BCO 01.16 - MAGTF Communications System Flashcards
What are Characteristics of MAGTF Communications Systems?
- FIRST-T
- Flexibility
- Interoperability
- Reliability
- Security
- Timeliness
- Survivability
What does Flexibility mean?
-Capable of rapid -Reconfiguration
Responsive to change
What is Interoperability?
- Ability to enable information to be exchanged among all commanders and forces
- Sharing info across all platforms
What is Reliability?
-Available when needed
Perform as intended
-Does what it needs to do when it needs to do it.
What is Security?
- Adequate to user’s requirements
- Adequate to potential threat (interception, exploitation)
- Compromise/disrupt our comm
What is Timeliness?
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- Process and transfer information rapidly to maintain a high tempo of operations
- Needs to be where we need it when we need it.
What is Survivability?
-Measures taken to prevent disruption by enemy or natural disaster Enhanced by Dispersal Physical protection Electromagnetic hardening Redundancy -"Two is one and one is none"
What is information?
- All information that is needed to support the decision-making process on the battlefield—that information required to execute the planning, decision, execution, and assessment cycles in combat
- Facts, Data, or instructions in any medium
What is the info heiarchy?
- Develop an understanding of the situation, i.e. situational awareness
- Analyze and evaluate information to produce knowledge
- Process raw data into understandable information
- Collect raw data
What are the facets of info quality?
- Relevance
- Timeliness
- Accuracy
- Completeness
- Objectivity - undistorted/factual
- Usability
How can provide redundancy as Commos?
- Have different mediums of comms, i
i. e. HF is down we can use VHF
What are the elements of a C2 system?
- People
- Info
- C2 support structure
What are peoples role in the C2 system?
- Gather info
- Make decisions
- Take action
- Communicate
- Cooperate to accomplish the mission
- People drive the C&C system = they make things happen the rest of the system exists only to serve them.
What is information role in the C2 system?
- Representations of reality which we use to “inform”—to give form and character to—our decisions and actions.
- Information is the words, letters, numbers, images, and symbols we use to represent things, events, ideas, and values
How do we increase the quality of info?
- Analyze the data through cognition
- Form the knowledge into understanding through judgment
What would make info releavant?
-How immediately you can expect it to affect the mission.
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How do we reduce distortion in communication?
- Reliability of source
- Directed telescope
What is Situation Awareness?
is the study and analysis of information that leads to an understanding of the situation.
What is understanding?
Understanding is the result of applying human judgment based on individual experience, expertise, and intuition to gain a full appreciation of the battlespace
What is an example of a C2 support structure?
-Anything that can analyze data and send it up the chain of command
What is Situational Awareness used for?
To anticipate events or critical vulnerabilities for exploitation.
80% solution
What does increased understanding of the Battlespace do for us?
allow us to make better decisions
What is the goal of info management?
is to facilitate a rapid, unconstrained flow of useful information throughout an organization
What is Commander’s Critical Information Requirements (CCIR)?
are tools for the commander to reduce information gaps generated by uncertainties that he may have concerning his own force, the enemy threat, or the environment.
