The phrase "an operational order" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to military, organizational, or procedural instructions that outline specific actions to be taken.
Example: "The commander issued an operational order detailing the strategy for the upcoming mission."
Alternatives: "a tactical directive" or "a mission order."
This would never have happened in the case of an operational order.
It is not an operational order, it is a guide for German officers.
According to complicated Cold War-era procedures, OPLAN 40104 would become an operational order if a U.N. withdrawal started, but the President had not yet approved the plan, or even been briefed on it, and, under the Constitution, only he can decide to deploy American troops.
Patton then clarified that he had already worked up an operational order for a counterattack by three full divisions on December 21, then only 48 hours away.
In July, Bush signed an unpublished operational order authorising American ground forces as well as drones and aircraft to raid into Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary zones inside Pakistan.
The raids were the first by US Special Operations Command since Bush signed a secret operational order in July authorising cross-border raids into Pakistan without prior notification to the authorities there.
This code phrase initiated a prearranged operational order with Patton's staff, mobilizing three divisions – the 4th Armored Division, the U.S. 80th Infantry Division, and the U.S. 26th Infantry Division – from the Third Army and moving them north toward Bastogne.
An entire operational order from Tukhachevsky to Budionny was intercepted on 19 August and read on 20 August, stating the tasks of all of Tukhachevsky's armies, of which only the essence had previously been known.
The NYPD operational order, issued on April 27, is a direct result of a lawsuit filed by two men who say they were forced out of livery cars and searched by cops, police sources said.
A14 Airline Acts to Cut Delays United Airlines has issued an operational emergency order requiring mechanics at Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Washington to work overtime if asked, to help avert delays and cancellations.
Yehoshua Goldrat, the only officer in the brigade who had experience from the British Army operating a combined force of infantry, armor, artillery and air, wrote the operational order.
