OPs Process Flashcards
What does the WFF Command and Control provide?
Synchronize and converge all elements of combat power
What does the WFF Movement and Maneuver
provide?
Move and employ forces to gain RELATIVE advantage
What does the WFF Intelligence provide?
Facilitates understanding of the OE (ENE, terrain, WX, Civil)
What does the WFF Fires provide?
Creates and converges effects on the ENE to enable operations
What does the WFF Sustainment provide?
Provides services and support to ensure freedom of action, operational reach, and endurance
What does the WFF Protection provide?
Preserves forces so the CDR has maximum combat power to accomplish missions
What is the primary purpose of planning?
It translates the CDRs visualization into a COA to solve a problem
What is planning?
The Art and Science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future and determining effective ways to bring that future about.
Art is the conceptual (what and why to do)
Science is the detailed planning (how to do it)
What are the elements of operation art?
DROPLET BCC
Decisive Points Risk Operational Reach Phasing and Transition Lines of Effort, Lines of Operation End State and conditions Tempo
Basing
Centers of Gravity
Culmination
What are the 3 methodologies for army planning?
ADM
MDMP
TLP
Plans and orders are what?
Directives for future actions
Plans are developed when?
In advance of execution
What do plans become?
Orders once directed to execute
What do plans provide?
Plans synchronize the action of forces in time, space with purpose to achieve objective/accomplish missions
What does the mission statement provide?
Task and purpose, includes the 5 Ws
What does the commanders intent provide?
It provides what the commander constitutes as success for the operation. Has 3 components.
What are the 3 components of commander’s intent?
Purpose - broader purpose in relation to higher’s intent and purpose.
Key Task - Tasks that must be performed to achieve the end state.
End state - Describes the end state conditions of EF, FF, Terrain, and civil considerations
What is the concept of operations?
A statement that directs how subordinate units will cooperate to accomplish the mission.
What does the concept of the operation describe?
The combination of offensive, defensive, or stability ops
Within the operational framework; deep/close/support, decisive /shaping/sustaining, and the ME and SE
Concept of Operation should…..
Be nested with higher’ s concept of operations
Expressed as Begins with…… and Ends with….
Example: Phase 1 begins with…….and Ends with…..
What are the steps of the OPs process?
Plan
Prepare
Execute
Assess
Describe the “plan” step of the OPs process
Understand the situation, envision a desired future, lay out a way to get there.
Decribe the “preparation” step of the OPs process
Activities that the unit or soldiers take to improve their ability to execute an operation
Describe the “execution” portion of the OPs process
Do the plan. Apply combat power, adjust to the situation and accomplish the mission
Describe the “assesing” step in the OPs process
Evaluating the progress throughout. How well you are working towards the objective
What are some pitfall to avoid in planning?
Attempting to forecast or dictate events to far in the future.
Planning in to much detail
Using the plan as a script for execution
Using planning methods to rigidly
Rabbit holes
How does a commander utilize “understand” in the UVDDLA process?
The OE and the problem
Use IPB and PMESII-PT to analyze
How does a commander utilize “visualize” in the UVDDLA process?
The desired endstate and operational approach
Use an operational framework to visualize employment of forces
How does a commander utilize “describe” in the UVDDLA process?
CDR’s describe their visualization to staff and subordinate commanders so that they share a common understanding and purpose
Informs COA dev
Conveyed via:
CDR’s Intent
Planning Guidance
CCIR
EEFIHow does a commander utilize “direct” in the UVDDLA process?
CDR approves plans, positions forces and allocates resources
How does a commander utilize “lead” in the UVDDLA process?
Provide purpose direction and motivation
How does a commander utilize “asses” in the UVDDLA process?
Continuous throughout the ops process
What is the value of planning?
Understand and develop solutions
Anticipate and adapt to changes
Task organize and prioritize efforts
Direct, coordinate, and synchronize action
What are the guiding principles of the ops process
CAB
Commanders drive the operations process
Apply crtical and creative thinking
Build and maintain situational understanding
Define combat power
The total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit can apply at a given time
What are the elements of combat power
Warfighting Functions (CF SIMP)
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Leadership; applied through mission command (multiplies and unifies elements of combat power)
Information; enables informed decision making (info collection and protection)
