Competence
Mutual trust
Shared understanding
Commander's intent
Disciplined initiative
Mission orders
Risk Acceptance
What are the principles of Mission Command?
Offensive
Defensive
Stability Tasks
Defense Support of Civil Authority Tasks (CONUS ONLY)
What are the tasks of Decisive Action?
Movement To Contact
Attack
Exploitation
Pursuit
What are the offensive tasks?
Concentration
Audacity
Surprise
, Tempo
What are the characteristics of the offense?
Concentration
Massing effects of combat power in time and space at the decisive point to achieve a single
purpose
Audacity
Willingness to take bold risks/dispelling uncertainty by acting decisively
Surprise
Attacking at a time or place, or in a manner, in which enemy forces did not prepare or expect
Tempo
Relative speed and rhythm of operations over time, with respect to the enemy
Mobile
Area
Retrograde
What are the types of defense?
Commanders
Who drives the operations process?
CONUS only
Are DSCA operations done CONUS, OCONUS, or both?
Specified Tasks
Tasks that are specifically assigned to a unit
Implied Tasks
Tasks that must be performed to accomplish a specified task
Essential Tasks
Specified or implied tasks that must be executed to accomplish the mission