Day 5: Levels and Phases

Question 1

What are the 3 levels of warfare?

Answer 1

• Strategic
• Operational
• Tactical

Question 2

Identify

Develops an idea or set of ideas of ways to employ instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve national, multinational, and theater objectives

Answer 2

Strategic Level of Warfare

Question 3

Identify

Links the tactical employment of forces to national strategic objectives supported by:
* Skill
* Knowledge
* Experience
Employs military capabilities by:
* Integrating ends
* Ways
* Available means

Answer 3

Operational Level of Warfare

Question 4

The employment and directed actions of forces in relation to each other
* Engagements can include a wide variety of noncombat tasks, activites and combat between opposing forces (normally short duration)
* Battles typically last longer than engagements (involves larger forces and has greater potential to affect the course of an operation or a campaign)

Answer 4

Tactical Level of Warfare

Question 5

How many phases of conflict does the U.S. military have?

Answer 5

6

Question 6

Identify

Phase 0

Phases of Conflict

Answer 6

Shape

Question 7

Identify

Phase I

Phases of Conflict

Answer 7

Deter

Question 8

Identify

Phase II

Phases of Conflict

Answer 8

Seize initative

Question 9

Identify

Phase III

Phases of Conflict

Answer 9

Dominate

Question 10

Identify

Phase IV

Phases of Conflict

Answer 10

Stabilize

Question 11

Identify

Phase V

Phases of Conflict

Answer 11

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