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Common Core: Contingency Operations Flashcards

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What are Engineer Support Plans (ESP)?

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  • National Security Strategy
  • National Military Strategy
  • Unified Command Plan
  • Contingency Planning Guidance (CPG)
  • Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP)
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What is the Request for Forces (RFF) Process?

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Designated commanders forward requests to initiate requests for naval engineering forces support. Once validated, the request is forwarded to the combatant commander and then to US Joint Forces command for sourcing after final validation.

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What is the difference between Contingency Planning and Crisis Action Planning?

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  • CAP is based on current events and conducted in time sensitive situations and emergencies.
  • Contingency Planning is done on a continuous cycle and is heavily based on political and military circumstances.
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How does the following relate to General Engineering planning tools and considerations: ESP

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Identifies the minimum essential facilities and engineering capabilities needed to support the commitment of military forces.

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How does the following relate to General Engineering planning tools and considerations: ABFC

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The ABFC system contains a list of components, facilities, and assemblies. The second volume contains drawings.

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How does the following relate to General Engineering planning tools and considerations: Facilities

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Facility requirements are consistent with operational requirements, duration of need, and forces to be supported.

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How does the following relate to General Engineering planning tools and considerations: Real Estate

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Civil engineers planners consider aspects of acquisition and/or leasing real estate in support of engineer operations.

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How does the following relate to General Engineering planning tools and considerations: Environment

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Planners consider the effects of the planning of operations on the environment IAW host nation agreements, EV laws and regulations.

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How does the following relate to General Engineering planning tools and considerations: HN Support

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Host nation support typically requested include petroleum, oils, lubricants, transportation, telecommunications, civilian labor, facilities, contracting, health services, and waste disposal.

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What are the three types of engineering Battlespace Functions that are assigned to the Seabees?

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  • General Engineering
  • Combat Engineering
  • Geospatial Engineering
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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: Supply

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The receipt, storage, issue, and re-supply of material for conducting operations.

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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: Maintenance

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Consists of actions necessary to preserve, repair, and ensure continued operations and effectiveness.

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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: Transportation

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Seabee units have organic transportation assets to move equipment and supplies within the theater.

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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: General Engineering

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Maintenance of facilities, vertical and horizontal construction.

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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: Health Services

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Medical, dental, independent duty corpsman, and other corpsman.

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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: Medical Treatment Facilities

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MTF act as supplements.

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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: Medical Evaluations

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Health services provided to Seabees attached to a JTF are the same as those provided to others.

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Discuss the following logistics support for Seabee units: Other Services

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Dispersing, exchange services, legal services, mortuary, postal, security support, and civil affairs.

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What are the initial/expedient construction standards?

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Applies to facilities constructed in a tactical environment when response times are premium for rapidly deploying engineering resources to limited support locations.

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What are the temporary construction standards?

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Applies to facilities construction when a location requires that it extend the efficiency of operations for use as long as 24 months or sustained operations.

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What are the permanent construction standards?

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Used in host nation, supporting stability and security operations for US forces with increased efficiency for long-term sustained operations.

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Discuss Joint operational situations.

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Train to know how other services and coalition engineers and nongovernmental organizations operate, and how naval civil engineering fit into the joint environment.

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Discuss Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) operational situations.

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MPF goal is the rapid establishment of a combat ready MAGTF ashore is accomplished by combining the fly-in echelon through strategic airlift with MAGTF equipment and suppliers loaded aboard a forward deployed MPSRON.

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Discuss Counteractive Restriction to Movement operational situations.

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When a unit exceeds the ability to maneuver around natural and artificial terrain.

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Discuss Jungle operational situations.

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Engineering operations in the jungle including road construction, stream crossing, expeditionary airfield, water treatment, mine warfare, and mapping.

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Discuss Mountain operational situations.

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  • Cable and rope rigging
  • Demolition of rock formation
  • Mountain climbing
  • Mountain road clearing and construction
  • Employment of helicopters
  • Expedient stream crossing
  • Bridge construction
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Discuss Cold Weather operational situations.

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Operations in arctic regions and sub-arctic areas.

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Discuss Desert operational situations.

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Added task of providing water and adequate camoflague.

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Discuss Gap Crossing operational situations.

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Seabees aren’t equipped to do gap crossings.

30
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Discuss Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT).

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Seabees can support construction projects in urban areas but must receive specific training for operating in urban environments prior.

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What is JFOB?

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Joint Forward Operating Base

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What are general considerations for JFOB site selection and layout?

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  • Mission space requirements
  • Regulations
  • Critical assets
  • HN security requirements
  • Ammunition storage
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What are perimeter security considerations for JFOB site selection and layout?

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  • Layered defense
  • JFOB design
  • Barriers
  • Access Points
  • Approach/access roads
  • Vantage points
  • Routes of travel
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What are critical asset considerations for JFOB site selection and layout?

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  • Asset location
  • Visual surveillance
  • Defensible space
  • Trash receptacles
  • Vegetation
  • Access Routes
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What are utilities considerations for JFOB site selection and layout?

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  • Utility support
  • Multiple power sources
  • Public address system
  • Perimeter penetration
  • Water treatment and storage
  • Communication networks
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What are occupied structures considerations for JFOB site selection and layout?

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  • Site
  • Personnel
  • Open space
  • Structural hardening
  • Windows/doors
37
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What are commercial/service access considerations for JFOB site selection and layout?

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Delivery access, signage, and driveways

38
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Explain camp layout fundamentals for latrines.

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  • 100 yards from natural water source and food service

- 50 feet from sleeping areas

39
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Explain camp layout fundamentals for garbage pits.

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Garbage pits must be 100 yards from water source and 30 yards away from messing facilities.

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What is the purpose of a leach field?

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  • To dispose sewage and gray water into the ground.
  • Constructed of 4 to 6in perforated pipe.
  • Laid in a herringbone pattern with the laterals at right angles to the main distribution pipes.
41
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In relation to camp maintenance, what is the trouble desk?

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To receive all customer service and maintenance calls.

42
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In relation to camp maintenance, what is three types of work?

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  1. Emergency: immediate action or requiring less than $100 or 16 man-hours.
  2. Specific job order: greater than 16 man-hours
  3. Standing job order: large, repetitive, requiring over 40 man-hours
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In relation to camp maintenance, what is operator inspection?

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  • Performed by the operator using the equipment to log data on equipment performance.
44
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In relation to camp maintenance, what is control inspection?

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  • Reviews all camp facilities to determine the maintenance required during deployment to preserve or improve the condition of the camp.
45
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What is potable water?

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Water that does not contain pollution, contamination, or infective agents and is considered acceptable for drinking.

46
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What is chlorination?

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The most common method of disinfecting potable water to at least 2.0 ppm.

47
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What is super chlorination?

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The application of chlorine in dosages far in excess of the chlorine demand for disinfecting. At least 100 ppm.

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What is ABFC?

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Advance Base Functional Component

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What are the three parts of the ABFC system?

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  1. Component site plan
  2. Facility Drawings
  3. Assembly drawings
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What is the ABFC View and Theater Construction Management System (TCMS) Program and how does it facilitates contingency planning?

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The ABFC is a web-based database of the Navy’s TOA. Allows for rapid task tailoring during contingency planning.

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What are the capabilities of the Army Combat Engineers?

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Operate at strategic, operational, and tactical levels across the range of military operations. Infantry is a secondary role.

52
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What are the capabilities of the USACE?

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US Army Corps of Engineers

53
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What are the capabilities of the Air Force Red Horse?

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Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer- Heavy construction forces with organic logistical support

54
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What are the capabilities of the Air Force Prime Beef?

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Total force military personnel assigned to home-station civil engineering organizations.

55
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What are the capabilities of the Marine Corps ESB?

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Engineering Support Battalion (ESB)

56
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What are the capabilities of the Marine Corps MWSS?

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Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS)

57
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What are the capabilities of the Marine Corps CEB?

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Combat Engineer Battalion

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What are the tactical fundamentals of a typical camp layout?

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  • Sufficient space for command dispersion
  • Concealment from ground and air observation
  • Protection from bombing and strafing attacks
  • Protection from mechanized attack
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What are the sanitary considerations for a typical camp layout?

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  • Water Supply
  • Drainage
  • Shade
  • Access
  • Site not used by another unit in last two months
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Convoy March Column

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Typically consists of 30 vehicles and comprises the entire convoy.

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Convoy Serial Column

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Divides the march column into more manageable components.

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Convoy Unit Column

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A subset of the march column or serial column. Further divides into smaller components.

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What are the four convoy elements of task organization?

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  • Transport Element
  • Escort or security element
  • Support elements
  • Command and control elements

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