O150 Offensive Operations Flashcards
Three Aspects of the Art of Tactical Ops
- The creative and flexible array of means to accomplish assigned missions
- Decision making under conditions of uncertainty when faced with a thinking and adaptive enemy
- Understanding the effects of combat on Soldiers
The Science of Tactical Ops
Encompasses the understanding of those military aspects of tactics that can be measured and codified
Offensive Operations
the decisive form of war
Purpose of Offensive Ops
Defeat, Destroy, Gain control of terrain/resources/population centers
Characteristic of Offensive Ops
SCAT or CATS
Audacity
Concentration (3:1 ratio)
Surprise
Temp
Forms of Maneuver
tactical combinations of fire and movement with a unique set of doctrinal characteristics.
Envelopment Frontal Assault Infiltration Penetration Turning Movement
Types of Offensive Ops
Movement to Contact
Attack
Exploitation
Pursuit
Types of Attack
Ambush Counterattack Demonstration Feint Raid Spoiling Attack
Transitions
move to defensive or stability ops
Single Envelopment
A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to avoid the principal enemy defenses by seizing objectives behind those defenses that allow the targeted enemy force to be destroyed in their current positions.
Turning Movement
A form of maneuver in which the attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy’s current positions causing the enemy force to move out of their current positions or divert major forces to meet the threat.
Infiltation
A form of maneuver in which the attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy’s current positions causing the enemy force to move out of their current positions or divert major forces to meet the threat.
Penetration
A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to rupture enemy defenses on a narrow front to disrupt the defensive system
Frontal Assualt
A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker enemy force or fix a larger enemy force in place over a broad front.
Ambush
A form of attack by fire or other destructive means from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted enemy.
Counterattack
A form of attack by part or all of a defending force against an enemy attacking force, with the general objective of denying the enemy his goal in attacking.
Demonstration
A form of attack designed to deceive the enemy as to the location or time of the decisive operation by a display of force. Forces do not seek contact with the enemy.
Feint
A form of attack used to deceive the enemy as the location or time of the actual decisive operation. Forces seek direct fire contact with the enemy but avoid decisive engagement.
Raid
A form of attack, usually small scale, involving a swift entry into hostile territory to secure information, confuse the enemy, or destroy installations.
Spoiling Attack
A form of attack that preempts or seriously impairs an enemy attack while the enemy is in the process of planning or preparing to attack.
Hasty Attack
CDR directs immediately available forces using FRAGORDs.
Minimal preparation
Trade planning/prep time for speed of execution
Deliberate Attack
Detailed planning and coordination
Multiple branches and sequels
Task-organize specifically for operation
Extensive rehearsals
Attack
a type of offensive operation that destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both.
Movement to Contact
type of offensive operation designed to develop the situation and establish or regain contact. It also creates favorable conditions for subsequent tactical actions.
Exploitation
type of offensive operation that usually follows the conduct of a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth.
Pursuit
type of offensive operation designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it.
Enabling Operations
- Recon
- Security Operations
- Troop Movement
- Relief in Place
- Passage of Lines
Recon
A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or adversary, or to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographical, or geographical characteristics and the indigenous population of a particular area.
Performed before, during, and after ops
Route, Zone, Area, Recon in Force, Special Recon
Troop Movement
Movement to concentrate combat power at decisive points and times
Administrative
Tactical road march
Approach march
Relief in Place
unit replaced in an AO by incoming unit
Sequentially
Simultaneously
Staggered
Passage of Lines
force moves through another force’s combat positions to: Sustain tempo Maintain viability of defense Transition to defense Free a unit for another mission
Encirclement Operations
isolated force by controlling all GLOC and reinforcements
Offensive
Defending encircled
Breakout, Exfil, Linkup, Attack
Security Operations
those operations undertaken by a commander to provide early and accurate warning of enemy operations, to provide the force being protected with time and maneuver space within which to react to the enemy, and to develop the situation to allow the commander to effectively use the protected force.
Fundamentals of Security Ops
Five of them:
Provide early and accurate warning.
Provide reaction time and maneuver space.
Orient on the force or facility to be secured.
Perform continuous reconnaissance.
Maintain enemy contact.
Tasks of Security Ops
Four of them: Screen Guard Cover Area security Screen, guard, and cover, respectively, contain increasing levels of combat power and provide increasing levels of security for the main body.
Desired Cyber/Electromagnetic Effects
Degrade
Disrupt
Destroy
Breaching Fundamentals
SOSRA Suppress Obscure Secure Reduce Assault
Breaching Tenets
Intelligence - see the enemy and terrain
Fundamentals - SOSRA
Organization - Support, Breach, Assault
Mass - create enemy weakness, prevent enemy massing of power
