OPs Process

Question 1

What does the WFF Command and Control provide?

Answer 1

Synchronize and converge all elements of combat power

Question 2

What does the WFF Movement and Maneuver

provide?

Answer 2

Move and employ forces to gain RELATIVE advantage

Question 3

What does the WFF Intelligence provide?

Answer 3

Facilitates understanding of the OE (ENE, terrain, WX, Civil)

Question 4

What does the WFF Fires provide?

Answer 4

Creates and converges effects on the ENE to enable operations

Question 5

What does the WFF Sustainment provide?

Answer 5

Provides services and support to ensure freedom of action, operational reach, and endurance

Question 6

What does the WFF Protection provide?

Answer 6

Preserves forces so the CDR has maximum combat power to accomplish missions

Question 7

What is the primary purpose of planning?

Answer 7

It translates the CDRs visualization into a COA to solve a problem

Question 8

What is planning?

Answer 8

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)

Question 9

What are the elements of operation art?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What are the 3 methodologies for army planning?

Answer 10

ADM
MDMP
TLP

Question 11

Plans and orders are what?

Answer 11

Directives for future actions

Question 12

Plans are developed when?

Answer 12

In advance of execution

Question 13

What do plans become?

Answer 13

Orders once directed to execute

Question 14

What do plans provide?

Answer 14

Plans synchronize the action of forces in time, space with purpose to achieve objective/accomplish missions

Question 15

What does the mission statement provide?

Answer 15

Task and purpose, includes the 5 Ws

Question 16

What does the commanders intent provide?

Answer 16

It provides what the commander constitutes as success for the operation. Has 3 components.

Question 17

What are the 3 components of commander’s intent?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What is the concept of operations?

Answer 18

A statement that directs how subordinate units will cooperate to accomplish the mission.

Question 19

What does the concept of the operation describe?

Answer 19

The combination of offensive, defensive, or stability ops

Within the operational framework; deep/close/support, decisive /shaping/sustaining, and the ME and SE

Question 20

Concept of Operation should…..

Answer 20

Be nested with higher’ s concept of operations

Expressed as Begins with…… and Ends with….

Example: Phase 1 begins with…….and Ends with…..

Question 21

What are the steps of the OPs process?

Answer 21

Plan
Prepare
Execute
Assess

Question 22

Describe the “plan” step of the OPs process

Answer 22

Understand the situation, envision a desired future, lay out a way to get there.

Question 23

Decribe the “preparation” step of the OPs process

Answer 23

Activities that the unit or soldiers take to improve their ability to execute an operation

Question 24

Describe the “execution” portion of the OPs process

Answer 24

Do the plan. Apply combat power, adjust to the situation and accomplish the mission

Question 25

Describe the “assesing” step in the OPs process

Answer 25

Evaluating the progress throughout. How well you are working towards the objective

Question 26

What are some pitfall to avoid in planning?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

How does a commander utilize “understand” in the UVDDLA process?

Answer 27

The OE and the problem

Use IPB and PMESII-PT to analyze

Question 28

How does a commander utilize “visualize” in the UVDDLA process?

Answer 28

The desired endstate and operational approach

Use an operational framework to visualize employment of forces

Question 29

How does a commander utilize “describe” in the UVDDLA process?

Answer 29

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
	EEFI

Question 30

How does a commander utilize “direct” in the UVDDLA process?

Answer 30

CDR approves plans, positions forces and allocates resources

Question 31

How does a commander utilize “lead” in the UVDDLA process?

Answer 31

Provide purpose direction and motivation

Question 32

How does a commander utilize “asses” in the UVDDLA process?

Answer 32

Continuous throughout the ops process

Question 33

What is the value of planning?

Answer 33

Understand and develop solutions
Anticipate and adapt to changes
Task organize and prioritize efforts
Direct, coordinate, and synchronize action

Question 34

What are the guiding principles of the ops process

Answer 34

CAB

Commanders drive the operations process
Apply crtical and creative thinking
Build and maintain situational understanding

Question 35

Define combat power

Answer 35

The total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit can apply at a given time

Question 36

What are the elements of combat power

Answer 36

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)