Army Doctrine

Question 1

What is the Army Mission?

Answer 1

The mission of the United States Army is to deploy, fight , and win our Nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt, and sustained land dominance by Army forces across the full spectrum of conflict as part of a joint force.

Question 2

The combined arms employment of joint and Army capabilities to create and exploit relative advantages that achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces, and consolidate gains on behalf of joint force commanders

Answer 2

Multi domain operations

Question 3

Determine the four of multidomain operations

Answer 3

1- Offensive
2- Defensive
3- Stability
4- Defense support of civil authorities (DSCA)

Question 4

These types of multidomain operations are conducted outside the United States

Answer 4

Offensive, Defensive and Stability

Question 5

This multidomain operation is conducted within the United States

Answer 5

Defense support of civilian authorities (DSCA)

Question 6

Operations conducted to defeat or destroy enemy forces and gain control of terrain, resources, and population centers.

Answer 6

Offensive operations

Question 7

What are the types of offensive operations?

Answer 7

1- movement to contact
2- Attack
3- Exploitation
4- Pursuit

Question 8

Operations conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive and stability tasks

Answer 8

Defensive operations

Question 9

What are the types of defensive operations?

Answer 9

1- Area defense
2- Mobile defense
3- Retrograde

Question 10

Operations conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to establish or maintain a secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief

Answer 10

Stability operations

Question 11

What are some stability tasks?

Answer 11

1- establish civil security
2- establish civil control
3- restore essential services
4- support governance
5- support economic and infrastructure development
6- conduct security cooperation

Question 12

Support provided by the U.S. Federal Military Forces, DOD civilians, DOD contract personnel, DID component assets, and National Guard forces in response to requests for assistance from civil authorities

Answer 12

Defense Support of civil Authorities (DSCA)

Question 13

Name some DSCA tasks

Answer 13

1- provide support for domestic disasters
2- provide support for CBRN and high yield explosive incidents (CBRNE)
3- provide support for law enforcement agencies
4- provide other designated support

Question 14

The total means of destructive and/or disruptive force that a military unit/formation can apply against the opponent at a given time; it is the ability to fight

Answer 14

Combat Power

Question 15

Name the warfighting functions

Answer 15

1- Fires
2- Intelligence
3- Movement and Maneuver
4- Sustainment
5- Protection
6- Command and Control

Question 16

Actions Army forces must take in order to defeat peer enemy forces and succeed in the multidomain operational environment

Answer 16

Imperatives of Operations

Question 17

Name some of the Imperatives of Operations

Answer 17

1- See yourself, see the enemy, and understand the operational environment

2- Account for being under constant observation and all forms of enemy contact

3- Create and exploit relative physical, information, and human advantages in pursuit of decisive dominance

4- Impose multiple dilemmas on the enemy

5- Consolidate gains continuously

Question 18

Determine the four tenets of multidomain operations

Answer 18

1- Agility
2- Convergence
3- Endurance
4- Depth

Question 19

What is the Army’s Organizational Structure

Answer 19

1- Theater Army/ Field Army
2- Corps
3- Division
4- Brigade
5- Battalion/ Squadron

Question 20

Serve as the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) to each geographic combatant command (GCC)

Answer 20

Theater Army

Question 21

The Army’s most versatile headquarters. It is deployable and scalable to meet almost every requirement of the combatant commander for a senior level headquarters.

Answer 21

Corps

Question 22

Serves as a tactical headquarters in campaigns and major operations. Commands two to five subordinate brigade combat teams together with supporting brigades in decisive action.

Can serve as JTC or JFLCC for limited contingency operations

Answer 22

Division

Question 23

Basic combined arms building block of the Army.

Answer 23

Brigade Combat Team

Question 24

Three types of BCTs

Answer 24

Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT)

Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)

Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT)

Question 25

Lowest echelon at which each of the Army’s warfighting functions are combined under a single commander; I.e., a staff

Consists of two or more company, battery, or Troop-size units and a headquarters

Answer 25

Battalion/ Squadron