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Perform Effectively In An Operational Environment Flashcards

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Types of environments

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  • strategic environment
  • operational environment

In short: all of the conditions and influences that affect where soldiers will live, work, train and fight

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What is an operational environment?

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COMPOSITE OF THE CONDITIONS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND INFLUENCES that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the cdr

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What is the strategic environment

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The global environment in which the PODUS employs all the elements of national power (diplomatic, informational, military and economic)

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What are the operational variables

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Any OE in the real world or in training environment can be defined in terms of the 8 operational variables

  • political
  • military
  • economics
  • social
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • physical environment
  • time
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The army campaign plan identifies what?

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5 main characteristics of the complex OE that are likely to impact land force operations in the future

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What are the 5 main characteristics ID’d by the army campaign plan?

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  • increased velocity and momentum of human interaction and events
  • potential for overmatch
  • proliferation of WMD
  • spread of advanced cyberspace and counter space capabilities
  • demographics and operations among populations in cities and complex terrain
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what is: - increased velocity and momentum of human interaction and events

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Meeting the challenge of increased momentum will require the army to integrate momentum will require the army to integrate capabilities in Time, space and purpose
- to adapt quickly to momentum shifts

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What is: - potential for overmatch

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Overmatch is the application of adversary capabilities or unique tactics w intent to prevent or mitigate U.S. forces tactics or equipment

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What is: - proliferation of WMD

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Solving future WMD challenges require ground forces that have the ability to endure for considerable amounts of time in inhospitable conditions

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What is: - spread of advanced cyberspace and counter space capabilities

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The cyber and space domains will take on added importance in future

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What is: - demographics and operations among populations in cities and complex terrain

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With urbanization, the Army will need to operate for sustained periods among populations

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What does multi-domain warfare mean?

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Multi-domain warfare includes but is not limited to physical areas of:

  • air
  • land
  • maritime
  • space
  • cyberspace

Also includes information environment (including cyberspace) the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), and other factors

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What are the range of military operations?

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Least to worst

Military engagement, security, Cooperation and deterrence
->
Crisis Response and Limited contingency operations
->
Large-scale combat operations

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What are the levels of nation-state actors?

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Core states (inner core)
- US, UK, France etc
Transition states (wanna be)
- russia, china, india
Rogue states (hostile)
- n korea, iran, cuba, lybia, syria, venezuela

Failed or failing states
- somalia, hatia, kosovo, afghanistan, darfur, liberia

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Are nation state actors locked into their roles?

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Countries can switch categories or joint together to become an even larger threat (greatest threat for peer competitor)

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What are non-state/rogue actors?

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  • Terrorist
  • Insurgents
  • Drug-traffickers
  • Criminals
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What are third party actors?

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May not be openly hostile to U.S. forces but can disrupt or negatively affect our ability to accomplish the mission as they require assets to either provide security or monitor their actions

May be:

  • armed
  • hospital (due to specific agenda)
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Why must US forces understand the motivations of humanitarian relief organizations?

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To avoid diverting troops and resources from their assigned mission to conduct rescue or provide security and possibly increase levels of conflict
- also to reduce force protection asset depletion

While non-hostile they often get in the way

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How are transnational corporations involved?

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They will complicate the OE because they are in the country for a variety of reasons

  • research and development
  • infrastructure build/restore
  • enhance a countries security
  • conduct business w/in the countries

Their motivations may not be charitable, they may try to promote their own economic gain

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When can private security forces be an advisary?

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Their services are for hire so they may be hired by corporations or criminals

21
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Combatant organizations can be armed or unarmed. Give some examples of both

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Armed:

  • internal security forces
  • insurgents
  • guerrila
  • Private security
  • criminal organizations

Unarmed

  • media
  • active supporters
  • coerced or unwitting
  • lookouts
  • leaders
  • transporters
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Define noncombatant

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An individual in an area of combat operations, who is not armed and is not participating in any activity in support of any of the factions or forces involved in combat (FM 1-02)

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How are non-combatants broken down?

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Armed non-combatants

  • PSO
  • Locals
  • criminals (neutral)

Unarmed

  • medical
  • media
  • humanitarian
  • transnational corporations
  • displaced persons
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What is a hybrid threat?

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Diverse and dynamic combinations of two or more regular and/or irregular forces (conventional or unconventional), or criminal elements that are distinctly different in nature, but unified in purpose or effect

In short: 2+ different enemies joint together to fight the U.S.

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What are some EW/Space considerations?

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We are very reliant on our technology
- terrain, jamming (crude and real) decrease our effectiveness

  • even worse for civilian non-encrypted devices (contractors) are more vulnerable
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Bottom line:

The US Army must be prepare to:

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  • go into any OE
  • perform its mission
  • do so in the face of various possible threats and actors
  • deal with non-combatant population in dense urban terrain

BOLC Final 2020 (12 decks)

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