Part 2 ( Laws of Combat) Chapter 7: Prioritize and Execute

Question 1

This is the 3rd law of comabt

Answer 1

Prioritize and Execute

Question 2

the law of Prioritize and execute means that leaders must effectively learn and take time to observe the ______ prior to making the call

Answer 2

surroundings

Question 3

Prioritize and Execute encourages us to remain calm in order to make the ____ ______

Answer 3

best decisions

Question 4

Regardless of circumstances, leaders are still expected to render decisions almost _____

Answer 4

instantly

Question 5

To overcome pressure, an effective means to prioritize and execute is to make sure that the team is always ahead of the _____ by coming up with a thorough and carefully strategized ________ plan

Answer 5

problem, contingency

Question 6

An effective ______ _____ can easily lead the team towards victory even when untoward incidents occur. It is necessary that the whole team is briefed on this ____ ___ so that they can still work harmoniously together. This also makes the team ready to execute, even when there are no instructions form their leader

Answer 6

contingency plan

Question 7

Maintaining the _____ picture also helps the leader prioritize for the team. It develops perspective which helps him to be highly critical and opens his eyes to problems that require immediate attention

Answer 7

strategic picture

Question 8

Priorities are easily changed in combat. Thus it is incumbent for teams to try to avoid absolute ______ on a single issue.

Answer 8

fixation

Question 9

The leader is expected to ____ changes in combat, while the teammates are expected to have developed a skill to _____ their efforts and adapt to the situation

Answer 9

relay, reprioritze

Question 10

The 7 following duties of an effective leader are

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1) evaluate the problem with the highest priority
2) simply, clearly, and concisely lay out the highest priorities for the team
3) Responsible for developing and determining a solution w/ suggested input from Junior leaders and the team
4) Must direct the execution of such solution, without losing focus on the priority task
5) Move to the next highest priority problem and repeat steps 1-4
6) When priorities shift within the team, key information must be sent to all team members from highest to lowest ranks
7) Target fixation must be avoided

Question 11

The radio call that let friendly forces know SEALs were on the the high ground was

Answer 11

Frogman on the roof

Question 12

BTF stood for

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Big Tough Frogman

Question 13

____ was an unofficial mantra adopted by Charlie Platoon. _____ entailed taking on substantial physical exertion and great risk and persevering by simply being big tough frogman

Answer 13

BTF

Question 14

A Big Mix-It-Up was a term for pushing into enemy territory and engaging in a firefight. It was the ___ terminology

Answer 14

chiefs

Question 15

LAAW is an acronym for

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Light anti-armor weapon - rockets

Question 16

Chapter 7’s title is _______ South Central Ramadi, Iraq: The hornets nest - By Leif Babin

Answer 16

Prioritize and execute

Question 17

In chapter 7, ___ was the platoon commander. He was in charge of the entire element. He went room to room on each floor to get a status on his men, gathered situational reports from sniper engagements, and passed situational reports over the radio to US Army TOC

Answer 17

Leif

Question 18

A group of armed insurgents tried to sneak up on the seals using the concealment of a ______ ______ to hide their movement

Answer 18

sheep pen

Question 19

The final resting place at Camp Ramadi became the final resting place for the charred wreckage of American tanks and armored vehicles that were destroyed

Answer 19

vehicle graveyard

Question 20

The Seals plan in prioritize and execute was to

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Go where the bad guys least expected them so they could

- seriously disrupt their program
- kill as many enemy fighters as they could
- decrease their ability to attack US Army/Marine outposts

Question 21

The SEAL platoon chose this particular building for its

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• commanding views of the area

- because it was in the enemies back yard

Question 22

A tactic they learned from the US Marines stationed along the main route through the city was

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unless there was an urgent casualty, hold the position and hunker down right there. Don’t call in vehicles or more troops and put them at risk unless you absolutely needed them

Question 23

The apartment building the SEAL team occupied provided excellent tactical position with a higher vantage point than the buildings around them and the thick concrete walls for protection. The only problem was

Answer 23

there was only 1 entrance/exit from the 2nd story - a narrow stairway leading down into the street. This meant enemy fighters could possibly place IEDs near the exit while the seals were inside and detonate them as they exited

Question 24

EOD bomb techs saw something out of place which was. They notified Leif that something looked suspicious

Answer 24

an otherwise unobtrusive item laying against the building wall only feet from the exit, covered in a plastic tarp, just a tiny sliver of a smooth cylindrical object peeked out from under the tarp.

Question 25

From the second story, 3 sides of the building offered a _______ foot drop from a window or balcony straight down

Answer 25

near-twenty

Question 26

SEALS always carried a ______ to make entry

Answer 26

sledgehammer

Question 27

The EOD bomb techs went to work and uncovered 2 130mm rocket projectiles whose nose cones were packed with ______, a plastic explosive

Answer 27

Semtex

Question 28

The command used to ignite the time fuse that would initiate the charge is ______ One EOD ______ and the other started a stopwatch that counted down to detonation

Answer 28

Pop Smoke

Question 29

Frag is an acronym for

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deadly metal fragments

Question 30

The combat medic was a

Answer 30

SEAL corpsman

Question 31

The SEAL on the roof got injured by falling through a plastic tarp covered in dust that appeared to be the edge of a roof in darkness. The seal fell ____ feet

Answer 31

20

Question 32

Leif recognized his priorities in the situation and he executed them one by one. The priorities were

Answer 32

• Set security
• Find a way down off of the roof and get to the wounded man
• ensure a full head count of all personnel and confirm they exited the building to a safe distance

Question 33

Fire team leaders reported to squad leaders who reported to the LPO who reported to Leif. They “we’re up” meaning

Answer 33

all accounted for

Question 34

Things can compound in a snowball effect and its important to stay calm. The SEAL combat leaders utilize prioritize and execute. They verbalize that direction by:

Answer 34

relax, look around, make a call

Question 35

A particularly effective means to P&E under pressure is to stay at least a ____ or ____ ahead of real-time problems. Through careful contingency planning, a lead can anticipate likely challenges that can arise and map out a response before they happen

Answer 35

step or 2

Question 36

Staying ahead of the ____ prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness

Answer 36

curve

Question 37

It is crucial, particularly for leaders at the top of the organization to “____________”, step back, and maintain the strategic picture. With this perspective, it becomes far easier to determine the highest priority effort and focus all energies towards its execution.

Answer 37

Pull themselves off the firing line

Question 38

The application to business section is Chapter 7 Prioritize and execute is written by

Answer 38

Jocko

Question 39

The application to business section is Chapter 7 Prioritize and execute story is about a CEO in a ________ company that their one major problem was that they were losing money

Answer 39

pharmaceutical industry

Question 40

This is a term used to describe a battle in which a unit locked in a tough combat situation cannot maneuver or extricate themselves. In other words, they could not retreat. The must win

Answer 40

Decisively engaged