CLC Master

Question 1

Brigade Combat Teams conduct reconaissance and security operations to

Chapter One

Answer 1

Develop the situation and identify, create, and preserve options to sieze, retain, and exploit the initiative

Question 2

Reconnaissance and security operations allos BCTs to achieve

Answer 2

Positions of relative advantage

Question 3

Relative Advantage Definition

Answer 3

A location or condition, in any domain, relative to an adversary or enemy that provides an opportunity to progress towards or achieve an objective

Question 4

Reconnaissance and security operations provide

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Reconnaissance operations allow

Answer 5

Commanders to understand the situation, visualize the battle, and make decisions

Question 6

Security operations provide

Answer 6

Commanders with reaction time and manuever sapce to make decisions and protect the force from anticipated and unancticipated dangers

Question 7

Reconnassaince and security operations answer

Answer 7

Commander’s critical information requirements, mitigate risk, identify enemy weaknesses, and isolate the enemy from sources of strengths

Question 8

Reconnaissance and security operations provide

Answer 8

Commanders the ability to concentrate forces at decisive points while protecting against surprise

Question 9

Decisive Point

Answer 9

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

Question 10

The fundamental purpose of the Cavalry

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Is to set conditions for successful operations of their higher headquartesr

Question 11

A key task for the Cavalry is

Answer 11

To shape the battlefield

Question 12

Air Ground Operations

Answer 12

Are the simultaneous or syncrhonized employment of ground forces with aviation maneuver and fires to sieze, retain, and exploit the initiative

Question 13

How does the BCT Cavalry Squadron develop the situation

Answer 13

By fighting for information to buy the time and space required for an effective respone to enemy actions

Question 14

Why does the SQD do Reconaissance Operations

Answer 14

To develop the situation forward or to the flanks of the main body to prevent the BCT commander form fighting at a disadvantage

Question 15

Why does the SQD do security operations

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To provide the commander with maneuver space so they can respond to unanticipated enemy actions or devleopments within the BCT AO

Question 16

Security operations provide

Answer 16

The Commander with time to assess the situation, determine a course of action, issue orders, make continuous assessments, issue additional fragmentary orders, and maneuver

Question 17

Cavalry units assist movements and transitions by

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Executing reconnaissance and facilitating coordination and contact between units

Question 18

How do SCT PLTs assist movements and transitions

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By occupying contact points, passage points, and coordinating wiht higher and adjacent units to ensure seamless transitions and cross-unit coordination

Question 19

What is are the core compentencies of Cavalry forces

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To conduct reconnaissance and security operations in close contact with enemy forces and civilian populations

Question 20

Reconnaissance and Security Operations answer

Answer 20

PIR and enable teh commander to make decisions and direct forces to achieve mission success

Question 21

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When do Staffs identify critical facts and assumptions

Answer 21

Mission Analysis

Question 22

What is CCIR

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Commander’s Critical Information Requirements

Question 23

What are CCIR comprised of

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FFIR and

Question 24

What are PIR

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Priority Information Requirements necessary to understand the adversary or operational environment

Question 25

What do PIR identify

(WETC)

Answer 25

information about the enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations that the commander considers most important and impact upon future decisions

Question 26

FFIR are

Answer 26

Friendly Forces Information Requirements t

Question 27

What do FFIR identify

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Information about friendly forces and supporting capabilities, which affects future course of action and decisions from a friendly perspective

Question 28

What is Information Collection

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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

Question 29

Who is responsible for coordinating and syncrhnoizing information collection with reconnaissance and security operations

Answer 29

The BCT S3

Question 30

What is published at the end of MA (BCT)

Answer 30

Commander’s intent, including reconnaissance and security gudiance and a framgentary order to initiate reconnaissance and security operations

Question 31

What is the definition of mission command

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The Army’s approach to command and control that empowers subordiante decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation

Question 32

Command and Control Definition

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The exercise of the authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission

Question 33

What is the Army’s framework for organziing and putting command and control into action

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The Operations process

Question 34

Who is the central figure in the operations process

Answer 34

The Commander

Question 35

What are the 6 primary tasks of the Commander in the operations process

Answer 35

Lead, Asses, Understand, Visualize, Describe, and Direct

Question 36

What is the Commander’s visualizaiton

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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

Question 37

How do Commander’s express their visualization

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Commander’s Intent, Planning Guidance, CCIR, EEFI, Reconnaissance and Security Guidance

Question 38

What is Commander’s Intent

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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

Question 39

How does Commander’s Intent assist subordinates?

Answer 39

By achieving the commander’s desired results without further orders, even when the operation does not unfold as planned

Question 40

What goes into a Commander’s Intent

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Expanded purpose, key tasks, end state

Question 41

What is a key task

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Those significant activies the force must preform as a whole to achieve the desired end state