Decisive Action: Offense

Question 1

Define Decisive Action: Offense

Answer 1

Offensive actions are combat operations conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers. They impose the commander’s will on the enemy.

Question 2

Explain: 4 Primary Offensive Tasks

Answer 2

The four primary offensive tasks are Movement to Contact, Attack, Pursuit and Exploitation.

Question 3

Explain: 4 Offensive Characteristics

Answer 3

There are four Characteristics of the offense which are Concentration, Audacity, Rapid Tempo, Surprise

Question 4

Elaborate: Movement to contact

Answer 4

Movement to contact has two forms that are designed to develop the situation and to establish or regain contact

Question 5

Elaborate: Attack

Answer 5

Attack has six forms that destroys or defeats enemy forces to seizes and secures terrain, or both.

Question 6

Elaborate: Pursuit

Answer 6

Pursuit is an offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it.

Question 7

Elaborate: Exploitation

Answer 7

Exploitation is an offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy.

Question 8

Elaborate: Concentration

Answer 8

Concentration: massing of overwhelming effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose

Question 9

Elaborate: Audacity

Answer 9

Audacity is boldly executing a simple plan of action

Question 10

Elaborate: Rapid Tempo

Answer 10

Rapid Tempo is controlling or altering tempo to retain the initiative.

Question 11

Elaborate: Surprise

Answer 11

Surprise is attacking the enemy when they are not expecting and are not prepared for.