CGSC/ILE Comp Study Terms X100 (latest updated)

Operational Design - ANSWER the conception and construction of the intellectual framework that underpins joint operations plans and their subsequent execution? What is Operational Art? - ANSWER Operational Art is used to envision conditions that define the desired end state and how to establish those conditions. it helps CDRs to understand, visualize, and describe complex problems and develop a broad operational approach. it syncs our tactical actions with strategic objectives. What are the 12 principles of Joint Operations? - ANSWER Objective Offensive Mass Maneuver Economy of Force Unity of Command Security Surprise Simplicity Restraint Perseverance Legitimacy What is the PPBE Process? - ANSWER It is the primary system to manage the Army's financial systems. Its purpose is to provide civilian control and strategic direction to DOD and the US Army. What are the 4 steps in the Material Acquisition Process? - ANSWER 1) Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) 2) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) 3) Capabilities Development Document (CDD) 4) Capabilities Production Document (CPD) What is the difference between prescriptive and descriptive doctrine? - ANSWER Prescriptive doctrine must be followed to comply with law, common language, control measures, reports, while descriptive doctrine leaders should apply judgement with the OE and mission variables in mind and deviate when need and justified. What are the elements of the ethical triangle? - ANSWER Principles: Act in accordance with the established values and principles. Virtues: Golden Rule; Do unto others as you would have them do to you. Consequences: Do the greatest good for the greatest number. What are the 5 Phases of the Army Force Development Process? - ANSWER 1) Develop Capabilities 2) Design Organizations 3) Develop Organizational Models 4) Determine Authorizations 5) Document Organization Authorizations Commander's Planning Guidance - ANSWER Describe the OE. Describe the problem. Describe the operational approach. Give the CDR's Initial Intent. What are the elements of system's prespective? - ANSWER RAFT - Relationships, Actors, Functions, Tension. Mission Command as a Warfighting Function - ANSWER It is the related tasks and mission command systems that support the commander's exercise of authority and direction. Decision Point - ANSWER a point in space or time the commander or staff anticipate making a key decision concerning a specific course of action. Decisive Operation - ANSWER the operation that directly accomplishes the mission. It determines the outcome of a major operation, battle, or engagement. The decisive operation is the focal point around which commanders design an entire operation. Three operational frameworks - ANSWER Decisive-Shaping-Sustaining. Deep-Close-Security. Main Effort-Supporting Effort. What is IPB? - ANSWER the systematic process of analyzing of METT-TC in the AI to determine their effect on operations. What is JIPOE? - ANSWER a systematic approach used by intelligence personnel to analyze the adversary and other relevant aspects of the operational environment. The 4 Steps to IPB - ANSWER 1) Define the OE. 2) Describe the Environmental Effects on Operations. 3) Evaluate the Threat. 4) Determine Threat/Adversary COAs. Characteristics of the Defense - ANSWER Disruption, Flexibility, Maneuver, Mass/Concentration, Operations in Depth, Preparation, Security Primary Defensive Tasks - ANSWER Area Defense, Mobile Defense, Retrograde Leadership - ANSWER The Army defines leadership as "the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission, and improve the organization." Within this definition, leaders influence the organization through positional and personal power in order to achieve compliance and commitment. Clausewitz Trinity - ANSWER Reason (the government), chance (the military), and passion (the people) Concept of friction in war - ANSWER Danger, physical effort, and ambigous information Center of Gravity (doctrine) - ANSWER The source of power that provides moral or physical strength, freedom of action, or will to act. Center of Gravity (theory) - ANSWER The hub of all power and movement, on which everything depends; The CoG's movement and direction govern the rest. The purpose of CoG Analysis - ANSWER Help JFCs and staffs analyze friendly and adversary sources of strength as well as weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Operational Art - ANSWER A deliberate process designed to Understand and Visualize the Environment in order to develop a strategy. It is a vision that links tactical actions to strategic objectives. Operational Methodology - ANSWER Understand the strategic direction. Understand the OE. Understand the problem. Elements of Operational Design - ANSWER Termination, Military End State, Objectives, Effects, CoG, Decisive Points, LOO/LOEs, Direct & Indirect Approach, Anticipation, Operational Reach, Culmination, Arranging Operations, Forces & Functions, Phasing Critical Capabilities - ANSWER verb; considered crucial enablers for a COG to function as such, and are essential to the accomplishment of the adversary's assumed objective(s) Critical Requirements - ANSWER noun; the conditions, resources, and means that enable a critical capability to become fully operational Critical Vulnerability - ANSWER aspects or components of critical requirements that are deficient and can be targeted Decisive Point - ANSWER a geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked advantage ULO - ANSWER how the Army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative to gain and maintain a position of relative advantage in sustained land operations Four Foundations of ULO - ANSWER Begins and ends with the initiative. Executed through DA. By means of Army Core Competencies. Guided by Mission Command. Operational Initiative - ANSWER Is setting or dictating the terms of action throughout the operation Personal Initiative - ANSWER The willingness to act in the absence of orders, when existing orders no longer make sense, or the unforeseen arises Philosophy of Mission Command - ANSWER the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations Initiative in DA - ANSWER Initiative gives all operations the spirit, if not the form, of the offense. Initiative is used to gain a position of advantage that degrades and defeats the enemy throughout the depth of an organization. Initiative in CAM - ANSWER Commanders compel the enemy to respond to friendly actions Initiative in WAS - ANSWER By improving civil conditions and applying combat power to prevent the situtation from deteriorating Mission Command - ANSWER as a Warfighting Function It is the related tasks and mission command systems that support the commander's exercise of authority and direction. Decision Point - ANSWER a point in space or time the commander or staff anticipate making a key decision concerning a specific course of action. Decisive Operation - ANSWER the operation that directly accomplishes the mission. It determines the outcome of a major operation, battle, or engagement. The decisive operation is the focal point around which commanders design an entire operation. Three operational frameworks - ANSWER Decisive-Shaping-Sustaining. Deep-Close-Security. Main Effort-Supporting Effort. What is IPB? - ANSWER the systematic process of analyzing of METT-TC in the AI to determine their effect on operations. What is JIPOE? - ANSWER a systematic approach used by intelligence personnel to analyze the adversary and other relevant aspects of the operational environment. The 4 Steps to IPB - ANSWER 1) Define the OE. 2) Describe the Environmental Effects on Operations. 3) Evaluate the Threat. 4) Determine Threat/Adversary COAs. Characteristics of the Defense - ANSWER Disruption, Flexibility, Maneuver, Mass/Concentration, Operations in Depth, Preparation, Security Primary Defensive Tasks - ANSWER Area Defense, Mobile Defense, Retrograde Forms of Defense - ANSWER Defense of a Linear Obstacle, Perimeter Defense, Defense of a Reverse Slope 2 Types of Power - ANSWER Personal (commitment) and Positional (compliance) 3 Types of Influence Techniques - ANSWER Hard, soft, and rational Define Organizational Climate - ANSWER consists of collective perceptions of the work environment formed by members of the organization based on actions, policies, and procedures of the leadership Define Organizational Culture - ANSWER The shared beliefs of a group used to solve problems and manage internal anxiety Define Joint Operations - ANSWER means military actions conducted by joint forces and those Service forces employed in specified command relationships with each other. What is an RMA? - ANSWER The assembly of a complex mix of tactical, organizational, doctrinal, and technological innovations in order to implement a new conceptual approach to warfare or specialized sub-branch of warfare What is JCIDS? - ANSWER a need driven joint capabilities-based requirements generation process What is the purpose of JCIDS? - ANSWER The objective is to develop a balanced and synchronized DOTMLPF-P solution that is affordable, useful, effective, supportable, and based on mature technology What is DAS - ANSWER Defense Acquisition System (DAS). A management process to translate user needs and technological opportunities into reliable and sustainable systems What is the JCIDS - ANSWER relationship to DAS? JCIDS is related to the DAS by the MDD Examples of RMA - ANSWER • England's 14th Cent RMA Dutch & Swedish tactical reforms • French tactical and org reforms • National political & economic mobilization • Napoleonic warfare • Tech rev in land warfare (pre-WWI) • Combined-arms tactics and operations What is the goal of Force Management - ANSWER To provide trained and ready units for the Combatant Commanders What is the Army Force Development Process? - ANSWER It is a five-phase process that is the start point, rationale and underlying basis for defining the Army's force structure. The force development process consists of defining required military capabilities, designing force structures to provide these capabilities, and translating organizational concepts into a trained and ready Army. What are the 5 Phases of the Army Force Development Process? - ANSWER 1) Develop Capabilities 2) Design Organizations 3) Develop Organizational Models 4) Determine Authorizations 5) Document Organization Authorizations Why is Force Management important? - ANSWER Force Management is important because it ensures that today's Army can rapidly respond to the challenges of today and the future. Force management is future readiness. What are the 4 steps in the Material Acquisition Process? - ANSWER 1) Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) 2) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) 3) Capabilities Development Document (CDD) 4) Capabilities Production Document (CPD) What is an Initial Capabilities Document? - ANSWER The ICD documents the need for non-materiel and/or materiel solution approaches to resolve a specific high risk capability gap derived from the JCIDS C-BA process. What is a Capabilities Development Document? - ANSWER The CDD is the warfighter's primary means of defining authoritative, measurable, and/or testable capabilities for the Engineering and Manufacturing phase of an acquisition program. What is the Capabilities Production Document? - ANSWER The CPD is the warfighter's primary means of providing authoritative and testable capabilities for the Production and Deployment (P&D) phase of an acquisition program. What is an Analysis of Alternatives? - ANSWER The AoA evaluates potential materiel solutions to satisfy validated capabilities and supports a decision on the most cost effective, affordable solution to meet the validated capability requirement(s). What is doctrine? - ANSWER It is the body of professional knowledge that guides how Soldiers employ land power in a distinctly American way. What is the purpose of doctrine? - ANSWER Doctrine serves as a starting point for thinking about and conducting operations. In other words, it serves as a common professional language for amongst service members and as a common frame of reference for discussing operations. Who are the Statutory / Principle members of the National Security Organization/Council? - ANSWER President Vice President Secretary of State Secretary of Energy Secretary of Defense Who are the Statutory / Principle advisors of the National Security Organization/Council? - ANSWER Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) What is the purpose of a National Security Strategy? - ANSWER To Articulate national interest and basic policy direction and intent to the rest of the world. Define "Ends"? - ANSWER What is to be accomplished (objectives) Define "Ways"? - ANSWER How objectives are to be accomplished by the employment of DIME. Define "Means"? - ANSWER Determine types and levels of resources that are necessary to support the concepts of strategy. What does "Strategy" do? - ANSWER Lays down what is important and to be achieved, sets the parameters for the necessary actions, and prescribes what the state is willing to allocate in terms of resources. Achieving national strategic objectives requires effective unified action resulting in unity of effort. This is accomplished by collaboration, synchronization, and coordination in the use of what? - ANSWER "DIME" - instruments of national power How often is the Unified Command Plan (UCP) reviewed and updated? - ANSWER Every two years By whom is the Unified Command Plan (UCP) prepared? - ANSWER Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) What does the Unified Command Plan (UCP) do? - ANSWER Assigns missions; planning, training, & operational responsibilities; & geographical AOR to COCOMs. What are some CCDR's roles and responsibilities? - ANSWER Plan for contingencies as directed. Plan, conduct and assess security cooperation activities. Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) is reviewed and updated when? - ANSWER 2 - 6 Years Guidance For Employment of the Force (GEF) _____ the "WHAT". - ANSWER Provides Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP) _____ the "WHAT". - ANSWER Implements What is the acronym JOPES? - ANSWER Joint Operation Planning and Execution System What documents go to the Combat Command under strategic guidance? - ANSWER Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF) Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JFCP) Who signs off on / approves the Unified Command Plan (UCP) - ANSWER President What documents go to the Services under strategic guidance? - ANSWER Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)