DETAILED ANSWERS
Defensive Tasks
1. Area Defense
2. Mobile Defense
3. Retrograde
Characteristics of the Offense
1. Surprise
2. Concentration
3. Audacity
4. Tempo
Characteristics of the Defense
1. Disruption
2. Flexibility
3. Maneuver
4. Massing Effects
5. Operations in Depth
6. Preparation
7. Security
Levels of War
1. Strategic
2. Operational
3. Tactical
Troop Leading Procedures
1. Receive the mission
2. Issue WARNO
3. Make a tentative plan
4. Initiate movement
,5. Reconnoiter
6. Complete plan
7. Issue OPORD
8. Supervise
Tenets of Unified Land Operations
1. Simultaneity
2. Depth
3. Flexibility
4. Synchronization
Principles of Unified Land Operations
1. Mission Command
2. Develop the situation through action
3. Combined Arms
4. Adherence to the Law of War
5. Establish and Maintain Security
6. Create Multiple Dilemmas for the Enemy
Steps of IPB
1. Define the Operational Environment
2. Describe environmental effects on operations
3. Evaluate the threat
4. Determine threat COAs
The Mission Statement
Who (the company)
What (the unit's essential task and type of operation)
When (this is the time given in the BN OPORD)
Where (the OBJ or location stated in higher's OPORD)
Why (the company purpose, taken from higher's concept of the operation)
Decisive Point
A decisive point is a geographic space, 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
, 1. Movement to contact
2. Attack
3. Pursuit
4. Exploitation
Fundamentals of Reconnaissance
1. Do not keep recon assets in reserve
2. Orient on the recon objective
3. Report information rapidly and accurately
4. Gain and maintain enemy contact
5. Ensure continuous recon
6. Retain freedom of maneuver
7. Develop the situation rapidly
Fundamentals of Security
1. Provide early and accurate warning
2. Provide reaction time and maneuver space
3. Orient on the force or facility to be secured
4. Perform continuous recon
5. Maintain enemy contact
Principles of Direct Fire Control
1. Mass the effects of fire
2. Avoid target overkill
3. Destroy the greatest threat first
4. Employ the best weapon for the specific target
5. Minimize exposure
6. Plan and implement fratricide avoidance measures
7. Plan for limited visibility
8. Plan for degraded capabilities
Terrain Based DFCM
1. Target Reference Point
2. Engagement Area
3. Sector of Fire
4. Direction of Fire
5. Terrain based quadrant