CLC Master Flashcards
Brigade Combat Teams conduct reconaissance and security operations to
Chapter One
Develop the situation and identify, create, and preserve options to sieze, retain, and exploit the initiative
Reconnaissance and security operations allos BCTs to achieve
Positions of relative advantage
Relative Advantage Definition
A location or condition, in any domain, relative to an adversary or enemy that provides an opportunity to progress towards or achieve an objective
Reconnaissance and security operations provide
a continuous flow of combat information and intelligence that assist commanders with uncertainty, make contact under favorable conditions, identify oportunities, prevent surprise, and make timeley decisions
Reconnaissance operations allow
Commanders to understand the situation, visualize the battle, and make decisions
Security operations provide
Commanders with reaction time and manuever sapce to make decisions and protect the force from anticipated and unancticipated dangers
Reconnassaince and security operations answer
Commander’s critical information requirements, mitigate risk, identify enemy weaknesses, and isolate the enemy from sources of strengths
Reconnaissance and security operations provide
Commanders the ability to concentrate forces at decisive points while protecting against surprise
Decisive Point
A key terrain, key event, ciritical factor, or function that, when acted upon, enables commanders to gain a marked advantage over an enemy or contribute materially to achieving success
The fundamental purpose of the Cavalry
Is to set conditions for successful operations of their higher headquartesr
A key task for the Cavalry is
To shape the battlefield
Air Ground Operations
Are the simultaneous or syncrhonized employment of ground forces with aviation maneuver and fires to sieze, retain, and exploit the initiative
How does the BCT Cavalry Squadron develop the situation
By fighting for information to buy the time and space required for an effective respone to enemy actions
Why does the SQD do Reconaissance Operations
To develop the situation forward or to the flanks of the main body to prevent the BCT commander form fighting at a disadvantage
Why does the SQD do security operations
To provide the commander with maneuver space so they can respond to unanticipated enemy actions or devleopments within the BCT AO
Security operations provide
The Commander with time to assess the situation, determine a course of action, issue orders, make continuous assessments, issue additional fragmentary orders, and maneuver
Cavalry units assist movements and transitions by
Executing reconnaissance and facilitating coordination and contact between units
How do SCT PLTs assist movements and transitions
By occupying contact points, passage points, and coordinating wiht higher and adjacent units to ensure seamless transitions and cross-unit coordination
What is are the core compentencies of Cavalry forces
To conduct reconnaissance and security operations in close contact with enemy forces and civilian populations
Reconnaissance and Security Operations answer
PIR and enable teh commander to make decisions and direct forces to achieve mission success
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When do Staffs identify critical facts and assumptions
Mission Analysis
What is CCIR
Commander’s Critical Information Requirements
What are CCIR comprised of
FFIR and
What are PIR
Priority Information Requirements necessary to understand the adversary or operational environment
What do PIR identify
(WETC)
information about the enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations that the commander considers most important and impact upon future decisions
FFIR are
Friendly Forces Information Requirements t
What do FFIR identify
Information about friendly forces and supporting capabilities, which affects future course of action and decisions from a friendly perspective
What is Information Collection
An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and employment of sneors and assets as well as the processing, exploitations, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operaitons
Who is responsible for coordinating and syncrhnoizing information collection with reconnaissance and security operations
The BCT S3
What is published at the end of MA (BCT)
Commander’s intent, including reconnaissance and security gudiance and a framgentary order to initiate reconnaissance and security operations
What is the definition of mission command
The Army’s approach to command and control that empowers subordiante decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation
Command and Control Definition
The exercise of the authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission
What is the Army’s framework for organziing and putting command and control into action
The Operations process
Who is the central figure in the operations process
The Commander
What are the 6 primary tasks of the Commander in the operations process
Lead, Asses, Understand, Visualize, Describe, and Direct
What is the Commander’s visualizaiton
The mental process of developing situational understanding, determining a desired end state, and envisioning an operational appraoch by which the force will achieve that end state
How do Commander’s express their visualization
Commander’s Intent, Planning Guidance, CCIR, EEFI, Reconnaissance and Security Guidance
What is Commander’s Intent
A clear and concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the desired military end state that supports mission command and provides focus to the staf
How does Commander’s Intent assist subordinates?
By achieving the commander’s desired results without further orders, even when the operation does not unfold as planned
What goes into a Commander’s Intent
Expanded purpose, key tasks, end state
What is a key task
Those significant activies the force must preform as a whole to achieve the desired end state
