BWS Week 1 Academics

Question 1

5 Key Components of every Plan

Answer 1

Task Organization and Command or support relationships
Mission Statement (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
Commanders Intent
Concept of Operations
Operations Order

Question 2

What is the most important part of the OPORD?

Answer 2

Commanders Intent

Question 3

What movement technique would be used if enemy contact is expected?

Answer 3

Bounding Overwatch

Question 4

When planning a terrain flight route, what should be the first consideration?

Answer 4

Threat/ Enemy

Question 5

What are the threee terrain fllight modes used in a high threat area and the altitudes associated with each mode of flight?

Answer 5

NOE SFC - 25 ft AHO
Contour 25 - 80 ft AHO
Low Level 80 - 200 ft AHO

Question 6

To avoid flying over enemy ground forces you should plan routes over what type of terrain?

Answer 6

rugged, swampy and or heavily vegetated terrain

Question 7

An _________ is the movement of friendly assault forces by RW aircraft to engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain.

Answer 7

Air Assault

Question 8

What key personnel serves as the subject matter expert to AATFC and GTC on aviation and their unit capabilities?

Answer 8

Aviation Liasion Officer (LNO)

Question 9

What is the Decision brief from the AATF staff to the AATFC for approval?

Answer 9

Air mission Brief (AMB)

Question 10

Air Assault are planned in _________ to ensure timing and synchronization.

Answer 10

Reverse Sequence

Question 11

What are the 5 stages of the reverse planning sequence?

Answer 11

Ground tactical Plan
Landing plan
Movement plan
Loading plan
Staging plan

Question 12

What HLZ final update call indicates enemy activity on or near the landing zone above the AATFC’s acceptable level?

Answer 12

Cherry

Question 13

To maintain unit fighting integrity, infantry squeads will be assigned to a ____, platoons will remain in the same _____ and companies will remain within the same _____.

Answer 13

Chalk, serial, Lift

Question 14

What symbol is depicted below?

Answer 14

Attack by Fire

Question 15

A _______ is an area designated for attack helicopters to maneuver and fire into a designated engagement area.

Answer 15

BP, Battle position

Question 16

A ______ is an easily recognizable point on the ground used to initiate, distribute, and control fires.

Answer 16

TRP, Target Reference Point

Question 17

What offensive task is utilized when the enemy situatin is vague?

Answer 17

Movement to contact

Question 18

______ follows a sucessful exploitation and is designed to cut off and destroy the enemy attempting to retreat.

Answer 18

Pursuit

Question 19

A ______ attack trades off planning and preparation time for speed of execution.

Answer 19

Hasty attack

Question 20

Which employment method utilizes 3 attack companies at once for overwhelming the enemy with massed fires?

Answer 20

Maximum destruction

Question 21

What is the purpose of an aviation check in brief?

Answer 21

To give the ground force the capabilites of air assets on station.

Question 22

After given an Attack Aviation Call for Fire, it is clearance to fire unless _____, or _______?

Answer 22

Danger close
At my command

Question 23

The _____ is the commander, or the commanders designated representative who leads a tactical mission involving more than one aircraft and has decision making authority for elements under his command?

Answer 23

Air mission commander

Question 24

During the TLP an aviation company breaks into functional planning cells to turn commanders visualization into an _____

Answer 24

Actionable Plan

Question 25

What does the O stand in Fundamentals of Recon?

Answer 25

Orient on the Recon objective

Question 26

What criteria is a specific condition and size under which enemy unit contact may be avoided (similar to disengagement criteria, accept prior to engagement)

Answer 26

Bypass criteria

Question 27

What is displacement criteria?

Answer 27

A set of conditions that must be met before assuming a follow on mission.

Question 28

What are the differences between an area and zone reconnaissance?

Answer 28

Zone: Large “zone”, restrictive boundaries
Area: Smaller “area”, Permissive boundaries

Question 29

What are the four forms of reconnaissance?

Answer 29

Recon in force
Zone recon
Area recon
Route recon

Question 30

What forms of recon is utilized to discover or test the enemy’s strength, dispositions and reactions?

Answer 30

Recon in Force

Question 31

Which form of recon is a larger, more time consuming effort (SQN element or larger), used when existing knowledge of enemy and terrain are vague and limited.

Answer 31

Zone Recon

Question 32

What does the O stand for in fundamentals of security?

Answer 32

Orient on the protected force, area, or facility

Question 33

True or False: It is recommended to break and re-establish contact with the enemy during security operations.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Screen primarily provides what?

Answer 34

Early warning

Question 35

What form of security provides the lease amount of security and primarily provides early warning to the protected force?

Answer 35

Screen

Question 36

When would you condcut Convoy Security rather than Route Security?

Answer 36

When you don’t have enough of a force to secure the entire route.

Question 37

What form of security is designed to protect helicopters in flight to their objective during an air assault or air movement mission?

Answer 37

Aerial security

Question 38

What criteria is given as guidance from the commander, as to when you WILL break contact from an enemy force?

Answer 38

Disengagement criteria

Question 39

___ are a dynamic process used by small unit leaders to analyse the mission, develop a plan and prepare for an operation

Answer 39

TLPs (Troop leading procedures)

Question 40

During TLPs a company breaks up into functional ___ to turn a commanders visualisation into an actionable plan

Answer 40

Planning cells

Question 41

What are the forms of security?

Answer 41

• Screen
• Guard
• Cover
• Area
• Local

Question 42

What form of security is the most robust level of security, capable of operating independently?

Answer 42

Cover