C2 Flashcards
Foreign instigated insurgencies, domestic rebellions, and humanitarian crises are sources of what?
iNSTABILITY
What are the doctrinally correct titles and sequence for the five paragraphs of an operations order?
Situation,
mission,
execution,
sustainment,
command and signal
What are the tenets of ULO?
Depth,
flexibility,
simultaneity,
synchronization
What are some high priority sustainment considerations during a defensive operation?
Availability of Class IV and Class V
What doctrinal concept does the commander want to make sure his staff addresses in each COA if he directs his staff to ensure all COAs include surprise, concentration, tempo, and audacity?
Characteristics of the offense
The tactical mission task “_________” physically renders an enemy force combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted
destroy
Which processes allow a command to support local communities in an emergency situation/incident?
MOA/MOU, immediate response authority
Stability operations are planned as part of any large scale combat operation (LSCO), but at what stage of an operation are stability tasks initiated?
As soon as conditions permit.
How does the Army ensure it is prepared to accomplish its assigned mission?
Organize, train, equip
What are the key elements of Command?
Authority,
responsibility,
decision-making,
leadership
What doctrinal concept is a BCT commander describing if, during receipt of mission, he describes his understanding of the BCT’s mission as gaining control of key terrain to protect the flank of the division’s main effort, setting the conditions for withdrawal of enemy forces?
Purposes of the offense
Within the BCT, what is the principal reconnaissance organization?
Cavalry squadron
What characteristic of the defense does a unit exhibit by planning the use of natural terrain, minefields, and likely avenues of approach to canalize attacking forces into engagement areas?
Preparation
What does the WARNORD issue after COA approval normally contain?
Tasks assigned to subordinate units
What is MDMP designed to allow the commander and staff to do?
Select the COA to best accomplish the mission
What is a service or DoD agency installation within the homeland tasked to serve as a base for military forces engaged in DSCA or homeland defense called?
Base support installation (BSI)
What is a primary output of intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) during mission analysis that provides the foundation for developing friendly COAs?
Threat courses of action
If you are in the defense and it is unsuccessful, what will your unit most likely transition to?
Retrograde operations
Who prepares and maintains running estimates?
Staff elements,
Commanders,
Command post functional cells
The commander directs the staff to develop a defensive operation where effects can be concentrated, depth of the defensive area is maximized, the ability to take full advantage of the terrain, build flexibility within defenseive actions, and buy time for resumption for future offensive operations. What type of defense is the staff planning?
Area defense
T/F Attack by fire, and Block are tactical mission tasks.
True
What is the simultaneous execution of offense, defense, stability, and defense support of civil authorities across multiple domains to shape operational environments, prevent conflict, prevail in large-scale ground combat, and consolidate gains as part of unified action?
Unified land operations
What term means sustained combat operations involving multiple corps and divisions?
Large-scale ground combat operations
What are the command and control activities AKA Operations Process?
Plan,
Preparing,
Execute,
Assess
When commanders have tactical control (TACON) over forces, they have the authority to do which of the following?
Temporarily place units or personnel
Doctrinally, which integrating cell would develop a branch plan if the commander directs the staff to address a potential enemy counterattack?
Plans cell
What are the 7 principles of mission command?
Competence
Mutual Trust
Shared understanding
Commander’s Intent
Mission Orders
Disciplined Initiative
Risk Acceptance
If the commander as part of planning considerations wants to destroy, defeat or repel all enemy reconnaissance, which tactical mission task would you assign a formation?
Counter reconnaissance
What is the main difference between security and reconnaissance operations?
Reconnaissance operations are enemy and terrain oriented, whereas security operations orient on the protected force or facility
What is a general consideration when planning sustainment for reconnaissance operations?
Removal of captured enemy equipment and supplies such as ammunition, fuel, and vehicles
What type of reconnaissance management should the commander employ to improve the chances the reconnaissance element collects the required information?
Redundancy
Which of the following is a cavalry squadron constraint?
Limited sustainment assets that regularly operate over protracted distances
UAS platforms have limited effectiveness in locating what?
Enemy forces that are well covered or concealed
What is the purpose of defensive operations?
Cause the enemy to concentrate forces, making them vulnerable to massing effects
What indicates where transfer of responsibility for the close fight passes from the withdrawing force to the defending force?
battle handover line (BHL)
According to OPFOR tactics, which of the following is a characteristic of a dispersed attack?
Massing at the last moment possible
