Security Operations Flashcards
Define security operations
Operations undertaken by the commander to provide early and accurate warning. Provides the force being protected with time and maneuver space.
What is the purpose of security operations?
-Provide early and accurate warning
-Provide forces being protected with time
-Maneuver space within which to react to the enemy
-Develop the situation to allow commanders to effectively use their protected forces
What does the “O” stand for in fundamentals of security?
Orient on the protected force, area, or facility
Reporting of threat activity includes SALTW
Size
Activity
Location
Time
What are you doing
True or false: It is recommended to break and re-establish contact with the enemy during security operations
False
Screen primarily provides what?
Early Warning
What form of security provides the lease amount of security, and primarily provides early warning to the protected force?
Screen
When would you conduct convoy security rather than route security?
When you don’t have enough of a force to secure the entire route
What form of security is designed to protect helicopters in flight to their objective during an air assault or air movement mission?
Aerial Security
Security objectives provide what?
Enhancement of the commander’s focus by clarifying and prioritizing tasks for the security unit
The security objective for a unit conducting a screen might be able to ____________
locate and defeat enemy mounted reconnaissance forces
Engagement criteria includes___
Protocols that specify those circumstances for initializing engagement with an enemy force
-Defense size or type of enemy force to engage or avoid
Disengagement criteria includes____
When to allow enemy units to pass or when to cease engagement
-Allow units to identify, disrupt, or isolate
What criteria is given as guidance from the commander, as to when you WILL break contact from an enemy force?
Disengagement criteria
