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BCO 01.16 - MAGTF Communications System Flashcards

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What are Characteristics of MAGTF Communications Systems?

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  • FIRST-T
  • Flexibility
  • Interoperability
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Timeliness
  • Survivability
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What does Flexibility mean?

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-Capable of rapid -Reconfiguration

Responsive to change

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What is Interoperability?

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  • Ability to enable information to be exchanged among all commanders and forces
  • Sharing info across all platforms
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What is Reliability?

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-Available when needed
Perform as intended
-Does what it needs to do when it needs to do it.

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What is Security?

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  • Adequate to user’s requirements
  • Adequate to potential threat (interception, exploitation)
  • Compromise/disrupt our comm
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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.
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What is Survivability?

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-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"
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What is information?

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  • 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
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What is the info heiarchy?

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  1. Develop an understanding of the situation, i.e. situational awareness
  2. Analyze and evaluate information to produce knowledge
  3. Process raw data into understandable information
  4. Collect raw data
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What are the facets of info quality?

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  • Relevance
  • Timeliness
  • Accuracy
  • Completeness
  • Objectivity - undistorted/factual
  • Usability
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How can provide redundancy as Commos?

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  • Have different mediums of comms, i

i. e. HF is down we can use VHF

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What are the elements of a C2 system?

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  1. People
  2. Info
  3. C2 support structure
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What are peoples role in the C2 system?

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  • 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.
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What is information role in the C2 system?

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  • 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
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How do we increase the quality of info?

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  • Analyze the data through cognition

- Form the knowledge into understanding through judgment

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What would make info releavant?

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-How immediately you can expect it to affect the mission.

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17
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How do we reduce distortion in communication?

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  • Reliability of source

- Directed telescope

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What is Situation Awareness?

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is the study and analysis of information that leads to an understanding of the situation.

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What is understanding?

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Understanding is the result of applying human judgment based on individual experience, expertise, and intuition to gain a full appreciation of the battlespace

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What is an example of a C2 support structure?

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-Anything that can analyze data and send it up the chain of command

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What is Situational Awareness used for?

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To anticipate events or critical vulnerabilities for exploitation.
80% solution

22
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What does increased understanding of the Battlespace do for us?

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allow us to make better decisions

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What is the goal of info management?

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is to facilitate a rapid, unconstrained flow of useful information throughout an organization

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What is Commander’s Critical Information Requirements (CCIR)?

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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.

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What is the Information Management Officer (IMO)responsible for?

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  • Establish policy and procedures for information management (IM)
  • Coordinate the CCIR process
  • If you do not have an IMO you will be one for your team.
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Whats the difference between a common operational pic and common tac pic?

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Show pics at different levels of command

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What is a common operational pic?

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A single identical display of relevant info shared by more than command

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