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FM 3-98 Chapter Five Flashcards

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What are the four types of security operations

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Screen, cover, Guard, and area security

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What is the difference between reconnaissance and security operations

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Security operations orient on the force, area, or facility to be protected while reconnaissance operations orient on the enemy, weather, civil, or terrain. But reconnaissance can still be done as part of security operations

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What are the fundamentals of security

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Reform continuous reconnaissance
Provide early and accurate warning
Provide reaction time and manuever space
Orient on the force, area, or facility to be secured
Maintain enemy contact

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What does BCT security guidance consist of

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duration, focus, and engagement/disengagement criteria

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What is counter-reconnaissance

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A tactical mission task that encompasses all measured taken by a commander to to counter enemy reconnaissance efforts.

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What is the purpose of counterreconnaissance

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To destroy, defeat, or repel enemy reconnaissance elements within capabilities and engagement criteria

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What are the types of screens

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Stationary and moving (flank and rear)

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What are the subtypes of a guard

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Advance (stationary and moving); flank (stationary and moving), rear

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What are the types of covers

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offensive (advance and flank), defensive (front, flank, and rear)

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What are the subtypes of area security

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route security and convoy security

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What do screen operations provide

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early warning

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what do guard operations do

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prevent enemy observation and direct fire

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what do cover operations do

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protect against enemy observation and direct fire

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What is local securiyt

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the low level security activities conducted by a unit to prevent surprise by the enemy

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What is a screen

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a type of security operation that primarily provides early warning to the protected force

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are screens offensive or defensive in nature

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defensive

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Is depth critical in a screen

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yes, because it allows reconnaissance handover without the need for OP displacement

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When are screen operations appropriate

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When operations have created extended flanks, gaps exist between subordinate units, or when required to provide early warning over gaps not considered critical enough to require greater security

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What is performed in front of a moving unit instead of a screen

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Reconnaissance in force, zone reconnaissance, guard

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What is a battle handover line

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a designated phase line where responsibility transitions from the stationary force to the moving force and vice versa

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What is a guard

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a security operation done to protect the main body by fighting to gain time while preventing ground observation and direct fire against the main body

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Why can guard units not act independently

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They rely upon fires, functional, and multifunctional support of the main body

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When is a guard assigned

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When the commander expects contact or has an exposed flank that requires more security than a screen can provide

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What does the guard do a subtasks

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Screens, attacks, defends, delays, or conduct reconnaissance as needed

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The guard force accomplishes all the tasks of a screen but
deploys over a narrower front
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Why do squadron and above conduct guard
Because of the protection and assets required
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What does guard force do against the enemy
defeat, cause to withdraw, or fix lead threat elements before they can engage the protected force and cause the enemy main body to deploy early
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When is a guard appropriate
when contact is expected, an exposed flank or rear, the protected force is conducting a retrograde, or there is a requirement for greater protection than a screen
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What is the purpose of an advance guard
to provide uninterrupted movement of the protected force
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What is a reserve
A portion of a body of troops withheld from action at the beginning of an engagement to be available for decisive movement
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What are the two methods for executing a moving flank guard
Security force crosses LD separately from the main body and deploys Security forces crosses the LD with the main body
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What are the three methods of movement for the security force
successive bounds, alternate bounds, continuous marching
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What is the mission of the lead element for the security force in a moving flank guard
Maintain contact with the main body Reconnoiter the zone between the main body and the security force Reconnoiter the security force route
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What are the responsibilities of following troops in a moving flank guard
Reconnoiter battle positions Occupy battle positions
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What are the commander's options if the flank guard gets overextended
Reduce the AO Reinforce the flank guard Guard the most important, screen therest
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What is a rear guard
a guard the protects the exposed rear of the main body
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When is a rear guard appropriate
when conducting offensive operations, when the protected force breaks contact with flanking forces, or during a retrograde
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How does the security force move into the security area for a station security mission
Tactical road march Movement to contact zone reconnaissance
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What are the three techniques for occupying and moving in a flank security area for moving security missions
With the main body and conduct zone reconnaissance Separate from the main body and deploys to perform Separate from the main body and conducts a movement to contact
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What is a cover
A security operation done independent of the main body to protect them by fighting to gain time while preventing enemy ground observation and direct fire
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What tasks does a covering force accomplish
All the ones of a guard or a screen
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Does the covering force allow bypass
No
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What are the two types of offensive covers
Advance and flank
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What is the purpose of an advance cover
To locate and penetrate the security zone and forward defense of an enemy force deployed to defend and to destroy enemy reconnaissance, advance guard units, and first-echelon forces of moving forces
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Does the covering force require a reserve
yes
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what is area security
a type of security operation conducted to protect friendly forces, lines of communications, and activities within a specific area
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Why does the BCT conduct area security
Preserve freedom of maneuver, ability to move reserve, positioning of fire support assets, and to provide effective C2 and conduct sustainment operations
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What tasks support area security
offensive, defense, and stability tasks
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What does are security prevent
Threat, ground reconnaissance elements from directly observing friendly activities within the area the force is securing, and within capabilities prevent ground manuever forces from penetrating the defensive perimter
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What techniques do subordinate units employ during an area security
observation posts, battle positions, ambushes, and combat outposts
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What is a battle handover
A coordination operation between two units that transfer responsibility for fighting an enemy force form one unit to another
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What is a passage of lines
a tactical operation designed to pass one unit through the positions of another unit without interference
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What is an FPOL
When a unit passes through another unit's positions while moving towards the enemy
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Why do cavalry units conduct an FPOL
Continue the attack or counterattack envelop a threat force pursue a fleeing threat pass between friendly areas of operations during nonlinear operations
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What are the GCMs required for a Passage of Lines
BHL Contact points Passage points Lanes Assembly area release point
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what is a relief in place
an operation in which, by direction of a higher authority, all or part of a unit is replaced in an area by the incoming unit and the responsibilities of the replaced elements for the mission and the assigned zone of operations are transferred to the incoming unit
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What are the three techniques for conducting a relief
sequentially, simultaneously, or staggered

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