Terms/Tasks/Definitions Flashcards
Types of Attacks
Ambush, Demonstration, Feint, Raid, Spoiling
Forms of Offensive Maneuver
Envelopment, Frontal Attack, Infiltration, Penetration, Turning, Movement
Breach
Breach is a tactical mission task in which the unit employs all available means to break through or secure a passage through an enemy defense, obstacle, minefield, or fortification.
Clear
Clear is a tactical mission task that requires the commander to remove all enemy forces and eliminate organized resistance within an assigned area
Bypass
Bypass is a tactical mission task in which the commander directs his unit to maneuver around an obstacle, position, or enemy force to maintain the momentum of the operation while deliberately avoiding combat with an enemy force.
Occupy
Occupy is a tactical mission task that involves moving a friendly force into an area so that it can control that area. Both the force’s movement to and occupation of the area occur without enemy opposition.
Retain
Retain is a tactical mission task in which the commander ensures that a terrain feature controlled by a friendly force remains free of enemy occupation or use
Secure
Secure is a tactical mission task that involves preventing a unit, facility, or geographical location from being damaged or destroyed as a result of enemy action.
Seize
Seize is a tactical mission task that involves taking possession of a designated area by using overwhelming force.
Support by Fire
Support-by-fire is a tactical mission task in which a maneuver force moves to a position where it can engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another maneuvering force.
Block
Block is a tactical mission task that denies the enemy access to an area or prevents his advance in a direction or along an avenue of approach.
Canalize
Canalize is a tactical mission task in which the commander restricts enemy movement to a narrow zone by exploiting terrain coupled with the use of obstacles, fires, or friendly maneuver.
Contain
Contain is a tactical mission task that requires the commander to stop, hold, or surround enemy forces or to cause them to center their activity on a given front and prevent them from withdrawing any part of their forces for use elsewhere.
Destroy
Destroy is a tactical mission task that physically renders an enemy force combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted. Alternatively, to destroy a combat system is to damage it so badly that it cannot perform any function or be restored to a usable condition without being entirely rebuilt.
Disrupt
Disrupt is a tactical mission task in which a commander integrates direct and indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles to upset an enemy’s formation or tempo, interrupt his timetable, or cause his forces to commit prematurely or attack in a piecemeal fashion
Fix
Fix is a tactical mission task where a commander prevents the enemy from moving any part of his force from a specific location for a specific period.
Interdict
Interdict is a tactical mission task where the commander prevents, disrupts, or delays the enemy’s use of an area or route.
Isolate
Isolate is a tactical mission task that requires a unit to seal off-both physically and psychologically-an enemy from his sources of support, deny him freedom of movement, and prevent him from having contact with other enemy forces.
Neutralize
Neutralize is a tactical mission task that results in rendering enemy personnel or materiel incapable of interfering with a particular operation
Turning
Turn is a tactical mission task that involves forcing an enemy element from one avenue of approach or movement corridor to another.
