Organization Flashcards
Serve as the joint or multinational land component command headquarters in campaigns and major operations.
Army Corps
Serve as a joint task force (JTF) headquarters for crisis response and limited contingency operations
Army Corps
Serve as a tactical headquarters commanding two to five Army divisions together with supporting brigades and commands in campaigns and major operations.
Army Corps
Provide the senior Army component headquarters (ARFOR) within a joint force for campaigns and major operations.
Army Corps
controls current operations, performs detailed analysis, and plans future operations. Includes the command group and most of the coordinating, special, and personal staff.
Main Command Post
- mobile and more easily deployed or displaced since most of its transportation is organic. The tactical command post can control corps operations for a limited time and form the nucleus of a forward-deployed early-entry command post (sometimes designated as an assault command post).
Tactical command post
primary role is as a tactical headquarters commanding brigades in decisive action, combining offensive, defensive, and either stability or DSCA tasks in an area of operations.
Division
The division headquarters is organized, trained, and equipped to command between ____ and ____ BCTs in combat as well as support the BCTs with any mix of multifunctional support brigades.
2 and 5
maneuver against, close with, and destroy the enemy. BCTs seize and retain key terrain, exerting constant pressure, and breaking the enemy’s will to fight. They are the principal ground maneuver unit of the division
BCTs
Modular Support Brigades
(5) - battlefield surveillance brigade, field artillery brigade (fires brigade), combat aviation brigade, maneuver enhancement brigade, and sustainment brigade.
Typically operate under theater army control and depend on theater-level elements for signal and other support. Some examples: engineer, military police, CBRN, air and missile defense, signal, EOD, medical, and civil affairs.
Functional Brigades
are balanced combined arms units that execute operations with shock and speed
Armored BCT
require less strategic lift than other BCTs. When supported with intratheater airlift, IBCTs have theaterwide operational reach.
Infantry BCT
balance combined arms capabilities with significant strategic and intratheater mobility.
Stryker BCT
commander’s principal staff assistants who advise, plan, and coordinate actions within their area of expertise or a warfighting function. Collectively, through the COS or XO, coordinating staff officers answer to the commander.
coordinating staff officer (S Shops)
help commanders and other staff members perform their functional responsibilities. Special staff sections are organized according to their professional or technical responsibilities
special staff officers
work under the commander’s immediate control. Army regulations and laws establish special relationships between certain staff officers and the commander. For example, Army Regulations (ARs) 20-1, 27-1, and 165-1 require the inspector general, staff judge advocate, chaplain, and public affairs officer
personal staff officer (aide de camp, chaplain, surgeon, sgtmaj, IG)
G8
Financial Management
G9
Civil Affairs
the principal staff officer responsible for coordinating all matters concerning the sustainment warfighting function
Chief of Sustainment (Corps and higher)
S4 (Brigade and below)
the principal staff advisor to the commander on all matters relating to the protection warfighting function at division through theater army.
Chief of protection (only assigned to corps and higher)
Responsible for advising the commander on the command’s overall welfare and state of discipline.
Inspector General
Provides professional internal audit capability and delivers pertinent, timely, and reliable information and advice to the commander. This information and advice evaluates risk, assesses management controls, fosters stewardship, and improves the quality, economy, and efficiency of business practices
Internal Review Officer
Responsible for coordinating health assets and operations within the command. This officer provides and oversees medical care to Soldiers, civilians, and enemy prisoners of war.
Surgeon
Those forces assigned to and forming an essential part of a military organization. Organic parts of a unit are those listed in its table of organization.
Organic
units are placed in an organization where such placement is relatively permanent (typically years). Assignment is based on the needs of the Army and is formalized by orders rather than organizational documents. Unless specifically stated, this relationship includes administrative control (ADCON).
Assigned
Attached units are placed in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary (perhaps months). The gaining unit assumes responsibility for the unit’s administration and sustainment.
Attached
lets the gaining commander task-organize and direct forces. The gaining unit is not responsible for logistics or matters of administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit training for the unit.
OPCON
does not allow the gaining commander to task-organize the unit.
TACON
A support relationship requiring a force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly to the supported force’s request for assistance.
Direct Support
That support which is given to the supported force as a whole and not to any particular subdivision thereof.
General Support
A support relationship requiring a force to support another supporting unit. Only like units (for example - artillery to artillery) can be given a _______ mission.
Reinforcing
The relationship assigned to a unit to support the force as a whole and to reinforce another similar-type unit.
General Support Reinforcing
provides protection and mobility to prevent or mitigate effects of hostile action against divisional forces.
maneuver enhancement brigade
typically conducts the following missions: reconnaissance, security (screen or guard), air assault, air movement, support to mission command, aeromedical evacuation, personnel and downed aircraft recovery.
combat aviation brigade
perform the following tasks:
Conduct strike operations.
Support BCTs and other brigades.
Conduct joint missions separate from the divisions.
Conduct fire support missions for the division and brigades.
Field artillery brigade
primarily conducts intelligence, surveillance, and recon- naissance operations.
battlefield surveillance brigade
What are the three staff groupings
Coordinating, Special, and Personal
what type of brigade is organized and trained to conduct maneuver support operations, support area operations, consequence management operations, and stability operations for the supported force?
Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
which brigades are the Army’s largest combined arms organizations as well as being primary close combat forces?
Armored Brigade Combat Team
