A2 Flashcards
What term describes the situation where, while war gaming a COA to penetrate the 2/641 BTG (Motorized) defense to control OBJ HAMILTON, the 1/3ID ABCT staff recognize a point, based on friendly and threat conditions, when the commander will have to make an informed judgment regarding the BCT’s actions for the penetration to be successful?
Decision Point
After COA approval, how does the staff inform subordinate units on guidance for preparation and rehearsal instructions not included in unit SOPs?
Warning order
What are the doctrinal key outputs of receipt of mission?
Commander’s initial guidance and initial allocation of time
If, during course of action development a BCT staff determine that the BCT must destroy an enemy reconnaissance company in order to create or preserve conditions for success, what type of operation would this most likely be a part of?
A shaping operation
What three elements does the initial commander’s intent contain?
Broader purpose of the operation, initial key tasks, and desired end state
Which process will a BCT staff use to identify strengths and weaknesses of COAs, enabling selection of a COA with the highest probability of success for further development into an OPLAN or OPORD?
Course of action analysis and war gaming
At the conclusion of which step of MDMP have the staff prepared COA statements and sketches, a tentative task organization, a broad concept of the operations, revised planning guidance, and updated assumptions?
COA development
As the staff transitions from COA approval to orders production, what is the best source for the OPORD concept of the operations?
The COA statement
Problem-solving in the Army is a process designed to do which of the following?
Use a systematic approach to identify issues, develop a plan, and implement the solution
What must the staff weigh each COA against during COA comparison?
Evaluation criteria approved by the commander and staff
What do planners use to examine each prospective COA for validity?
Screening criteria
Given the amount of data available in the contemporary operating environment, which of the considerations below are MOST IMPORTANT for a staff officer to develop to support the commander’s understanding when updating running estimates?
Conclusions and recommendations
A __________ is normally assigned to the theater army and is the senior army medical headquarters in an AOR.
MEDCOM (DS)
The distance and duration across which a joint force can successfully employ military capabilities is _________ __________ .
Operational Reach
the ability to establish, and operate ports of debarkation (air, sea, and rail), to establish a distribution system and sustainment bases, and to facilitate port throughput and sustainment support for the reception, staging, onward movement and integration of forces within a theater of operations is:
Theater opening
The ___ __________ _________ connects strategic enablers to the tactical formations.
Theater Sustainment Command (TSC)
__________ ____________ stems from the ability to organize, protect, and sustain a force, regardless of the distance from its base and the austerity of the environment.
Prolonged Endurance
what is the primary difference between Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) and Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC)?
MEDEVAC is comprised of dedicated, standardized platforms designed, staffed, and equipped to provide en route medical care to patients.
The Army Health System is divided into two distinct missions. These missions are:
Force Health Protection and Health Service Support
______ ___________ _______is the Nation’s combat logistics support agency, providing nearly 100 percent of the military’s consumable items, and is the Department of Defense Executive Agent for subsistence and bulk petroleum.
Defense Logistics Agency
The _ _ _____ provides a means of anticipating future requirements to ensure responsiveness and adequacy of support and provide an understanding of current conditions of the operational environment (i.e., a country/AO assessment).
Theater Logistics Analysis (TLA)
If your unit is assigned its position or area of operation and has its priorities set by the unit supported. What is your unit’s support relationship with the unit you are supporting?
Direct Support
The maneuver battalion aid station and maneuver battalion maintenance collection point are normally collocated with these FSC elements at the:
Battalion combat trains
An operation at any echelon that enables the decisive operation or shaping operations by generating and maintaining combat power is termed a _____ _________.
Sustaining Operation
