What are the two types of movement plans?

What are the two types of movement plans?

• A. Strategic movement plans and Tactical movement plans
• B. Mobilization movement plans and deployment movement plans
• C. Operational movement plans and Logistic movement plans
• D. Intra-theater movement plans and Inter-theater movement plans

Answer: (B)

Movement plans are built around two stages: getting forces ready to move and then moving them into the area where they will operate. Mobilization movement plans cover activating forces, assembling personnel and equipment, activating reserves, and arranging the readying actions so units can depart on short notice. They set up who is needed, what they have, and when they’ll be prepared to move.

Deployment movement plans focus on the actual movement into the theater: choosing routes, arranging air and sea transport, staging areas, sequencing arrivals, and ensuring initial sustainment and command presence upon arrival. These plans translate the readiness achieved in mobilization into an orderly entry into the area of operations.

So, the two types are mobilization movement plans and deployment movement plans because one handles getting the force ready to move, and the other handles the actual movement into the theater.