C401 Flashcards
What are the Operational Variables?
Political
Military
Economic
Social
Information
Infrastructure
Physical Environment
Time
What are the Mission Variables?
Mission
Enemy
Terrain and Weather
Troops and Support Available
Time Available
Civil Considerations
*Informational Considerations
What are the 4 tenets of ULO?
Simultaneity
Depth
Synchronization
Flexibility
What are the 6 principles of ULO?
Mission command
Develop the situation through action
Combined arms
Adherence to law of war
Establish and maintain security
Create multiple dilemmas for the enemy
What are the aspects of operational art?
End state and conditions
Center of gravity
Decisive points
Lines of operations and lines of effort
Tempo
Phasing and transitions
Culmination
Operational reach
Basing
Risk
What are the 4 steps of the Operations process?
Plan
–Army design methodology
–MDMP
–Troop leading procedures
Prepare
Execute
Assess
What are the 3 aspects of combat power?
6 WfFs
Information
Leadership
What are the aspects of the operational framework?
Area of operations
Deep, close, rear, and support areas
Decisive, shaping, and sustaining operations
Main and supporting efforts
Decisive action is executed through what four tasks?
Offensive
Defensive
Stability
DSCA
Define ULO:
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.
Large-scale ground combat operations are sustained combat operations
involving multiple _____ and_______
Corps and Divisions.
The _______ ____________ is the aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that collect, process, disseminate, or act on information
information environment
A ______ is any combination of actors, entities, or forces that have the capability and intent to harm United States forces, United States national interests, or the homeland
threat
An __________ is a party identified as hostile against which the use of force is authorized
enemy
An __________ is a party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which the
use of force may be envisaged
adversary
A is the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, terrorists, or criminal elements acting in concert to achieve mutually benefitting effects.
hybrid threat
A _________ is a condition with the potential to cause injury, illness, or death of personnel; damage to or
loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation
hazard
Five broad methods, used by peer threats include:
Information warfare.
Preclusion.
Isolation.
Sanctuary.
Systems warfare.
What are the 4 Army strategic Roles?
shape operational environments,
prevent conflict,
prevail in large-scale ground combat, and
consolidate gains
The Army’s primary mission is to organize, train, and equip its forces to conduct prompt and sustained _____ _____ to defeat enemy ground forces and ________, _____ and _____ land areas.
land combat
seize
occupy
defend
______ __________ is the synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the activities of governmental
and nongovernmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort
Unified action
What are the principles of mission command?
Competence
Trust
Shared understanding
Commander’s intent
Mission orders
Disciplined Initiative
Risk acceptance
A _______ ____________ is a method through which friendly forces accomplish their mission against
enemy opposition.
defeat mechanism
What are the 4 defeat Mechanisms?
Destroy is a tactical mission task that physically renders an enemy force
combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted
Dislocate is to employ forces to obtain significant positional advantage, rendering the enemy’s
dispositions less valuable, perhaps even irrelevant.
Disintegrate means to disrupt the enemy’s command and control system, degrading its ability to
conduct operations while leading to a rapid collapse of the enemy’s capabilities or will to fight.
Isolate means to separate a force from its sources of support in order to reduce its effectiveness
and increase its vulnerability to defeat.
A _________ __________ is the primary method through which friendly forces affect civilians in order to attain conditions that support establishing a lasting, stable peace.
stability mechanism
________ is the execution of related and mutually supporting tasks at the same time across multiple locations and domains.
Simultaneity
_______ is the extension of operations in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results.
Depth
___________ is the arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time (
Synchronization
A position of ______ ______ is a location or the establishment of a favorable condition within the area of operations that provides the commander with temporary freedom of action to enhance combat power over an enemy or influence the enemy to accept risk and move to a position of disadvantage. It enables the creation of multiple dilemmas.
relative advantage
MC principles:
Competence
Mutual trust
Shared understanding
Commander’s intent
Mission orders
Disciplined initiative
Risk acceptance
C2 tasks:
Command forces
Control operations
Drive the operations process
Establish the command and control system
_______ ________ – arrangement of people, processes, networks, and command posts that enable commanders to conduct operations.
C2 system
A Branch plan would be made in what planning horizon?
FUOPS
A Sequel plan would be made in what planning horizon?
Plans
