# Operational Literacy **Domain:** American Literacy / Preparedness and Execution **System:** [[wiki/American Ethos|American Ethos]] ## Definition Operational Literacy is the ability to convert intention into repeatable capability through preparation, documents, technology, finance, travel, safety, maintenance, and follow-through. It closes the distance between wanting a result and knowing how to produce it. Operationally literate citizens remain useful when conditions become mobile or consequential. The discipline is preparation without theater. ## Place in the American System Operational Literacy is developed from [[american/American Ethos - Operational Literacy|American Ethos - Operational Literacy]] and belongs to [[collections/American|the American Collection]]. Its role is to keep one stable concept available across doctrine, character, comportment, material culture, intelligence participation, and alliance work without collapsing those levels into one another. ## Relationships [[wiki/Headquarters-to-Field Continuity|Headquarters-to-Field Continuity]] · [[wiki/Prepared Citizen Kit|Prepared Citizen Kit]] · [[wiki/Commissioned Intelligence Participation|Commissioned Intelligence Participation]] ## Sources / Provenance The governing source is [[american/American Ethos - Operational Literacy|American Ethos - Operational Literacy]]; the wider architecture is routed through [[wiki/American System|American System]].