J300 GRADE A Q&A
operational approach - (correct answer)a commander's description of the broad actions
the force must take to achieve the desired military end state.
Termination Criteria - (correct answer)The specified standards approved by the
President and or the Secretary of Defense that must be met before a joint operation can
be concluded.
Military End State - (correct answer)This end state is the set of required conditions that
defines achievement of all military objectives. It normally represents a point in time
and/or circumstances beyond which the President does not require the military
instrument of national power as the primary means to achieve remaining national
objectives.
Objectives - (correct answer)clearly defined, decisive, and attainable goals toward
which every military operation should be directed.
effect - (correct answer)physical and/or behavioral state of a system that results from an
action, a set of actions, or another effect.
Center of Gravity (CoG) - (correct answer)A CoG is a source of moral or physical
strength, power and resistance.
At the strategic level, a CoG could be a military force, an alliance, political or military
leaders, a set of critical capabilities or functions, or national will.
•At the operational level a CoG often is associated with the adversary's military
capabilities —such as a powerful element of the armed forces —but could include other
capabilities in the operational environment.
Critical Capability - (correct answer)A means that is considered a crucial enabler for a
, center of gravity to function as such, and is essential to the
accomplishment of the specified or assumed objective(s).
Primary abilities that merit a center of gravity to be identified. Critical capabilities
generate force or
persuasion. The center of gravity is the source of power for critical capabilities, and
Critical Capabilities are what a center of gravity can do.
Critical Requirement - (correct answer)A essential condition, resource, and means for a
critical capability to be fully operational.
Essential
conditions, resources and means for a
critical capability to be fully operative.
Critical Vulnerability - (correct answer)Critical requirements or components thereof
which
are deficient or vulnerable to neutralization, interdiction or attack in a manner achieving
decisive results.
Decisive Point - (correct answer)a geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or
function that, when acted upon, allows a commander to gain a marked advantage over
an adversary or contributes materially to achieving success.
"Decisive points are not CoGs, they are the keys to attacking or protecting them."
Lines of Operation - (correct answer)defines the interior or exterior orientation of the
force in relation to the enemy or that connects action on nodes and/or decisive points
related in time and space to an objective(s). LOOs describe and connect a series of
decisive actions that lead to control of a geographic or force oriented objective.
operational approach - (correct answer)a commander's description of the broad actions
the force must take to achieve the desired military end state.
Termination Criteria - (correct answer)The specified standards approved by the
President and or the Secretary of Defense that must be met before a joint operation can
be concluded.
Military End State - (correct answer)This end state is the set of required conditions that
defines achievement of all military objectives. It normally represents a point in time
and/or circumstances beyond which the President does not require the military
instrument of national power as the primary means to achieve remaining national
objectives.
Objectives - (correct answer)clearly defined, decisive, and attainable goals toward
which every military operation should be directed.
effect - (correct answer)physical and/or behavioral state of a system that results from an
action, a set of actions, or another effect.
Center of Gravity (CoG) - (correct answer)A CoG is a source of moral or physical
strength, power and resistance.
At the strategic level, a CoG could be a military force, an alliance, political or military
leaders, a set of critical capabilities or functions, or national will.
•At the operational level a CoG often is associated with the adversary's military
capabilities —such as a powerful element of the armed forces —but could include other
capabilities in the operational environment.
Critical Capability - (correct answer)A means that is considered a crucial enabler for a
, center of gravity to function as such, and is essential to the
accomplishment of the specified or assumed objective(s).
Primary abilities that merit a center of gravity to be identified. Critical capabilities
generate force or
persuasion. The center of gravity is the source of power for critical capabilities, and
Critical Capabilities are what a center of gravity can do.
Critical Requirement - (correct answer)A essential condition, resource, and means for a
critical capability to be fully operational.
Essential
conditions, resources and means for a
critical capability to be fully operative.
Critical Vulnerability - (correct answer)Critical requirements or components thereof
which
are deficient or vulnerable to neutralization, interdiction or attack in a manner achieving
decisive results.
Decisive Point - (correct answer)a geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or
function that, when acted upon, allows a commander to gain a marked advantage over
an adversary or contributes materially to achieving success.
"Decisive points are not CoGs, they are the keys to attacking or protecting them."
Lines of Operation - (correct answer)defines the interior or exterior orientation of the
force in relation to the enemy or that connects action on nodes and/or decisive points
related in time and space to an objective(s). LOOs describe and connect a series of
decisive actions that lead to control of a geographic or force oriented objective.
