EWOC Flashcards
What are Joint Operations?
The primary way the DoD employs two or more services in a single operation.
What are the 7 Joint Functions?
- C2
- Information
- Intelligence
- Fires
- Movement and Maneuver (M&M)
- Protection
- Sustainment
Describe C2
Command warfighting authority over assigned and attached forces.
Cannot be delegated.
Describe the command authorities.
ADCON (Administrative Control)
* Death/Discipline/Decorations
OPCON (Operational Control)
* Alignment of forces to strategic objectives
TACON (Tactical Control)
* Execution of tactical tasks to support operational and strategic objective
Describe Supported and Supporting Commanders.
Supported CCDR designated by SECDEF for establishing directive. Retains direct responsibilities for the campaign.
Supporting CCDR appear to support supported CCDR.
Functions: Describe Information and Intel
Information is the management/application of information to change or maintain elements that drive desired behavior and support decision-making.
Intel supports information with analysis of adversary capabilities, COGs (Center of Gravities), COAs, and understand threat networks.
Describe Fires, M&Ms, Protection, and Sustainment
- Fires is to use available weapons to create a specific effect on targets.
- M&Ms is securing positional advantages before or during combat operations and exploiting tactical success to achieve objectives.
- Protection is force protection and FHP (Force Health Protection)
- Sustainment is the provision of logistics and personnel services to maintain operations
Describe the Unified Command Plan (UCP)
Document that provides operational instructions to all branches of the armed forces and serves as an organizational directive.
AORs (Area of Responsibilities) are established by the UCP and defines the geographic responsibilities for a GCC.
List the systems perspective of an Operational Environment
PMESII-PT
1. Political
2. Military
3. Economic
4. Social
5. Information
6. Infrastructure
7. Physical Environment
8. Time
On the Unified Combatant Command chart, what falls under Combatant Command and Command Authority?
Combatant Command
* Subordinate Unified Commands (Area or Functional)
Command Authority
* Joint Task Forces
List the numbered Joint Staff and branches.
J1 - Personnel and Manpower
J2 - Intelligence
J3 - Operations
J4 - Logistics
J5 - Strategy Plans and Policy
J6 - C4 (C2, Comm, Cyber)
J7 - Joint Force Development (training)
J8 - Force Structure and Resources
What are the Three Levels of Warfare?
- Strategic
- Operational
- Tactical
Strategic
* Develops ideas to employ instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion
Operational
* Links the tactical to the strategic objectives by integrating ends, ways, and available means.
Tactical
* The employment and directed actions of forces in relation to each other.
The military’s dominant paradigm for operations is a six-phase planning construct.
0 - Shape
I - Deter
II - Seize Initiative
III - Dominate
IV - Stabilize
V - Enable Civil Authority
Describe the Joint Planning Process.
An orderly, analytical set of logical steps to frame a problem, plan a mission, and compare alternative COAs.
What is the 7 step process of the JPP?
- Planning Initiation
- Mission Analysis
- COA Development
- COA Analysis and Wargaming
- COA Comparison
- COA Approval
- Plan or Order Development
Describe the primary purpose of Mission Analysis.
To understand requirements and resources. To develop mission understanding and identify risks and opportunities. Establish a clear mission objective and plan.
What elements are required to test the validity of a COA?
Is the COA:
- Suitable
- Feasible
- Acceptable
- Distinguishable
- Complete
List the Military Plans and Orders
- OPORD - what you need for planning
- EXORD - Execution details
- FRAGORD - Any new information (new info will be highlighted)
- DEPORD - all you need to deploy
- CONOPS - how the execution of a operation order will accomplish the Commander’s intent.
List the Joint Air Tasking Cycle
Stage 1-6
- Objectives, Effects, and Guidance
- Target Development
- Weaponeering and Allocation
- ATO Production and Dissemination
- Execution Planning and Force Execution
- Assessment
Describe Targeting.
The process of selecting and prioritizing targets. Matches appropriate Lethal and Non-Lethal actions to Create Desired Effect
Three segments to consider in targeting
- Orbital - satellites
- Link - info being sent via EMS
- Terrestrial - facilities driving satellites or receiving information
Target is the SATELLITE hosting the signal
Two elements of Aimpoints
- JDPI (Joint Desired Point of Impact)
- Non-Lethal Reference Point
Describe Nodes and Links
A node represents a person, place, or object. A link is the relationship between nodes.
Describe Nodal Analysis
Characterizing an adversary’s priority networks, links, and nodes.
Describe a COG (Center of Gravity)
Node within a given network that maintains the greatest influence.
Difficult to target
Describe Deliberate and Dynamic Targeting
Deliberate Targeting Produces planned targets known to exist in the operational environment.
Dynamic Targeting, targets of opportunity that include unscheduled and unanticipated targets.
Types of Dynamic Targeting
- Scheduled
- On-call
- Unscheduled
- Unanticipated
What are the three critical steps in the six-step JTC for SEW operators?
Step 2: Target Development
Step 5: Mission Planning and Execution
Step 6: Assessment
