Doctrine Defined: - A body of thought on how Army forces intend to
operate as an integral part of a joint force
What is the Goal of Unified Land Operations? - Unified land operations are simultaneous
offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks to seize, reta...
Doctrine Defined: - ✔✔A body of thought on how Army forces intend to
operate as an integral part of a joint force
What is the Goal of Unified Land Operations? - ✔✔Unified land operations are simultaneous
offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks to seize, retain, and
exploit the initiative and consolidate gains to prevent conflict, shape the operational environment,
and win our Nation's wars as part of unified action
Purpose of Offense? - ✔✔To defeat, destroy, or neutralize the enemy force.
Additionally, Commanders conduct offensive tasks to secure decisive terrain, to deprive the enemy of
resources, to gain information, to deceive and divert the enemy, to hold the enemy in position, to
disrupt the enemy's attack, and to set up the conditions for future successful operations.
Purpose of Defense? - ✔✔Allows Commanders choose to defend to create conditions for a
counteroffensive that allows Army forces to regain the initiative
What does ASCOPE stand for? - ✔✔Areas, Structures, Capabilities, Organizations, People, Events
8 Dynamics of an Insurgency? - ✔✔Leadership, Ideology, Objectives, Environment & Geography,
External Support, Internal Support, Phasing and Timing, Organizational and Operational Patterns
Decisive Action is: - ✔✔the continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and
stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks. In unified land
operations, commanders seek to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative while synchronizing their
actions to achieve the best effects possible
What are the 4 Primary Offensive Tasks? - ✔✔Movement to Contact, Attack, Exploitation, Pursuit
What are the 3 Basic Defensive Tasks? - ✔✔Mobile, Defense, Retrograde
What are Stability Tasks? - ✔✔Tasks conducted as part of operations outside the United States in
coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe
, and secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure
reconstruction, and humanitarian relief
How many elements of Combat Power (Warfighting Functions) are there? - ✔✔6
What are the elements of Combat Power/Warfighting Functions? - ✔✔Mission Command,
Movement & Maneuver, Intelligence, Fires, Sustainment, Protection
What is the multiplying and unifying element of combat power? - ✔✔Leadership
Effective maneuver requires close coordination with? - ✔✔Fires
Which war fighting function enables a commander to balance the art of command and the science of
control in order to integrate the other warfighting functions? - ✔✔Mission Command
Which war fighting function preserves the force so the commander can apply maximum combat
power? - ✔✔Protection
Define Operational Framework: - ✔✔The character of the dominant major operation being
conducted at any time within a land force commander's area of operations
What are the types of battle positions? - ✔✔Primary, Alternate, Supplementary, and Subsequent
The Operational Environment is: - ✔✔the composite of the physical and human terrain. It includes
the variables many interrelated that are part of the Area of Interest and the Area of Operation.
What are the characteristics of Offensive Tasks? - ✔✔Surprise, Concentration, Tempo, Audacity
Tactics include the ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to? - ✔✔Each other,
Terrain, and the enemy
What are Stability Tasks? - ✔✔tasks conducted as part of operations outside the US in coordination
with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment
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