ADP 3-90

Question 1

What does ADP 3-90 cover?

Answer 1

Offense and Defense

Question 2

What is tactics?

Answer 2

is the Employment and Ordered Arrangement of Forces in Relation to each other

Question 3

What provides commanders with a set of tools to use in developing a solution to a tactical problem?

Answer 3

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP)

Question 4

What is an engagement?

Answer 4

An Engagement is a Tactical Conflict, usually Between Opposing, Lower Echelon Maneuver Forces

Question 5

What is a battle?

Answer 5

a Battle Consists of a Set of related Engagements that lasts Longer and Involves Larger Forces than an Engagement

Question 6

What does METT-TC stand for?

Answer 6

Mission, Enemy, Terrain and weather, Troops and support available, Time available, and Civil considerations

Question 7

What is the science of tactics?

Answer 7

The Science of tactics Encompasses the Understanding of those Military Aspects of Tactics—Capabilities, Techniques, and Procedures—that can be Measured and Codified

Question 8

What is a Hasty Operation?

Answer 8

an Operation in which a Commander Directs Immediately Available Forces, using Fragmentary Orders, to Perform Activities with Minimal Preparation, Trading Planning and Preparation Time for Speed of Execution

Question 9

What are actions on contact?

Answer 9

a Series of Combat Actions, often Conducted nearly Simultaneously, Taken on Contact with the Enemy to Develop the Situation

Question 10

What are the principles of joint operations?

Answer 10

1. Objective 2. Offensive 3. Mass 4. Maneuver 5. Economy of Force 6. Unity of Command 7. Security 8. Surprise 9. Simplicity 10. Perseverance 11. Legitimacy 12. Restraint

Question 11

What are the operational variables?

Answer 11

1. Political 2. Military 3. Economic 4. Social 5. Information 6. Infrastructure 7. Physical Environment 8. Time

Question 12

What are the mission variables?

Answer 12

1. Mission 2. Enemy 3. Terrain & Weather 4. Troops & support available 5. Time available 6. Civil considerations

Question 13

What are the basic tactical concepts?

Answer 13

1. Area of Operations 2. Combined Arms 3. Concept of Operations 4. Decisive Engagement 5. Defeat in Detail 6. Flanks 7. Maneuver 8. Operation 9. Operational Frameworks 10. Piecemeal Commitment 11. Reconstitution 12. Reserve 13. Rules of Engagement 14. Tactical Mobility 15. Uncommitted Forces

Question 14

What are the primary offensive tasks?

Answer 14

Movement to Contact, Attack, Exploitation and Pursuit

Question 15

What is movement to contact?

Answer 15

an Offensive Task Designed to Develop the Situation and to Establish or Regain Contact

Question 16

What is attack?

Answer 16

an Offensive Task that Destroys or Defeats Enemy Forces, Seizes and Secures Terrain, or Both

Question 17

What is exploitation?

Answer 17

an Offensive Task—usually following the Conduct of a Successful Attack—Designed to Disorganize the Enemy in Depth

Question 18

What is pursuit?

Answer 18

an Offensive Task Designed to Catch or Cut Off a Hostile Force Attempting to Escape, with the Aim of Destroying it

Question 19

What are the major activities of the operations process?

Answer 19

Plan, Prepare, Execute and Assess

Question 20

What are the basic defensive tasks?

Answer 20

Area Defense, Mobile Defense, and Retrograde

Question 21

What is area defense?

Answer 21

Area Defense is the Defensive Task that concentrates on Denying Enemy Forces Access to Designated Terrain for a Specific Time Rather than Destroying the Enemy Outright

Question 22

What is mobile defense?

Answer 22

Mobile Defense is a Defensive Task that Concentrates on the Destruction or Defeat of the Enemy through a Decisive Attack by a Striking Force

Question 23

What is Retrograde?

Answer 23

Retrograde is a Defensive Task that involves Organized Movement Away From the Enemy

Question 24

What are tactical enabling tasks?

Answer 24

Reconnaissance, Security, Troop Movement, Relief in Place, Passage of Lines, Encirclement Operations, and Urban Operations