CCC Common Core Combined Set questions and answers well illustrated.

CCC Common Core Combined Set questions and answers well illustrated. TLPs - correct answers.R- Receive the mission I- Issue Warno M- Make a tentative plan I- Initiate movement C- Conduct recon C- Complete the plan I- Issue the order S- Supervise/Refine Foundations of Unified Land Operations - correct answers.1. I- Initiative 2. D- Decisive action 3. C- Army core competencies 4. M- Mission command Initiative - correct answers.Operational initiative is setting or dictating the terms of action throughout an operation. Individual initiative is the willingness to act in the absence of orders, when existing orders no longer fit the situation, or when unforeseen opportunities or threats arise. Decisive action - correct answers.a. Decisive action—the continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks. Decisive action tasks - correct answers.i. An offensive task is a task conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers. ii. A defensive task is a task conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability tasks. iii. Stability is an overarching term encompassing various military missions, tasks, and activities conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment, provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief. iv. Defense support of civil authorities is support provided by U.S. Federal military forces, Department of Defense civilians, Department of Defense contract personnel, Department of Defense component assets, and National Guard forces. Army core competencies - correct answers.a. Combined arms maneuver is the application of the elements of combat power in unified action to defeat enemy ground forces; to seize, occupy, and defend land areas; and to achieve physical, temporal, and psychological advantages over the enemy to seize and exploit the initiative. b. Wide area security is the application of the elements of combat power in unified action to protect populations, forces, infrastructure, and activities; to deny the enemy positions of advantage; and to consolidate gains in order to retain the initiative Mission command - correct answers.Mission command is 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. Six fundamental principles of Mission command - correct answers.B- Build cohesive teams through mutual trust C- Create shared understanding P- Provide a clear commander's intent E- Exercise disciplined initiative U- Use mission orders A- Accept prudent risk Tenants of Unified Land Operations - correct answers.F- Flexibility I- Integration L- Lethality A- Adaptability D- Depth S- Synchronization Principles of joint operations - correct answers.O- Objective O- Offensive M- Mass M- Maneuver E- Economy of force U- Unity of command S- Security S- Surprise S- Simplicity R- Restraint P- Perseverance L- Legitimacy IPB - correct answers.Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) is the systematic process of analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations in an area of interest to determine their effect on operations. Steps of IPB - correct answers.D- Define the operational environment a. Defining the operational environment results in the identification of significant characteristics of the operational environment that can affect friendly and enemy operations. This step also results in the identification of gaps in current intelligence holdings. D- Describe environmental effects on operations a. Describes how characteristics related to enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations affect friendly ops E- Evaluate the threat a. Understand how a threat/adversary can affect friendly operations. D- Determine threat a. Identifies and develops possible threat/adversary COAs that can affect accomplishing the friendly mission. The mission statement - correct answers.The mission is the task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore. Decisive point - correct answers.A geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving success. Offensive tasks - correct answers.M- Movement to contact A- Attack E- Exploitation P- Pursuit Movement to contact - correct answers.An offensive task designed to develop the situation and to establish or regain contact. The goal is to make initial contact with a small element while retaining enough combat power to develop the situation and mitigate the associated risk. The commander conducts a movement to contact when the enemy situation is vague or not specific enough to conduct an attack. Attack - correct answers.An offensive task that destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both. An attack differs from a movement to contact because, in an attack, the commander knows part of the enemy's disposition. This knowledge enables the commander to better synchronize and employ combat power more effectively in an attack than in a movement to contact. Exploitation - correct answers.An offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth. Exploitations seek to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where they have no alternative but to surrender or take flight. Pursuit - correct answers.An offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it. A pursuit normally follows a successful exploitation. However, any offensive task can transition into a pursuit, if enemy resistance has broken down and the enemy is fleeing the battlefield. Defensive tasks - correct answers.A- Area defense M- Mobile defense R- Retrograde Area defense - correct answers.The area defense is a defensive task that concentrates on denying enemy forces access to designated terrain for a specific time rather than destroying the enemy outright. The focus of the area defense is on retaining terrain where the bulk of the defending force positions itself in mutually supporting, prepared positions. Units maintain their positions and control the terrain between these positions. Mobile defense - correct answers.The mobile defense is a defensive task that concentrates on the destruction or defeat of the enemy through a decisive attack by a striking force. The mobile defense focuses on defeating or destroying the enemy by allowing enemy forces to advance to a point where they are exposed to a decisive counterattack by the striking force. The striking force is a dedicated counterattack force in a mobile defense constituted with the bulk of available combat power. A fixing force supplements the striking force. The commander uses the fixing force to hold attacking enemy forces in position, to help channel attacking enemy forces into ambush areas, and to retain areas from which to launch the striking force. Retrograde - correct answers.The retrograde is a defensive task that involves organized movement away from the enemy. The retrograde is a transitional operation; it is not conducted in isolation. It is part of a larger scheme of maneuver designed to regain the initiative and defeat the enemy. Three forms of the retrograde - correct answers.D- Delay W- Withdrawal R- Retirement Delay - correct answers.A delaying operation is an operation in which a force under pressure trades space for time by slowing down the enemy's momentum and inflicting maximum damage on the enemy without, in principle, becoming decisively engaged. Withdrawal - correct answers.A withdrawal operation is a planned retrograde operation in which a force in contact disengages from an enemy force and moves in a direction away from the enemy. Retirement - correct answers.A retirement is a form of retrograde in which a force out of contact moves away from the enemy. Characteristics of the offense - correct answers.A- Audacity C- Concentration S- Surprise T- Tempo Audacity - correct answers.Audacity means boldly executing a simple plan of action. Concentration - correct answers.Concentration is the massing of overwhelming effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose. Surprise - correct answers.In the offense, commanders achieve surprise by attacking the enemy at a time or place the enemy does not expect or in a manner that the enemy is unprepared for. Tempo - correct answers.Controlling or altering tempo is necessary to retain the initiative. - At the operational level, a faster tempo allows attackers to disrupt enemy defensive plans by achieving results quicker than the enemy can respond. - At the tactical level, a faster tempo allows attackers to quickly penetrate barriers and defenses and destroy enemy forces in depth before they can react. Characteristics of the defense - correct answers.D- Disruption F- Flexibility M- Maneuver M- Mass and concentration O- Operations in depth P- Preparation S- Security Disruption - correct answers.Defenders disrupt the attackers' tempo and synchronization with actions designed to prevent them from massing combat power. Disruption methods include misdirecting or destroying enemy reconnaissance forces, breaking up formations, isolating units, and attacking or disrupting systems. Use spoiling attacks before enemies can focus combat power and counterattack before the attackering enemy can consolidate any gains. Flexibility - correct answers.The conduct of the defense requires flexible plans. Maneuver - correct answers.Maneuver allows the defender to take full advantage of the area of operations and to mass and concentrate when desirable. Mass and concentration - correct answers.Defenders seek to mass the effects of overwhelming combat power where they choose and shift it to support the decisive operation. Operations in depth - correct answers.Simultaneous application of combat power throughout the area of operations improves the chances for success while minimizing friendly casualties. Quick, violent, and simultaneous action throughout the depth of the defender's area of operations can hurt, confuse, and even paralyze an enemy force just as that enemy force is most exposed and vulnerable. Preparation - correct answers.The defender arrives in the area of operations before the attacker and uses the available time to prepare. Defenders study the ground and select positions that allow the massing of fires on likely approaches. They combine natural and manmade obstacles to canalize attacking forces into engagement areas. Defending forces coordinate and rehearse actions on the ground, gaining intimate familiarity with the terrain. They place security, intelligence, and reconnaissance forces throughout the area of operations. Security - correct answers.Commanders secure their forces principally through protection, military deception, inform and influence activities, and cyber electromagnetic activities.