georgia, AMOC graduates return to their formations as the planners, briefers, and operational thinkers their units depend on when the mission demands precision and speed.
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