MOI Flashcards
Intelligence
ADRP 2-0
Operational Terms and Military Symbols
ADRP 1-02
Mission Command
ADRP 6-0
Unified Land Operations
ADRP 3-0
Special Operations
ADRP 3-05
Stability
ADRP 3-07
Army Leadership
ADRP 6-22
Fires
ADRP 3-09
Defense Support of Civil Authorities
ADRP 3-28
Protection
ADRP 3-37
Training Units and Developing Leaders
ADRP 7-0
Offense and Defense
ADRP 3-90
The Army Profession
ADRP 1
5 Domains of US forces operation.
Air Land Maritime Space Cyberspace
Army profession is built on trust, and what other 4 characteristics?
Esprit de Corps
Honorable Service
Military Expertise
Stewardship
The 11 primary missions of the US Military.
Counter Terrorism and irregular warfare
Counter weapons of mass destruction
Conduct stability and counterinsurgency Ops
Conduct humanitarian, disaster relief and other ops
Deter and defeat aggression
Defend the homeland and support civil authorities
Maintain a safe secure and effective nuclear deterrent
Operate effectively in cyberspace
Operate effectively in space
Project power despite anti access/are denial challenges
Provide a stabilizing presence
What is the most important determinant of combat power?
Leadership
What is the greatest strategic asset, that provides depth, versatility and unmatched experience to the joint force?
The all volunteer force
Title 10 of USC establishes the basic structure of the Army, consisting of…
The RA, AR and NG
What is the function of the Operating Force?
To deploy and fight.
Function of the Generating Force.
To train, equip and ensure readiness of Army forces.
5 sets of characteristics which enhance the Army’s adaptability.
Adaptive and Innovative Depth and versatility Flexibility and Agility Integrated and Synchronized Lethal and Discriminate
Sustainment
ADRP 4-0
Principal audience for ADRP 1-02?
All members of the profession of Arms.
What is the purpose of a common set of doctrinal terms and military symbols?
To facilitate communicate information with simple words, phrases and images and eliminate the need for explanation of complex ideas.
The 3 areas of focus of the Language of land warfare.
Principle of simplicity
Importance of clear communication
Importance of teaching the language
Difference between framed and unframed military symbols?
Framed: unit, equipment, installation and activity symbols.
Unframed: control measure and tactical task mission symbols.
Who establishes Army policy for developing doctrinal terms?
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRADOC
Map or AO overlaid with military symbols includes:
Friendly and enemy units/ships
Boundaries
Control measures
Other elements deemed necessary by CO
How are acronyms usually formed?
Usually from the initial letters of a name or parts of a series of words.
What is a common operational picture?
A display of relevant information within a CO’s area of interest, based on common data and info shared by more than one command.
What is communication in reference to Operational Terms and Military Symbols?
An exchange of meaning that is only complete when the intended meaning is understood precisely by the intended audience.
Who can propose the creation, modification or elimination of any doctrinal term?
Any soldier.
What is the purpose of acronyms and abbreviations in the profession of arms?
To allow use of shorter/simpler versions of military terms for ease of discussion in speaking and writing.
The Operations Process
ADRP 5-0
Why does the Army synchronize its intelligence efforts with unified action partners?
To achieve unity of effort and meet the CO’s intent.
How do multinational and interagency partners reinforce and complement Army intel capabilities ?
By providing cultural awareness as well as unique perspectives and capabilities.
What is ISR?
Intelligence
Surveillance
Reconnaissance
What is the intelligence warfighting function ?
Tasks and systems that facilitate knowledge of enemy, terrain and civil considerations.
The information collection tasks.
Plan requirements and asses collection.
Task and direct collection.
Execute collection.
What is the intelligence enterprise?
The total intelligence efforts of the entire US intelligence community.
What are the intelligence core competencies ?
Intel synchronization
Intel Ops
Intel analysis
What is intelligence synchronization ?
The integrating of information collection and intel analysis with operations to support decision making.
The 4 primary means of information collection.
Intel Ops
Reconnaissance
Surveillance
Security Ops
What is the purpose of intel analysis ?
To describe and asses current threats, terrain, weather and civil considerations.
Define Leadership
Influencing people by providing purpose, direction and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.
What is the Army’s Warfighting Doctrine?
Unified Land Operations
Mission variables are
Mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time and civil considerations.
Aka, METT-TC
The operational variables are
Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, Infrastructure , Physical Environment, Time
(PMESII-PT)
What is MDMP
Military decision making process
What are the Army core competences.
Combined Arms Maneuver
Wide area security.
How many National Guard elements are there?
54
The overarching purpose of all DSCA missions are
To save lives
To alleviate suffering
To protect property
What is TTP
Tactics, techniques and procedures.
actions on contact is
combat actions taken on contact with the enemy to develop the situation.
Describe Unified Land Operations.
How the Army seizes, retains and exploits initiative to gain the advantage to deter conflict, and prevail in war for favorable conflict resolution.
A series of major operations is
A campaign.
Army operations are characterized by
adaptability, depth, Flexibility, integration, and synchronization
A battle or engagement is
A tactical action.
The Operations Process
Planning
Preparation
Execution
Continuous Assessment
Combined Arms Maneuver
Application of elements of combat power in unified action to gain the advantage and seize the initiative.
The Special Operations core principles are
Discreet
Precise
Scalable Operations
What will increase the effectiveness of shaping activities and improve execution of counter terrorism and irregular warfare?
Independence between Special Operations Forces and conventional forces.
The critical capabilities of the Army’s Special Operations Forces
Special Warfare
Surgical Strike
What is stabilization?
The process of identifying and mitigating the sources of instability to establish conditions for long term stability.
The focus of stability is
To identify and target the causes of instability
To build the capacity of local institutions.
What is the goal of stability ?
To create conditions so that the local populace regards the situation as legitimate, acceptable and predictable.
What are stability tasks?
Tasks to maintain or reestablish a safe secure environment and provide essential government services, infrastructure reconstruction and humanitarian relief.
What are sources of instability?
Decreased support of the government
Increased support for anti-government elements
Undermining of the normal functioning of society
What are the stability principles ?
Building partner capacity
Conflict transformation
Legitimacy and host nation ownership
Unity of effort
Stability Mechanism
The primary method by which friendly forces affect civilians to attain conditions that support lasting stable peace.
What is a defeat mechanism?
Method through which friendly forces accomplish their mission against enemy opposition.
Unified Action
The synchronization and coordination of governmental and non governmental activities with military operations to achieve Unity of Effort.
Unity of Effort is
The coordination and cooperation toward common objectives even if participants are not part of the same command or organization. The product of successful unified action.
What is an Army leader?
Anyone who by assumed or assigned role inspires and influences people to accomplish organizational goals.
Command is
The authority that a commander lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment.
Mission Command is
The Exercise of authority and direction by the commander using. Mission orders to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations.
Ideal Army leader is
Strong in intellect, physical presence, professional competence, moral character and serves as a role model.
What are the leader attributes?
Character (values and identity)
presence (how the leader is perceived by others)
intellect. (Mental and social qualities used in act of leading)
The 3 core leadership competences are
Leads others
Develops others
Achieves
What is influencing ?
Getting others to do what is required.
What is purpose?
Give the reason to achieve a desired outcome.
What is direction?
Communicating what to do to accomplish a mission.
Define motivation.
Supplies the will and initiative to do what is necessary to accomplish a mission.
In Army organizations, who establishes standards and policies for achieving and rewarding superior performance, as well as punishment for misconduct ?
Commanders
What is the purpose of ADRP 6-22?
To establish the principles by which Army leader accomplish their missions and care for their people.
What are attributes ?
What a leader is (character, presence, intellect)
What are competencies ?
What a leader does (leads, develops, achieves)
What is mentorship?
The voluntary relationship between a person of greater experience and lesser experience, characterized by mutual trust and respect.
What is MSAF?
Multi source assessment and feedback
What is discipline ?
The ability to control one’s own behavior.
What are the levels of leadership?
Direct
Organizational
Strategic
What is formal leadership?
Granted by assignment, is a function of rank and experience.
What is informal leadership?
Leadership not based on rank or position in hierarchy, can arise from knowledge, experience or technical expertise.
What is the best way to create a solid organization ?
To empower subordinates.
Army leadership requirements model requires
Values based leadership, impeccable character and professional competence.
Values of attribute of character.
Army values
Discipline
Empathy
Warrior ethos
Values of attribute of presence
Confidence
Fitness
Military bearing
Resilience
Values of attribute of intellect
Expertise Innovation Interpersonal tact Mental agility Sound Judgement
Define the “leads” competency
Leads others Builds trust Extends influence beyond chain of command Leads by example Communicates
Define the “develops” competency
Develops self
Develops others
Develops positive environment
Stewards the profession
Define the “achieves” competency
Gets results
What multiplies all the other factors of landpower?
Leadership.
The core competencies of Fires are
Air defense artillery
Field artillery
Critical capabilities of Fires are
Target acquisition
Target discrimination
Target engagement
Principles of Fires are
Precision Scalable Synchronized Responsive Networked
The characteristics of Fires are
All weather, air and space integration, precision/near precision, mass area fires, inherently joint.
The defensive measures designed to destroy enemy aircraft/missiles or reduce effectiveness of aerial attack through surveillance or engagement is called
Air defense Artillery.
What is Fires support ?
Fires that support forces to engage enemy forces in pursuit of objectives.
What is the objective in Fires planning ?
To optimize combat power.
How is Fires support planning accomplished ?
By using targeting and running the estimate.
What is a target ?
An entity or object considered for possible engagement.
What does targeting provide ?
An effective method for matching the friendly force capabilities against enemy targets.
What is Fires ?
Use of weapons to create lethal on non lethal effect on a target.
What are joint fires ?
Fires from 2 or more components coordinated to support an objective.
What is Active air defense ?
Direct action to destroy hostile air/missile assets with aircraft, air defense weapons or electronic warfare.
What is passive air defense ?
Measures other than active air defense to minimize effects of hostile air such as camouflage, concealment, and dispersion
What is field artillery ?
Elements of men and equipment involved in the use of indirect cannon fire, rocket or surface to surface missiles.
Fires war fighting function tasks are
Deliver fires
Integrate all Army, joint and multinational fires
Conduct targeting
What is the mission of Air defense artillery ?
To provide fires to protect the force and assets from aerial attack and surveillance.
What is the mission of Field artillery ?
To support with fires to enable commanders to dominate in Unified Land Operations.
What are the primary documents containing national preparedness doctrine ?
The National Preparedness Goal
The National Incident Management System (NIMS)
The National Response Network
Which war fighting function will the majority of DSCA missions stress ?
The sustainment war fighting function.
What are the overarching purposes of all DSCA missions ?
To save lives
To alleviate suffering
To protect Property
How many National Guard elements are there ?
54
What is the National Guard’s dual role ?
As state military police and as reserve component of the Army that can be mobilized for federal service by the president.
What does it mean to achieve the military end state ?
When a state, territorial and local authorities become able to support their citizens without further help from the armed forces.
What is FEMA ?
Federal Emergency Management Agency
What is one of the biggest mistakes Commanders can make in DSCA missions?
To assume command upon arrival at a scene. Civil authorities are in charge, military forces support them, or risk upsetting the constitutional balance between civil authority, the military and private sector.
What is Protection ?
The preservation of effectiveness and survivability of men, equipment and information.
What is the first step towards effective protection ?
Planning.
What are the protection principles ?
Comprehensive Integrated Layered Redundant Enduring
What is the protection war fighting function ?
To preserve the force so that commanders can apply maximum combat power for the mission.
What is the focus of protection during the preparation phase ?
To prevent the enemy from actions that effect combat power and freedom of action.
What is assessment ?
The determination of progress toward accomplishing task, condition or objective.
What is tactics ?
The employment and arrangement of forces in relation to each other.
At what level are battles and engagements planned and executed ?
The tactical level.
What is an engagement ?
A tactical conflict.
The art of tactics consists of what 3 aspects ?
Creative and flexible array of means to accomplish missions
Decision making under conditions of uncertainty
Understanding the effects of combat on soldiers
How long are engagements ?
Usually short, minutes, hours or days
What is a battle ?
A set of related engagements involving larger forces than an engagement.
What is the science of tactics ?
The understanding of military aspects of tactics, capabilities, techniques and procedures that can be measured and codified.
What is a hasty operation ?
One with minimal preparation and planning which are traded for speed of execution.
What is a deliberate operation ?
One in which the tactical situation allows for detailed planning and preparation.
What is Operational Initiative ?
Setting/dictating the terms of action throughout an operation.
What is the purpose of offense ?
To defeat destroy or neutralize the enemy force.
What is the main feature of offensive tasks ?
Taking and maintaining the initiative.
What are the 4 primary offensive tasks ?
Movement to contact
Attack
Exploitation
Pursuit
What is maneuver ?
The employment of forces in the operational Area through movement in combination with fires to gain the advantage.
What are the characteristics of defense ?
Disruption Flexibility Mass and concentration Preparation Security
What are the 3 basic defense tasks ?
Area defense
Mobile defense
Retrograde
What is retrograde ?
Organized movement away from the enemy
What are the 3 forms of defense ?
Defense of linear obstacle
Perimeter defense
Reverse slope defense
What is the sustainment war fighting function ?
To provide support and services to ensure freedom of action, operational reach and endurance.
What is logistics ?
Planning and executing the movement of support forces.
What is a delaying operation ?
One in which a force under pressure trades space for time by slowing the enemy’s momentum and inflicting damage on the enemy without being destroyed.
What is mobile defense ?
Defense concentrated on destruction of the enemy through an attack by a striking force.
What are personnel services ?
Functions that man and fund the force, maintain soldier and family readiness, promote moral and ethical values of the nation and enable the fighting qualities of the Army.
What are the sustainment principles ?
Integration Anticipation Responsiveness Simplicity Economy Survivability Continuity Improvisation
What are the principles of personnel services ?
Synchronization Timeliness Stewardship Accuracy Consistency
What are the 3 elements of Sustainment ?
Logistics
Personnel services
Health support service
What is CUL
Common user logistics
What are the generating forces ?
Army elements whose primary mission is to generate and sustain the Army’s capability for employment.
What are operating forces ?
Forces whose primary mission is to participate in combat.
What is DAFL
Directive authority for logistics.
What is the Operations Process ?
The Army’s framework for executing mission command.
What are the major mission command activities performed during operations ?
Planning
Preparing
Executing
Continuous assessment
How do commanders drive the Operations Process ?
By understanding, visualizing, describing, directing leading and assessing operations.
What is an operational environment ?
A composite of conditions and influences that affect employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander.
What are the MDMP steps ?
1- receipt mission 2- mission analysis 3- COA development 4- COA analysis 5- COA comparison 6- COA approval 7- order production, dissemination and transition.
What is TLP ?
Process used by leaders to analyze a mission, develop a plan and prepare for an operation, used by commanders and leaders without a staff.
What are the TLP steps ?
1- receive the mission 2- issue the warno 3- make a tentative plan 4- start the necessary movement 5- conduct recon 6- complete the plan 7- issue the completed plan 8- supervise and refine.
What is MDMP ?
An iterative planning method to understand the situation And mission, develop a COA, and produce an operation plan/order
What are the principles of the operations process?
Commanders drive the operations process, build and maintain situational understanding, apply critical and creative thinking,
Encourage collaboration and dialogue.
What is doctrine ?
principles by which the military forces guide their actions in support of national objectives
