Army Doctrine Flashcards
What is the Army Mission?
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.
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
Multi domain operations
Determine the four of multidomain operations
1- Offensive
2- Defensive
3- Stability
4- Defense support of civil authorities (DSCA)
These types of multidomain operations are conducted outside the United States
Offensive, Defensive and Stability
This multidomain operation is conducted within the United States
Defense support of civilian authorities (DSCA)
Operations conducted to defeat or destroy enemy forces and gain control of terrain, resources, and population centers.
Offensive operations
What are the types of offensive operations?
1- movement to contact
2- Attack
3- Exploitation
4- Pursuit
Operations conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive and stability tasks
Defensive operations
What are the types of defensive operations?
1- Area defense
2- Mobile defense
3- Retrograde
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
Stability operations
What are some stability tasks?
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
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
Defense Support of civil Authorities (DSCA)
Name some DSCA tasks
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
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
Combat Power
Name the warfighting functions
1- Fires
2- Intelligence
3- Movement and Maneuver
4- Sustainment
5- Protection
6- Command and Control
Actions Army forces must take in order to defeat peer enemy forces and succeed in the multidomain operational environment
Imperatives of Operations
Name some of the Imperatives of Operations
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
Determine the four tenets of multidomain operations
1- Agility
2- Convergence
3- Endurance
4- Depth
What is the Army’s Organizational Structure
1- Theater Army/ Field Army
2- Corps
3- Division
4- Brigade
5- Battalion/ Squadron
Serve as the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) to each geographic combatant command (GCC)
Theater Army
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.
Corps
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
Division
Basic combined arms building block of the Army.
Brigade Combat Team
Three types of BCTs
Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT)
Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)
Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT)
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
Battalion/ Squadron
