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Question 1

What is the strategic level of war?

Answer 1

Level of war at which a nation, often as a member of a group of nations, determines national or multinational (alliance or coalition) strategic security objectives and guidance, and develops and uses national resources to achieve these objectives.

Question 2

What is the operational level of war?

Answer 2

The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to achieve strategic objectives within theaters or other operational areas.

Question 3

What is the tactical level of war?

Answer 3

The level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to achieve military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.

Question 4

Discuss the role, organization and function of an Operational Planning Team.

Answer 4

Task-organized planning element that supports the commander and his staff’s decision-making process. Helping the commander understand the true nature of the problem as a basis for devising practical solutions. Providing a common venue (the OPT) for the sharing of information.  Integrating the planning efforts of the battle staff and subject matter experts (SME) across the MAGTF  Coordinating planning activities across the warfighting functions and echelons of command, and throughout the battlespace to facilitate unity of effort in support of mission accomplishment.

Question 5

What are the steps of the MCPP?

Answer 5

1. Problem framing,
2. Course of action development,
3. Course of action wargaming,
4. Course of action comparison and decision,
5. Orders development,
6. Transition

Question 6

Describe Time-Phased Force and Deployment Data.

Answer 6

The JOPES database portion of an operation plan; it contains time-phased force data, non-unit-related cargo and personnel data, and movement data for the operation plan including: In-place units, Units to be deployed to support the operation plan, Routing of forces to be deployed, Movement data associated with deploying forces, Estimates of non-unit-related cargo and personnel movements to be conducted concurrently with the deployment of forces, Estimate of transportation requirements that must be fulfilled by common-user lift resources as well as those requirements that can be fulfilled by assigned or attached transportation resources

Question 7

Define Concept Plan.

Answer 7

An operation plan in an abbreviated format that may require considerable expansion or alteration to convert it into an OPLAN or OPORD. It includes a base plan with annexes required by the JFC and a supported commander’s estimate of the plan’s feasibility

Question 8

Define Operational Plan.

Answer 8

1. Any plan for the conduct of military operations prepared in response to actual and potential contingencies. 2. In the context of joint operation planning level 4 planning detail, a complete and detailed joint plan containing a full description of the concept of operations, all annexes applicable to the plan, and a time-phased force and deployment data.

Question 9

Define Functional Plan.

Answer 9

Plans involving the conduct of military operations in a peacetime or permissive environment developed by combatant commanders to address requirements such as disaster relief, nation assistance, logistics, communications, surveillance, protection of US citizens, nuclear weapon recovery and evacuation, and continuity of operations or similar discrete tasks.

Question 10

What are the three tenets of MCPP?

Answer 10

1. Top down planning – the commander drives the process and is not just a participant.
2. Single Battle Concept – the battlespace is an indivisible entity.
3. Integrated planning – a disciplined approach that is systematic, coordinated and thorough using all of the warfighting functions.