Army Aviation / CAB Flashcards
Know what the wire diagram looks like:
it will show you a picture of it and ask which type of unit it is
Air Ground Operations:
Simultaneous or synchronized employment of ground forces with aviation maneuver and fires to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative .
7 core competencies of Army Aviation
Provide accurate and timely information collection
Provide reaction time and maneuver space
Destroy, defeat, disrupt, divert, or delay enemy forces
Air assault ground maneuver forces
Air movement of personnel, equipment, and supplies
Evacuate wounded or recover isolated personnel
Enable mission command over extended ranges and complex terrain
Asks which of these is a core competency
- it was provide time and maneuver space
3 operational frameworks:
deep area, (close area), security area
*Shows a diagram and asks if the circled area is close, deep or security
Decisive operations
directly accomplish the mission that determines the outcome of a major operation battle, or engagement. Focal point.
3 types of operations
Decisive/Shaping/Sustaining operations (bigger picture)
Physical environment: mountain, desert, jungle, maritime, urban, other (________)
pandemic, post disaster, CBRN
Aviation material officer is the primary advisor on
generating combat power
BAE
Brigade Aviation Element
ALT
Aviation Liaison Team
Differences between a Brigade Aviation Element and an Aviation Liaison Team.
BAE: planning and coordination cell organic to all BCTs who incorporate aviation into ground maneuver commander’s scheme of maneuver. Provides employment advice and initial planning for aviation missions, UAS, airspace planning and coordination, and synchronization with the tactical air control party and the fires cell
ALT: represents the supporting CAB or ASTF/ABTF at the supported maneuver HQ to conduct detailed planning and unit to unit coordination for the duration of a specific operation. **Organic to Aviation BNs and represent their units as directed to facilitate air-ground operations and planning **
The main CP contains
the necessary enablers to execute the operations process and to control current operations. Primary missions are to control operations, maintain situational understanding, inform the commander’s decisions, and prepare and publish orders and plans
5 functional cell groups in the command post:
movement and maneuver (S3), protection (GND TROOPS), FIRES, intelligence (S2), sustainment (S4)
Asks which of the following are not command post cells
communications
