Task verbs Flashcards
Take offensive action against a specified objective
Attack
Restrict enemy movement to a narrow zone
Canalize
Gain possession of specified enemy personnel/materiel/information
Capture
Remove all enemy forces & eliminate organized resistance in an assigned area
Clear
Restrids freedom of movement of an enemy force in a specified area
Contain
Maintain physical influence over a specified area to prevent its use by an enemy
Control
Attack against an enemy attacking force
Counter-Attack
Provide secutiry for main force before an enemy can attack, observe or defend
Cover
Dimish the effectiveness of an enemy, to the extent that it cannot fight or fulfill its intention
Defeat
Prevent an enemy force arriving at a specified location
Delay
Deceive the enemy by making a show of force without seeking contact
Demonstrate
Prevent enemy use of a specific thing
Deny
Damage an object or enemy force so that it is rendered useless until reconstituted
Destroy
Break contact with enemy
Disengage
Break apart an enemy’s formation & tempo, interrupt enemy timetable/cause premature/piecemeal commitment of forces
Disrupt
Accompany and protect
Escort
Withdraw through or around enemy positions without detection
Exfiltrate
Exploitation- an offensive operation that follows a successful attack designed to disorganize the enemy in depth
Conduct exploitation
Deceive the enemy by seeking contact but avoiding a decisive engagement
Feint
Prevent enemy from moving any part of its forces from a location for a specified period of time
Fix
Move a force into or through areas under enemy control without detection
Infiltrate
Keep enemy force out of range so It cannot be used effectively against a friendly force
Interdict
Seal off enemy force from its support to deny it freedom of movement, prevent contact with other enemy forces
Isolate
Determine the position of a specified thing
Locate
Render enemy element temporarily incapable of interfering with the operation
Neutralize
Position a unit in a specified area without enemy oppositino
Occupy
Extract a friendly force element or materiel from a location not under friendly control, with or without force
Recover
Observe, identify, report information on threats to main force. fight in self-protection only
Screen
Gain possession of a terrain feature, with or without force, and make such disposition as will prevent its destruction of loss to enemy action
Secure
Clear a designated area and obtain control of it
Seize
engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another maneuvering force
Support by fire
temporarily degrade an enemy capability to enable and friendly action
suppress
force an enemy from one direction to another
Turn
Disengage from the enemy and move in a direction away from the enemy
Withdraw
