AMEDD BOLC EXAMS TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Armor BCT - ✔✔Rapid movement, sustain combat operations
Limitations: restricted mobility, increased consumption of sustainment
✔✔Stryker BCT - ✔✔Rapid deployment
Limitations: less mobile/lethal
✔✔Infantry BCT - ✔✔Most flexible, rapid, effective
Limitations: dismounted, vulnerable
✔✔ARSOF Capabilities - ✔✔Special Warfare: unconventional warfare, foreign internal
defense, psych ops, civil-military ops
Surgical Strike: counter terrorism, counter proliferation, direct action, recovery ops
✔✔Staff - ✔✔Helps commander describe, direct, understand, visualize battle
Establishes and maintains coordination and cooperation both internally and with staff of
other units
Focus on helping commander and units
Commander can delegate authority to staff, NOT RESPONSIBILITY
Exist at BN level and higher
,✔✔Staff Designators - ✔✔•For staff groups under the command of a COL or LTC, the
'S' designator is used (i.e. BDE & BN)
•For staff groups under the command of a General Officer, the 'G' designator is used
(i.e. DIV, Corps, & Army)
•For staff groups working for the Joint Staff, the 'J' designator is used (i.e. CENTCOM)
✔✔Chief of Staff/ XO - ✔✔Commander's principle assistant for directing, coordinating,
supervising, training staff
Integrates and synchronizes war fighting plans
Manages CCIR
Establishes, manages, enforces staff plan time IAW Commander's guidance
Supervise all tasks
Ensure staff renders assistance to subordinate Commanders and Staffs
✔✔S1 - ✔✔Personnel
Manning, organize HQ, staff responsibilities for special staff officers (AG, Surgeon,
Chaplain, Staff Judge Advocate)
✔✔S2 - ✔✔Intel
Military intel
Counter intel
Security ops
Intel Train
✔✔S3 - ✔✔Operations
Training, Ops and Plans, Force Modernization
✔✔S4 - ✔✔Logistics
Logistical ops and plans, supply, maintenance, transpo, Mortuary Affairs
✔✔S5 - ✔✔Plans
Mid-long range planning at Division level and higher
Conjunction with G3, G5 preps task Org, Operations, Assess
, Staff plan and supervisory responsibility
✔✔S6 - ✔✔Signal
Info security, network management, signal ops, automation manage
✔✔G8 - ✔✔Financial management
✔✔S9 - ✔✔Civil Affairs
Evaluate civilian consideration, transition area ops to civilian control, advise
Commander on military effect on civilians in AO, enhance relationship between army
forces and civil authorities
✔✔War Fighting Functions - ✔✔Group of tasks/systems united by common purpose
that commander uses to accomplish missions
Mission Command
Movement and Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Sustainment
Protection
✔✔Support BDEs - ✔✔Maneuver enhancement
Battlefield surveillance
Aviation
Fires
Sustainment
✔✔Company trains - ✔✔Tactical sustainment for maneuver COMPANY
Located in rear
CO XO provides mission command
Resupplies CO
Senior medic provides med support at CCP
✔✔Combat Trains CP - ✔✔BN S4: mission command
BN S1/MEDO located here
Provide supplies, services, maintenance, medical aid to CO
BAS located here
✔✔Field Trains CP - ✔✔HHC Commander: mission command
Located in BSA
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Armor BCT - ✔✔Rapid movement, sustain combat operations
Limitations: restricted mobility, increased consumption of sustainment
✔✔Stryker BCT - ✔✔Rapid deployment
Limitations: less mobile/lethal
✔✔Infantry BCT - ✔✔Most flexible, rapid, effective
Limitations: dismounted, vulnerable
✔✔ARSOF Capabilities - ✔✔Special Warfare: unconventional warfare, foreign internal
defense, psych ops, civil-military ops
Surgical Strike: counter terrorism, counter proliferation, direct action, recovery ops
✔✔Staff - ✔✔Helps commander describe, direct, understand, visualize battle
Establishes and maintains coordination and cooperation both internally and with staff of
other units
Focus on helping commander and units
Commander can delegate authority to staff, NOT RESPONSIBILITY
Exist at BN level and higher
,✔✔Staff Designators - ✔✔•For staff groups under the command of a COL or LTC, the
'S' designator is used (i.e. BDE & BN)
•For staff groups under the command of a General Officer, the 'G' designator is used
(i.e. DIV, Corps, & Army)
•For staff groups working for the Joint Staff, the 'J' designator is used (i.e. CENTCOM)
✔✔Chief of Staff/ XO - ✔✔Commander's principle assistant for directing, coordinating,
supervising, training staff
Integrates and synchronizes war fighting plans
Manages CCIR
Establishes, manages, enforces staff plan time IAW Commander's guidance
Supervise all tasks
Ensure staff renders assistance to subordinate Commanders and Staffs
✔✔S1 - ✔✔Personnel
Manning, organize HQ, staff responsibilities for special staff officers (AG, Surgeon,
Chaplain, Staff Judge Advocate)
✔✔S2 - ✔✔Intel
Military intel
Counter intel
Security ops
Intel Train
✔✔S3 - ✔✔Operations
Training, Ops and Plans, Force Modernization
✔✔S4 - ✔✔Logistics
Logistical ops and plans, supply, maintenance, transpo, Mortuary Affairs
✔✔S5 - ✔✔Plans
Mid-long range planning at Division level and higher
Conjunction with G3, G5 preps task Org, Operations, Assess
, Staff plan and supervisory responsibility
✔✔S6 - ✔✔Signal
Info security, network management, signal ops, automation manage
✔✔G8 - ✔✔Financial management
✔✔S9 - ✔✔Civil Affairs
Evaluate civilian consideration, transition area ops to civilian control, advise
Commander on military effect on civilians in AO, enhance relationship between army
forces and civil authorities
✔✔War Fighting Functions - ✔✔Group of tasks/systems united by common purpose
that commander uses to accomplish missions
Mission Command
Movement and Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Sustainment
Protection
✔✔Support BDEs - ✔✔Maneuver enhancement
Battlefield surveillance
Aviation
Fires
Sustainment
✔✔Company trains - ✔✔Tactical sustainment for maneuver COMPANY
Located in rear
CO XO provides mission command
Resupplies CO
Senior medic provides med support at CCP
✔✔Combat Trains CP - ✔✔BN S4: mission command
BN S1/MEDO located here
Provide supplies, services, maintenance, medical aid to CO
BAS located here
✔✔Field Trains CP - ✔✔HHC Commander: mission command
Located in BSA
