Common Core Flash Cards
What are themes vs messages?
Themes: overarching
Messages: sound bites to a specific audience
What are the four characteristics of culture?VBBN
Values Beliefs Behavior Norms Note: Values, beliefs, and norms drive behavior.
What is a seminal event and how do you assess a seminal event?
An event that affects a culture
Assess it through PMESII-PT
What is the acrostic used to assist intel define an Operational Environment and what does it stand for?
Political Military Economy Social Information Infrastructure Physical Environment Time NOTE: Use it to define the Operational Environment.
Define operational environment.
Everything in the environment that affects the commander’s decision.
Define Area of Operation
A geographic area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations
Define Area of Interest
An area of concern to the commander (both in and out of the Area of Operation)
What are the three points of fair treatment? FMC
1) Fitness: competent and worthy
2) Merit: earned it
3) Capability: can accomplish the mission
What are the five areas of discrimination?
Color Race Religion Gender National Origin
Define offensive behavior.
Whatever a reasonable person experiences as offensive regardless of how the speaker intended it.
Four violations of the EO policy?
Racism
Sexism
Prejudice
Discrimination
How many days does someone have to file an EO complaint?
60 calendar days
What day limitations apply to the five steps in the EO process?
File-60 Act-3 Investigate-14 Appeal-7 Follow Up-45
What are the five elements of an Army inspection?
Measure performance against standard Determine magnitude of the problem Identify the root cause Determine a solution Assign responsibility
What are the five principles of an Army inspection?
Purposeful Coordinated Focused on Feedback Instructive Follow Up
What is the difference between data and information?
Data:Unprocessed
Information:Processed
What is the difference between knowledge and information management?
Knowledge management: It is an art that answers, “Why is this info important?”
Information management: It is a science that answers, “How will this info get to others best?”
What are the four systems of knowledge management? PPOT
People (most important)
Processes
Organization
Tools
What are the five steps to fix a knowledge management process? ADDPI
1) Assess - gaps and requirements
2) Design - process to capture and disseminate
3) Develop - SOPs
4) Pilot - Rehearsals
5) Implement - OPORDs
What are the key tasks of knowledge management? COAT
Creating
Organize
Apply
Transfer
Define influence.
Getting others to do what needs done.
Define direction.
Prioritizing tasks, assigning responsibility for completion, and ensuring subordinates understand the standard
Excerpt From: Army, U.S. ADRP 6-22 Army Leadership.
What are the key elements of command? AR
Authority
Responsibility
What are the three stages of team building? FES
Formation - lay of the land
Enrichment - trust and training
Sustainment - ownership and identification with the team
Source: ADRP 6-22, Army Leadership
Define leadership.
Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization (ADP 6-22)
What are the three domains of leader development? IOS
Institutional
Operational
Self-Development
What are the three tools to developing subordinates? MCC
Mentor
Coach
Counsel
What three things must every counseling have? DRP
Duties
Responsibilities
Performance Objectives
Seven principles of leader development?
Develop subordinate leaders through leadership by example and creating a learning environment. Focus training on: Critical and creative thinking, Mission command, Adaptability, and Knowing their Soldiers Source: ADRP 7-0
What are the two types of authority that a commander has?
1) Legal - Exercise UCMJ
2) Personal - From the integrity of his/her own life that earns the respect of subordinates
What a leader does?
Competencies - Leads, Develops, Achieves
What a leader is?
Attributes - Presence, Intellect, Character
What are the different types of responsability?
Direct Custodial Command Supervisory Personal
What are the four key aspects that define leader development?
Leader development is deliberate, continous, sequential, and progressive progress groudned in Army Values.
What is posse comitatus?
The law that prevents Title 10 Soldiers from assuming law enforcement responsibilities.
Note: The only exception is when the President enacts the Insurrection Act.
What are the things to keep in mind when preparing an IPB?
Operational Environment – (PMESII-PT)
Mission Variables – (METT-TC)
Enemy – (SALUTE)
Terrain - (OAKOC)
Weather - Visibility, wind, precipitation, cloud cover/ceiling, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure
Friendly Force Array
Civilian Considerations – (ASCOPE) Areas and Structures, Capabilities, Organizations, People, Events
What are the seven steps of MDMP? RADACAP
1) Receive the mission.
2) Analyze the mission. (aka. mission analysis)
COAs:
3) Develop
4) Analyze
5) Compare
6) Approve
7) Orders production, dissemination, and transition.
(ADP 5-0 The Operations Process)
What does RDSP stand for and when do you use it?
Rapid Decision Making and Synchronization Process. Use it when time is of the essence en lieu of MDMP.
What are the differences between MDMP and RDSP?
MDMP - Analytical, produces an order
RDSP - Intuitive, relies on previous order, produces a timely effective solution
How many WARNOs before orders production?
Three
1) Receive the mission
2) After mission analysis
3) After COA approval
What is the staff officer’s job in rehearsals?
Develop the script
Build the terrain model
What are the five types of rehearsals?
1) Confirmation - mission orders
2) Backbriefs - confirm Co’s intent
3) Combined Arms - all WFF at BDE
4) Support (aka. CSS) - sustainment
5) Battle Drill/SOP - validate
Mission command is what three things?
1) Philosophy
2) WFF
3) Systems driven
What are the three elements of the commander’s intent? (ADRP 5-0, Para 2-93)
- Expanded purpose - does not restate the why addresses the broader purpose and its relationship to the force as a whole.
- Key task - pivot points inside an operation
- Endstate - friendly, enemy, civilians, terrain
What is the purpose of mission command?
Blend the art of command and the science of control to integrate the warfighting functions to accomplish the mission.
Define an adjustment decision.
Unexpected enemy action requires reactionary adjustment through new operations and counter action through the resynchronization of war fighting functions.
What is mission command as a philosophy?
Exercise of authority and direction by the commander
What are the six elements of mission command?
Use mission orders
Accept prudent risk