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Combat Organizations And Capabilities Flashcards

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Capabilities and limitations of armored BCT?

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Capabilities

  • sustained combat ops
  • rapid movement
  • security ops for larger forces

Limitations

  • mobility and fire power restricted by different terrains
  • strategic mobility
  • high consumption of sustainment
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Capabilities and limitations of stryker BCT?

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Capabilities

  • rapid deployability (less than infantry)
  • more firepower (than infantry)

Limitations

  • less mobile than infantry in heavy/rugged terrain
  • less lethal than armor
  • limited organic sustainment
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Capabilities and limitations of infantry BCT?

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Capabilities

  • flexible to accomplish different missions
  • most rapid and strategic deployment
  • effective on different terrain against variety of enemy forces

Limitations

  • in combat predominately dismount
  • vulnerable to enemy artillery attack and heavy forces
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Basic breakdown of BCT

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Armor, stryker, infantry
- All roughly 4200 ppl

HQ section

  • engineer co
  • calvary co
  • combined arms, stryker, infantry (PRN)
  • fires
  • support
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What is the breakdown for a DIV?

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MG (2 star)

Maneuver BCT (METT-TC)
Supporting brigade
- BFSB (battlefield surv bde)
- aviation
- maneuver enhancement 
- fires
- sustainment 
MEF marine expeditionary forces
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What is the breakdown for a Corps?

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Lieutenant General

Corps

  • Infantry DIV
  • wheeled Armor DIV
  • track armor DIV
  • supporting brigade
  • theater sustainment command
  • MEF

The Number and type of support brigades depends on mission

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ARSOF critical capabilities

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Special Warfare

  • unconventional
  • foreign internal defense
  • psychologic
  • civil-mil ops

Surgical strike

  • counter-terrorism
  • counter proliferation
  • direct action
  • recovery ops
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What is the role of “the Staff”

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  • helps CDR understand, visualize, describe and direct the battle
  • establishes and maintains coordination and cooperation both internally and with staff of higher and lower, and adjacent units
  • always focus on helping CDR and supporting units
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Can staff take responsiblity?

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No the CDR can delegate authority but not responsibility

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When do you start seeing staff?

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At the BTN and higher

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What are the different staff element designators?

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COL/LTC get “S”
- i.e. BDE and BN

GO get “G”
- i.e. div/corps/army

Joint Staff gets “J”
- i.e. centcom

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What is the role of the Chief of Staff (CofS) or XO?

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  • trains the staff
  • integrates and syncs warfighting plans
  • manages CDR critical info requirements (CCIR)
  • establishes, manages, enforces staff planning time IAW CDR guidance
  • supervises all task assigned to the staff
  • ensures that the staff renders assistance to subordinate CDRs and staffs as necessary
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Role of the S-1

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  • manning
  • personnel service support
  • manage organization and admin of HQ
  • coordinates staff responsibilities for special staff officers

I.e. adjunct General, surgeon, chaplain, staff judge advocate

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What is the role of the S-2?

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Military intel

  • collect, process, disseminate intel
  • conduct intel prep of battlespace (IBP)
  • helps G/S-3 and CDR figure out enemy stuff

Counter intel
- ID and eval enemy’s intel capabilities

Security ops
- supervise the command and personnel security pax

Intel training
- preps command intel training, plan and integrate intel, counterintel, operational security and IPB

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What is the role of the mighty S-3?

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Training
- preps and supervises the execution of training w/in command

Operations and plans
- preps, coordinates, authenticates and distributes the command SOP, OPLAN, OPORD, FRAGO and WARNO

Force modernization

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What is the role of the S4?

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  • logistical ops and plans
  • supply
  • maintenance
  • transportation
  • coordinates mortuary affairs activities
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What is the role of S-5 plans

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Principal staff officer for planning operations fo the mid-long range planning horizons at division echelons and higher

In conjuction w the 3 shop the 5 preps annex A (task org) annex C (operations) and annex M (assessment) to the OPORD/OPLAN

Supervisory responsibility for

  • overseeing ops beyond scope of curent order (next phase)
  • developing plans, orders, branches, and sequels
  • conducting mil deception planning
  • developing policies and other coordinating or directive products, such as memorandums of agreement

Incorporated with s-7

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What is the role of S-6

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Signal

Principal staff officer for all matters concerning signal operations, automation management, network management and info security

Signal ops

  • managing radio freq allocations
  • recommending command post locations w/in battlespace

Automation - manages employment of hardware/software and coordinates LAN config

Information sec - manages commo security (COMSEC) automation security and info security

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What is the role of G-8?

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Principal staff officer singularly responsible for all financial management (resource management and finance ops)

Establishes and implements command finance operations policy

Responsible for those operational financial management tasks supporting the theater

20
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What is the role of the S-9?

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Civil affairs opeations

  • principal staff officer responsible for all matters concerning civil affairs
  • evaluates civil considerations during mission analysis
  • prepares the groundwork for transitioning the area of operations from military to civilian control
  • advises the cdr on mil effect on civilians in the ao
  • responsible for enhancing the relationship between army forces and the civil authorities and people in the ao
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What is the definition of a warfighting function?

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A warfighting function is a group of tasks and systems (people, organizations, information and processes) united by a common purpose that cdrs use to accomplish missions and training objectives

22
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What is the warfighting function description for intelligence

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The related tasks and systems that facilitate UNDERSTANDING of the enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations

23
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What is the warfighting function description for movement and maneuver

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The related tasks and systems that MOVE FORCES to achieve a position of advantage in relation the the enemy

24
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What is the warfighting function description for fire support

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The related tasks and system that provide collective and coordinating use of army INDIRECT FIRES, JOINT FIRES, and offensive info operations

25
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What is the warfighting function description for protection?

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The related tasks and systems that PRESERVE the force the CDR can apply max combat power

26
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What is the warfighting function description for sustainment

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The related tasks and systems to provde support and services to ENSURE FREEDOM OF ACTION, EXTEND OPERATIONAL REACH AND PROLONG ENDURANCE

27
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What is the warfighting function description for mission command

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The related tasks and systems that SUPPORT CDR IN EXERCISING AUTHORITY and direction

28
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What falls under sustainment and protection?

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Company trains
Combat trains command post (CTCP)
Field trans command post (FTCP)
Forward support company (FSC)
Brigade support BTN (BSB)
29
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What is company trans?

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Provides tactical sustainment for a maneuver company

  • located in companies rear area
  • company xo provides mission command
  • provides resupply to the company
  • senior medic provides med support a the Company CCP
30
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What is the Combat Trains Command Post (CTCP)

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  • BN S-4 officer provides mission command
  • BN S-1/MEDO located at CTCP
  • CTCP provides supplies, services, maintenance and medical aid forward to the companies
  • BAS located at the CTCP
31
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What is the Field Trains Command Post (FTCP)

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  • HHC commander provides mission command
  • FTCP is located in the BSA
  • Provides supply, distribution and maintenance to their maneuver BN
32
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What is a forward support company (FSC)

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  • FSC commander provides mission command over field feeding, water, bulk fuel, gen supply, ammo and field maintenance
  • FSC is task organized to support a maneuver BN, however it falls under BDE Support BN (BSB)
  • FSC is located vicinity CTCP
33
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What is the brigade support Battalion (BSB)

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Provides tactical sustainment for a BCT

  • supply distro
  • maintenance
  • med (role II)
  • one forward company per maneuver bn
34
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What is the role of a sustainment brigade?

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Provides logistical support mission command for division and above:

  • supply (beans, bullets, fuel, etc)
  • maintenance
  • transpo

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