MOD B Final Exam

Question 1

Describe one of the 9 SF tasks and explain how it supports the NDS and the CCDR’s CCP

Answer 1

Security Force Assistance (SFA)

The DoD activities that support the development of the capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions.

This task supports the NDS with Rebuilding and strengthening the PNF capacity and capability. It also supports the CCP providing a Theater Assessment and Intermediate Military Objectives (IMO’s)

Question 2

Normally how does the GCC’s exercise OPCON?

Answer 2

Using A TSOC

Question 3

What defines Joint operations?

Answer 3

Activities, operations, organizations in which elements of two or more Military Departments participate

Question 4

What are the ARSOF pillars?

Answer 4

Indigenous approach to operations

Precision targeting operations

Developing Understanding and wielding influence

Crisis response

Question 5

Covert vs Clandestine

Answer 5

Planned and executed to conceal the identity of/or permit plausible denial by the sponsor

And,

Operations supported or conducted by government departments or agencies in such a way to assure secrecy or concealment.

Question 6

What are the 9 SF tasks?

Answer 6

UW, FID, SFA, COIN, DA, SR, CT, CP, PE

Question 7

COIN remains an important aspect of FID operations?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What are the three categories of FID?

Answer 8

Indirect Support

Direct support (not involving US. Combat Operations)

US. Combat Operations

Question 9

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) definition?

Answer 9

Chemical, Biological, radiological and nuclear weapons capable a high order of destruction causing mass casualties, and excluding the means of transportation and propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible part from the weapon.

Question 10

……helps prevents adversary action through the presentation of a credible threat of counteraction. As discussed previously, ….. convinces adversaries not to take threatening actions by influencing their decision-making.

Answer 10

Deterrence, deterrence

Question 11

Special Reconnaissance vc regular?

Answer 11

SR are actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environment to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance, employing military capabilities not normally found in conventional forces.

Question 12

The DoD activities that support the development of the capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions.

Answer 12

Security Forces Assistance (SFA)

Question 13

Short-duration strikes and other small scale offensive actions conducted as a special forces operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets

Answer 13

Direct Action

Question 14

Comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to defeat an insurgency and address any core grievances

Answer 14

Counter Insurgency (COIN)

Question 15

Actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks

Answer 15

Counterterrorism (CT)

Question 16

An umbrella term for operations and activities conducted by selectively trained special operations forces to develop an environment dor potential future special operations

Answer 16

Preparation of the Environment (PE)

Question 17

PE consists of three things?

Answer 17

Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE)

Advance Forces Operations

Intelligence Operations