MDMP Flashcards
1
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- It is the continuous assessment of the current situatand opns used to determine if the current opns is proceeding according to the commander’s intent
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Running estimates
2
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- Five (5) characteristics of Area of Opns
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- Terrain
- Weather
- Enemy Forces
- Friendly forces
- Civilian consideration
3
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- First step of the MDMP
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Receipt of the Mission
4
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- Initial IPB is led by?
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Intelligence Officer
5
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- Key inputs of the step 6 COA Approval
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- Updated planning estimates
- Evaluated COAs
- Recommended COA
6
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- Step 4 of the MDMP.
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COA Analysis and Wargaming
7
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- A statement that directs the mother and its subordinate units operate to accomplish the mission and establishes the sequence of actions the force will be used to achieve the endstate.
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Concept of Operations
8
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- It is the step 7 in MDMP.
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Orders Production
9
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- A clear intent that facilitates a shared understanding and focuses on the overall conditions that represents mission accomplisment
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Commander’s intent
10
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- It is a systematic and continuous process of analyzing the threat and operational environment in a specific geographical area.
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IPB
11
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- Describe additional personnel, group or any associations that cannot be categorized as friendly or enemy.
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Civilian considerations
12
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- List of current functional area resources in terms of equipment, personnel and system
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Friendly forces
13
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- He is the most important participant of the MDMP.
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Commander
14
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- He is the key participant of the MDMP.
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Chief of staff or EX-O
15
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- Effective execution requires issuing timely timely plans and orders to subordinates
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1/3, 2/3 rule
16
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- Two or more echelons planning for the same operation
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Parallel planning
17
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- It is a task that must be performed to accomplish the specified task.
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Implied task
18
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- A task specifically assigned to a unit by its higher headquarters.
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Specified task
19
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- It is a specified and implied task that must be executed to accomplish the mission.
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Essential task
20
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- A mission that is assigned to a unit that might be executed
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be-prepared mission
21
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- A mission to be executed at an unspecified time.
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On-order mission
22
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- It dictates the action or inaction, thus restricting the freedom of action of a subordinate commander.
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Constraint
23
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- He determines what may and may not be released to foreign partners.
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Foreign Disclosure officer
24
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- He conducts mission analysis with regard to the availability and status of the CAS
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Air Liaison officer
25
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- A supposition on the current situation
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Assumption
26
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- A statement of truth or statement thought to be true
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Facts
27
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- It is consist of friendly force information requirements and priority intel reqts
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CCIRs
28
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- It is being developed by the staff during mission analysis
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IR (information reqts)
29
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- It is a condition with the potential to cause injury
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hazard
30
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- It is a process of identifying, assessing and controlling risk arising from operational factors and making decisions
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Risk management
31
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- Establishes an element of information to protect rather than one to collect.
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EEFIs or Essential Elements of Friendly Information
32
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- Step 2 of the MDMP
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Mission Analysis
33
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- It is a verbal, written or electronic communications that supports an info theme focus on specific actor.
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Message
34
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- A unifying or dominant idea that expresses the purpose of military actions
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Information theme
35
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- It is an issue or obstacle that makes it difficult to achieve a desired goal or objective.
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Problem
36
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- Prepares the proposed mission statement for the unit basd on the mission analysis.
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COS, or operations officer
37
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- It is a broad potential solution to an identified problem
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COA or Course of action
38
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- It informs the commander of the results of the staff analysis of the situation
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Mission Analysis Briefing
39
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- A total means of destructive, constructive and information that the military unit can apply at a given time
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Combat Power
40
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- What are the COA screening criteria?
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- Feasible
- Acceptable
- Suitable
- Distinguishable
- Complete
41
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- The step 3 in MDMP
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COA Development
42
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- It is an iterative planning methodology to understand the situation and mission develop a course of action and produce an operation plan or order.
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Military Decision Making Process (MDMP)
43
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- How many percent is the COA development based on generic timeline of the one-third, two-third rule?
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20%
44
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- How many percent is the Orders of production based on generic timeline of the one-third, two-third rule?
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20%
45
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- It is being issued immediately after the commander gives the planning guidance
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WARNO
46
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- It portray the more traditional links among objectives, decisive points and center of gravity
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Line of Operations
47
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- A point in space and time when a commander or staff anticipate making a key decision concerning a specific COA.
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Decision Point
48
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- Those that are directly influence mission accomplishment
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Critical Events
49
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- He assess the fire support feasibility of each COA
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Chief of fires
50
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- Type of war gaming method that divided the AO into belt.
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Belt Method
51
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- Type of war gaming method that focuses on one avenue of approach at a time.
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Avenue in depth method
52
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- Type of war gaming method that is detailed analysis of a critical area
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Box method
53
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- A tool uses by the staff to record the result of war gaming.
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Synchronization Matrix
54
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- It is a conscious attempt to visualize the flow of operations, given the friendly ‘s strengt and dispositions, enemy capabilities and possible COA and civilians.
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War-gaming
55
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- It is an objective process to evaluate COA’s independently to each other.
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COA Comparison
56
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- It is a tool to compare and evaluate COAs thoroughly and logically
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Decision Matrix
57
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- What is the first task in COA analysis?
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Gather the tools
58
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- It clearly portrays how the unit will accomplish its mission
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COA statement
59
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- It enables the commanders and staff to identify difficulties or coordination problems of planned actions for each COA being considered
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COA Analysis
