Define Echelons Above Brigade Flashcards
These define superior and subordinate ______ between unit commanders.
- The degree of control of the gaining Army commander
- The expected longevity of the relationship
- The degree of support that the gaining and losing Army commanders
provide
Army Command Relationships
_____ is Assigned to and forming an essential part of a military organization as listed in its table of organization?
Organic
What is Placed in an organization which will control and administer the
unit’s primary function (relatively permanent)?
Assigned
What is Placed in an organization for the duration of a specific
operation (relatively temporary)?
Attached
What are the following:
Operational control (OPCON)
Tactical control (TACON)
Army Command and Support Relationships
What ____ control Authority to organize and employ
commands and forces, assign tasks, designate objectives, and give
authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission?
Operational control (OPCON)
What ____ control Authority limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary
to accomplish missions or tasks assigned. Tactical control is inherent in
OPCON?
Tactical control (TACON)
What kind of support to another specific force and authorizes it to answer directly to the supported force’s request for assistance. Units assigned a direct support relationship retain command relationship with the parent unit but are positioned by and have priorities of support established by the supported unit?
Direct support
What is Support given to the supported force as a whole. It is not given to any subdivision of the force. are positioned and have priorities established by their parent unit?
General support
What Requires a force to support another supporting unit. Only
like units can be given a reinforcing mission. retains its command relationship with its parent unit but is positioned by the reinforced unit with priorities of support established by the reinforced unit, then the parent unit?
Reinforcing
What is Assigned to a unit to support the force as a
whole and to reinforce another similar-type unit. support relationship is positioned and has its priorities established by its parent unit and secondly by the reinforced unit?
General support-reinforcing
True or False.
The assigned Army Command Relationship is described as a
subordinate unit assigned to a parent unit and forming an essential part of a military organization as listed in its table of organization?
False. Organic.
What kind of setting is the following:
Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, Hospital Center
To provide command and
control (C2) and medical C2 to
the hospital center.
8 out of 10 Medical Functions (MF) (Does NOT have evacuation or veterinary MF)
Consists at a minimum of a headquarters and headquarters detachment (HHD), hospital center
and a Field Hospital (32 Bed)
Maximum of 240 Beds (Modular)
Provides hospitalization and outpatient services for all classes of patients within the theater
Provides medical mission command for FRSDs and other med augmentation teams
Generally assigned to a MEDBDE (SPT) but can be further attached through the orders
process
Should be Initial Operating Capability (IOC) which includes limited C2 along with emergency medical services, surgical services, intensive care, and ancillary services within 72 hours of site selection
Hospital Center
What is this?
(32 Bed)
- Hospitalization
- Outpatient services
Assigned to the Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment (HHD), Hospital Center.
employed with the HHD, Hospital Center within an assigned AO.
BOA and Capabilities
Provides company level mission command of
organic elements to include AHS support, planning, policies, and support operations (32 Bed)’s AO. (1) ward providing intensive
nursing care for up to twelve (12) patients. (1) ward providing intermediate nursing care for up to twenty
(20) patients.
Field Hospital
What is this?
(24-Bed)
Assigned to the Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment (HHD), Hospital Center.
Augments
* Surgical capability
* Hospitalization
* Additional services
BOA and Capabilities
(32- BED), with 1 OR (2 OR Tables) for 36 OR hours in
a 24-hour period, with thoracic, urology, oral
maxillofacial surgical capabilities, 24 additional
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, outpatient services,
and microbiology
Surgical Augmentation