Captains Career Course - Common Core Final EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST VERSION

Captains Career Course - Common Core Final EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST VERSION 1. The ART of tactics - ANSWER Encompasses the understanding of those military aspects of tactics - capabilities, techniques, and procedures - that can be measured and codified 2. What is the fundamental difference between homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities? - ANSWER HD is focused on external threats and aggression while DSCA is focused on supporting civil authorities and domestic disaster relief 3. Offensive operation tasks - ANSWER Movement to contact; attack; exploitation; pursuit 4. 3 statuses that the national guard can operate under - ANSWER State Active Duty; Title 32; Title 10 5. Purposes for defensive operations - ANSWER 1. Deter or defeat enemy offense 2. Gain Time 3. Achieve economy of force 4. Retain key terrain 5. Protect the populace 6. Critical Assets and infrastructure 7. Develop intelligence 6. Characteristics of defensive operations - ANSWER 1. preparation 2. Security 3. Disruption 4. Massing effects 5. Flexibility 6. Maneuver 7. Operations in Depth 7. Characteristics of the Offense - ANSWER 1. Surprise 2. Concentration 3. Tempo 4. Audacity 8. 3 triggers for the transition from offense to defense - ANSWER 1. victory 2. culmination 3. change of mission 9. 4 phases to a hazard or disaster - ANSWER 1. planning 2. response 3. recovery 4. restoration 10. 8 Principles of Sustainment - ANSWER 1. Anticipation 2. Continuity 3. Responsiveness 4. Integration 5. Simplicity 6. Improvisation 7. Survivability 8. Economy 11. War Fighting Function - ANSWER 1. Mission Command 2. Maneuver and Movement 3. Intelligence 4. Fires 5. Sustainment 6. Protection 12. What are the types of Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs)? - ANSWER 1. Infantry 2. Armored 3. Stryker 13. Brigade Combat Teams can be augmented to meet different mission requirements and variables. - ANSWER True 14. The __________ are the ABCT's primary maneuver force. - ANSWER Combined Arms Battalion 15. Which Stability Mechanism focuses on imposing civil order? - ANSWER Control 16. ADP __________ covers Stability Operations? - ANSWER ADP 3-07 17. Which references cover Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)? - ANSWER ADRP 3-28 ADRP 3-0 18. The Stafford Act - ANSWER Authorizes the President to issue major disaster declarations - authorizes federal agencies to provide assistance to states overwhelmed by disasters 19. Posse Comitatus Act - ANSWER Prohibits use of federal troops for law enforcement 20. Insurrection Action - ANSWER Allows the President to use federal troops to enforce federal laws when rebellion against the authority of the US makes it impracticable to enforce the laws of the US 21. Economy Act - ANSWER Authorizes federal agencies to provide supplies and services to each other 22. Title 10, United States Code (Reserve Components) - ANSWER May order members, without consent, to active duty not more than 15 days a year. May retain, with consent, on active duty anytime 23. Title 32, United States Code (National Guard) - ANSWER These forces report directly to the Governor of the state 24. In which publication would you look to find information for Brigade Support Battalions? - ANSWER ATP 4-90 25. What are the sustainment functions? - ANSWER 1. Contracting 2. Field Services 3. General Engineering Support NOT financial management 26. What are the four basic principles of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)? - ANSWER 1. Military Necessity 2. Proportionality 3. Discrimination or Distinction 4. Unnecessary Suffering 27. Symbols protected under the Geneva Convention - ANSWER 1. Red Cross 2. Red Crescent 3. Red Crystal 28. Line of Contact: - ANSWER Assembly Area (AA): An area a unit occupies to prepare for an operation. (FM 3-90-1) 29. Forward Edge of the Battle Area (FEBA): The foremost limits of a series of areas in which ground combat units are deployed, excluding the areas in which the covering or screening forces are operating, designated to coordinate fire support, the positioning of forces, or the maneuver of units. Also called FEBA. Forward Line of Troops: A line which indicates the most forward positions of forces in any kind of military operation at a specific time. Note. The open side of the arc reflects the reported unit. Phase Line: A line utilized for control and coordination of military operations, usually a terrain feature extending across the zone of action. Line of Contact: A general trace delineating the locations where friendly and enemy forces are engaged. The line of contact symbol is created when both the friendly and enemy forward line of troops symbols are displayed. Framed Symbols: