O110 Doctrinal Foundations Pt 2

Question 1

Decisive action

Answer 1

The continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks

-includes offensive, defensive, and stability tasks; homeland defense/DSCA

Question 2

Offensive tasks

Answer 2

Tasks conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers.

Tasks include: movement to contact, attack, exploitation, and pursuit

Question 3

Defensive tasks

Answer 3

Tasks conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive and stability tasks.

Tasks include: mobile defense, area defense, and retrograde

Question 4

Stability task

Answer 4

Military missions, tasks, and activities conducted outside the U.S. to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment and to provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief.

Tasks include: establish civil security/civil control, restore essential services, support to governance, and support to economic and infrastructure development.

Question 5

What is homeland defense/DSCA?

Answer 5

Represents DoD support of U.S. civil authorities for domestic emergencies, law enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from qualifying entities for special events

Tasks include: provide support for domestic disasters, CBRN/explosive incidents, civil law enforcement agencies, COVID/medical, etc.

Question 6

What is mission command?

Answer 6

Army’s approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation.

-Commanders must provide clear intent and use mission orders to assign tasks, allocate resources, and issue broad guidance*

Question 7

What is ADP 3-0

Answer 7

Operations

-describes how the Army conducts operations as a unified action partner using the Army’s operational concept

Question 8

What is the Army’s operational concept?**

Answer 8

Unified land operations

Question 9

Range of military operations

Answer 9

• exists on a conflict continuum between peace and war
• replaces “Spectrum of Conflict” and “Operational Themes”
• includes major operations and campaigns, crisis response and limited contingency operations, and military engagement, security cooperation and deterrence

Question 10

Tenets of Operations (4)***

Answer 10

1) Flexibility
2) Simultaneity
3) Depth
4) Synchronization

Question 11

Flexibility

Answer 11

The employment of a versatile mix of capabilities, formations, and equipment for conducting operations

Question 12

Simultaneity

Answer 12

The execution of related and mutually supporting tasks at the same time across multiple locations and domains

Question 13

Depth

Answer 13

The extension of operations in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results

Question 14

Synchronization

Answer 14

The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time

Question 15

Mission command

Answer 15

the exercise of authority and direction by the CO using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land ops

Question 16

CO’s fight for information to develop the situation while in contact with the enemy and gain info through close association with the population

Answer 16

Develop the Situation Through Action

Question 17

The synchronized and simultaneous application of all elements of combat power that together achieve an effect greater than if each element was used separately or sequentially

Answer 17

combined arms

Question 18

what are tactics?

Answer 18

how the CO will employ forces to accomplish the mission; requires judgment and adaptation