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Entrance Exam Study Guide Flashcards

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Principles of joint operations

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Mass- concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to produce decisive results.

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What are the eight steps of Troop leading procedures?

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  1. Receive the mission
  2. Issue the warnings
  3. Make a tentative plan
  4. Initiate movement
  5. Conduct leaders recon
  6. Complete the plan
  7. Issue the order
  8. Supervise and refine
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Define unified land operations

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Simultaneous offensive, defensive, stability, and defense support of civil authorities across multiple domains to shape operational environment, prevent conflict, prevail in large scale ground combat, and consolidate Gaines as part of unified action

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Define the Tenets of unified land operations

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  1. Flexibility- The employment of a versatile mix of capabilities, formations and equipment for conducting operations
  2. Depth- The extension of operations in time, space or purpose to achieve definitive results
  3. Synchronization- The arrangement of military actions in time, space and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive point in time
  4. Simultaneity- The execution of related and mutually supporting task at the Same time across multiple locations and domains
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Name the four tenets of Unified land operations

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Flexibility, depth, synchronization, simultaneity

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Name the principles of unified land operations

MADECC

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Mission command, adhere to law of war, Develop the situation through action, establish and maintain security, combined arms, create multiple dilemmas for the enemy

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Define Mission command

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The exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commanders intent to empower Agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations

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What are the principles of joint operations

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Mass, unity of command, security, surprise, economy of force, legitimacy, simplicity, perseverance, restraint, objective, offensive,Maneuver

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Principles of joint operations: Objective

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Direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive, and achievable goal

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Define offensive

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Seize, retain and exploit the initiative

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Define mass

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Concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to produce decisive results

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Define maneuver

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Place the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible application of combat power

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Economy of force

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Expend minimum essential combat power on secondary efforts in order to allocate the maximum possible combat power on primary efforts

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Unity of command

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Ensure unity of effort under one responsible commander for every objective

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Security

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Preventing enemy from acquiring unexpected advantage

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Define Surprise

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Strike at a time or place or in a manner for which enemy is unprepared.

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Define simplicity

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Increase the probability that plan and operations will be executed as intended by preparing clear and complicated plans and concise orders

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Define restraint

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Limit collateral damage and prevent the unnecessary use of force

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Define perseverance

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Ensure the commitment necessary to attain the national strategic and state

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Define legitimacy

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Maintain legal and moral authority in the conduct of operations

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What are the steps of IPB

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  1. Define the operational environment
  2. Describe environmental effects
  3. Evaluate the threat/adversary
  4. Determine threat/adversary courses of action
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What is a mission statement

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A short sentence or paragraph that describes the organizations essential purpose in action containing the elements of who, what, when, where and why. You should answer who will execute the operation, what is the unit essential task, when will the operation begin or duration, where will the operation occur, and why will the force conduct the operation

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Define decisive point

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A geographic place, specific tea event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon allows the commander to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving success

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What is decisive of operation

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The operation that directly accomplishes the mission

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Offensive tasks: ADRP 3-90

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Movement to Contact: designed to develop the situation or regain contact
Attack: destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both
Exploitation: follows successful attack and is designed to disorganize
Pursuit: catch or cut off hostile force

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Defensive Tasks

ADRP 3-90

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  1. Area Defense: task that concentrates on denying enemy force access to designated terrain for specific time rather than destroying enemy
  2. Mobile Defense: task that concentrates on the destruction or defeat of the enemy through a decisive attack by a striking force.
  3. Retrograde: task that involves organized overeat away from enemy. (Delay, withdrawal, and retirement)
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What are the characteristics of the offense?

SCAT

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Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo

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What are the characteristics of the Defense?

MOMFPSD

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Mass and Conentration
Operations in Depth
Maneuver
Flexibility
Preparation
Security
Disruption
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What are the Levels of War?

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Strategic: develops ideas for employing instrument of nat’l per
Operational: links tactical employment of forces to the nation/military strategic OBJs
Tactical: employment and ordered arrangement of forces.

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What are the fundamentals of Recon?

GORRDDE

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Gain and Maintain enemy contact
Orient on the recon OBJ
Retain Freedom of Manuever
Report rapidly and accurately  
Develop Situation Rapidly
Do not keep recon in reserve
Ensure Continuous recon
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What are the fundamentals of security?

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Maintain Enemy Contact
Orient on Security OBJ
Provide reaction time and Maneuver space
Provide early and accurate warning
Perform continuous recon
32
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What are the Airborne Assault Planning Steps?

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Ground Tactical Plan
Landing Plan
Air Movement
Loading Plan
Staging Plan
33
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What are the principles of direct fire control?

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Mass effects of fire
Destroy greatest threat first
Avoid target overkill
Employ best weapon for target
Minimize friendly exposure
Plan and implement fratricide avoidance
Plan for extensive limited visibility
Plan for divided capabilities
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What are the forms of maneuver?

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Envelopment
Turning movement
Infiltration
Penetration
Frontal attack
Flank attack
35
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What are the fundamentals/tenets of breaching?

SOSRA

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Suppress
obscure
secure
reduce
Assault
36
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Define Combat power

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Total means of destructive obstructive and information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at any given time

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What are the elements of combat power?

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Mission Command
Movement and maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Sustainment
Protection
38
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Engagement Area Development - attack planning process

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EA Development
Route planning
Sustainment
Review and refine
Rehearse
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Step 1 of EA development

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IPB - Intel prep of battlefield

EST. NAIs, enemy COAs, and DPs

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Step 2 of Engagement area deelopment

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Select ground for attack - BN CDR issues guidance
1. Guidance on enemy COA
2. Restated Mission
3 Commanders intent
4. Concept of Ops
5. Description of OBJ
6. Priorities
7. Time plan
8. Type of order to issue
9. Type of rehearsal to conduct
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Step 3 of EA development

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Integrate the engagement area- staff IDs BPs, integrates fires

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Step 4 of EA development

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Direct fire planning
Generated by BN planners with input from Company planners Co. CDR establishes control measures for the direct-fire fight and other actions time or space dependent.

43
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Military aspect of Terrain (OAKOC)

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Obstacle- natural or man-made that can disrupt, fix, turn or block enemy movement
Avenues of approach - air or ground routes used by enemy to OBJ/Key terrain
Key Terrain - an area/locale that can have an advantage to either side
Observation/Fields of Fire - Condition of weather to see enemy etc/ observation limited by linear distance due to WPN system
Cover and Concealment - protection for person, place, plan, operation, formation, installation from leakage to enemy intel / concealment- protection from observation or surveillance.

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5 paragraph OPORD?

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1. Situation
    A. Area of Interest 
    B. Area of Operation
        1. Terrain
        2. Weather
    C. Enemy Force
    D. Friendly Force
         1. Higher HQ mission and Inten
         2. Mission of Adjacent units
    E. Interagency, Intergovernmental, and NGO
    F. Civil Considerations
    G. Assumptions
2. Mission
3. Execution
     A. Commanders Intent
          1. Purpose
          2. Key tasks
          3. End state
    B. Concept of Operations
     C. Scheme of Manueuver
          1. Scheme of mobility/counter mobility
          2. Scheme of Battlefield obscurantism
          3. Scheme of info collection
      D. Scheme of intel
      E. Scheme of Fires
      F. Scheme of protection
      G. Cyber
      H. Stability Tasks
       I. Assessment
      J. Tasks to Subordinate Units
      K. Coordinating instructions
           Time opord comes effective
            CCIR
           EEFI
           Fire support coordination
           Airspace coordination
          ROE
           Risk reduction measures
           Personal Recover Coordination
          Soldier and leader engagement
          Other Coordinating instructions
4. Sustainment
     A. Logistics
     B. Personnel
     C. Health Service Support
5. Command and Signal
     A.Command
        1. location of CDR
        2. Succession of Command
        3. Liaison requirements
    B. Control
        1. Command posts
        2. Reports
     C. Signal
45
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What are 5 paragraphs of oporder?

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Situation
Mission
Execution
Sustainment 
Command and Signal
46
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Define Commanders critical information Requirements

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Info requirement identified by commander as being critical to facilitating timely decision making.

47
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What are the 3 Commanders critical information reports?

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PIR (priority): stated as a priority for intel support that CDR/staff need to understand OE/adversary

FFIR (friendly forces): CDR and staff need to understand friendly force and supporting capabilities

EEFI (essential elements of friendly information): critical aspect of friendly operation that, if known by enemy, would compromise, lead to failure, or limit success of operation. (Should be protected) not a CCIR but treated as such.

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What are the Core Competencies of Army Aviation?

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Provide accurate and timely information collection
Provide reaction time and maneuver in space
Destroy defeat, disrupt, divert, or delay enemy forces
Air assault ground maneuver forces
Evacuate wounded and recover isolated personnel
Enable mission command over extended ranges and complex terrain

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