ALC Tactics Exam 100% SOLVED

ALC Tactics Exam 100% SOLVED How do you extract task and purpose from a mission statement - ANSWERPurpose clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason for doing so contains the elements of who what when where and why and reasons there of but rarely the how What is key terrain - ANSWERAny locality or area, the siezure or retention of which affords a marked advantage to either combatant in a given COA What is the 1st step of COA Development - ANSWERAnanlyze relative combat power What is the commanders intent - ANSWERClear, concise expression of the purpose of the operation and desired military endstate What are the 8 elements of combat power - ANSWERLeadership, information, movement and maneuver, intell, fires, sustainment, mission command, protection What is combat power - ANSWERTotal means of destructive, constructive and information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at any given time What are the types of offensive tasks - ANSWERMovement to contact, attack, exploitation, pursuit What are the characteristics of offensive tasks - ANSWERSurprise concentration audacity tempo Define offensive tasks - ANSWERCombat operations conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources + population centers. They impose the commanders will on the enemy Mission command encourages the greatest possible freedom of action from who - ANSWERSubordinates