TLPs
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
1. I- Initiative
2. D- Decisive action
3. C- Army core competencies
4. M- Mission command
Initiative
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
a. Decisive action—the continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and
stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks.
Decisive action tasks
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
,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
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
F- Flexibility
I- Integration
L- Lethality
A- Adaptability
D- Depth
S- Synchronization
Principles of joint operations
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
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.
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
1. I- Initiative
2. D- Decisive action
3. C- Army core competencies
4. M- Mission command
Initiative
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
a. Decisive action—the continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and
stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks.
Decisive action tasks
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
,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
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
F- Flexibility
I- Integration
L- Lethality
A- Adaptability
D- Depth
S- Synchronization
Principles of joint operations
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
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
ANSWER
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.
