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Operational Environment Flashcards

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what is an operational environment

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a composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander

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what are trends that affect operational environment?

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politics, economics, globalization, urbanization, and failed or falling states affect operational environment.

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what is a hybrd threat?

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A hybrid threat is the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, terrorist forces, and/or criminal elements unified to achieve mutually benefiting effects.

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what threats are a fundaments part of any operational environment?

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individuals, or groups of individuals (can be organized or not)

Paramilitary or military forces

Nation-States

National Alliances

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What is a threat?

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A threat is any combination of actors, entities, or forces that have the capability and intent to harm US forces, national interests, or the homeland.

Enemy
Adversary
Neutral
Friend

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What is an Enemy

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An enemy is a party identicied as hostile against which the use of force is autherized

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what is an adversay

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an adversary is a party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which the use of for may be envisaged.

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what is neutral

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neutral is a party identified as neither supporting nor opposing friendly or enemy forces

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What is a friend?

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a friend is an ally

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What are the operational variables

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Political, Military, Economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and time

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What are mission variables?

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Mission, enemy, (terrain and weather), (troops and support availability), time available and civil considerations

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what are operational vairables based off ADRP 5-0

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Political
military
ecomnomic
social
information
infrastructure

physical enviorment
time

also know as PMESII-PT

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What are the Political Variables

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Attitude toward the US

Centers of political power

Type of government

Government effectiveness and legitimacy

Influential political groups

International relationships

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what are military variables

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Military forces
Government paramilitary forces
Non-state paramilitary forces
Unarmed combatants
Nonmilitary armed combatants
Military functions
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what are economic variables?

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Economic diversity
Employment status
Economic activity
Illegal economic activity
Banking and finance
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What are social Variables?

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Demographic mix
Social volatility
Educational level
Ethnic diversity
Religious diversity
Population movement
Common languages
Human rights
Centers of social power
Basic cultural norms and values
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what does information do?

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information describes the nature, scope, characteristics, and eccefts of individuals, orginizations, and systems that collect process disseminate or act on information

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what is infrastructure?

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infrastucture is composed of basic facilities services andinstalations needed for the funtiontioning of a community or society.

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what is the physical enviornment

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physical environment includes the geography and man made structures as well as the climate and weather in the area of opperations

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what is time?

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time describes the timing and duration of activities events or conditions within an operational enviornment as well as the timing and duration percieved by various actors in the operational environment.

21
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What is MDMP?

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Military Decision making process

22
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what is IPB

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Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield

23
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how does war happen?

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War can result from the failure of states to resolve ther disputes by diplomatic means.

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What are the prinicples of war?

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Objective
offensive
mass
economy of force
maneuver
unity of command
security
surprise
simplicity
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What are some challenges of OE?

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Evolving threats

Media

Joint and Multinational Environment

Geopolitical Situation

Technology

Systems

Health of the command

26
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What are the three operational domains?

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Institutional

operational

self-development

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