ALC Tactics Exam Questions with correct Answers

What are Graphic Military Symbols, and what do they provide? - Answer- - Graphic Representation of: Units Equipment Installations Control Measures Tactical Tasks Other Elements - And they provide a Common Visual Language What is the purpose of Graphic Military Symbols? - Answer- * Allow Commanders and Staffs to display certain elements of the Operational Picture. Used on: - Situational Maps - Overlays - Annotated Aerial Photographs - Used to Express - Operational Plan or Order - Concept - Friendly or Hostile Situation What are graphic control measures? - Answer- Graphic control measures are graphic directives given by a Commander to subordinate Commanders / Leaders to assign responsibilities, coordinate fire and maneuver and control combat operations. What are the requirements for graphic control measures? - Answer- Overlays: - Graphics drawn on top of a map, sketch, or photograph - Overlay must have at least two reference points - Automated displays: Orientation: - Most in ADRP 1-02 have a 360-degree orientation capability - Control measures are oriented to reflect positions on the ground Why are control measures used? - Answer- Control measures are used to regulate forces and war fighting functions What is doctrine - Answer- Army doctrine is a body of thought on how Army forces intend to operate as an integral part of a joint force. Doctrine focuses on how to think—not what to think. It establishes the following: - How the Army views the nature of operations. Fundamentals by which Army forces conduct operations. - Methods by which commanders exercise mission command. What are TTP's? - Answer- Tactics: is the employment of units in combat. Techniques: are the general and detailed methods used by troops and commanders to perform assigned missions and functions, specifically the methods of using equipment and personnel. Procedures: are standard and detailed courses of action that describe how to perform tasks. What are tactics? - Answer- The employment of units in combat - It includes the ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to each other, the terrain and the enemy to translate potential combat power into victorious battles and engagements. What is the Art of Tactics? - Answer- THE ART OF TACTICS - consists of three interrelated aspects: - The creative way to accomplish assigned missions. - Decision making under adverse conditions. - Understanding the affects of combat on the Soldier. What is the Science of Tactics? - Answer- THE SCIENCE OF TACTICS - encompasses the understanding of those military aspects of tactics - capabilities, techniques, and procedures that can be measured and codified. What is Unified Action? - Answer- Unified Action is the synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the activities of governmental and non governmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort. Unified Action Partners Include- - Joint Forces - Multi-national Forces - U.S. Government Agencies ARMY ROLE = Unified Land Operations What is the goal of ULO? - Answer- Apply land power as part of unified action to defeat the enemy on land and Establish conditions that achieve the commanders end state. What is Unified Land Operations? - Answer- The central idea of Unified Land Operations is how the Army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative to gain and maintain a position of relative advantage, and create conditions favorable for conflict resolution. What are the Foundations of ULO? - Answer- - executed through Decisive Action - by means of Army Core Competencies - guided by Mission Command * Unified land operations begin and end with the exercise of individual and operational initiative. What is Decisive Action? - Answer- Decisive Action includes- Offense, Defense, Stability, and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Operations. Missions in any environment require Army forces to be prepared to conduct any combination of these operations. What is DSCA? - Answer- Defense Support of Civil Authorities: - Defense support of civil authorities is a task that takes place only in the homeland, although some of its tasks are similar to stability tasks. - Defense support of civil authorities is always conducted in support of another primary or lead federal agency. What are the Troop Leading Procedures? - Answer- Receive the mission Issue a warning order Make a tentative plan Initiate movement Conduct reconnaissance Complete the plan Issue the order Supervise What is an Offensive Task? - Answer- An offensive task is a task conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers What is a Defensive Task? - Answer- A task conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability tasks What is a Stability Tasks - Answer- 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.