IBOLC ENTRANCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
What are the five Principles of Patrolling? - ANS- Planning, Reconnaissance, Security, Control,
Common Sense
Troop Leading Procedures (TLP'S) - ANS- Receive the Mission
- Issue the WARNO
- Make a tentative Plan
- Initiate Movement
- Conduct Reconnaissance
- Complete The plan
- Issue the Order
- Supervise/Refine
The five Paragraphs of an Operations Order (OPORD) - ANS- Situation
- Mission
- Execution
- Sustainment (formerly Service & Support)
- Command & Control (formerly command & Signal)
Elements of the five point contingency plan - ANSG- Where the leader is going
O- Others leader is taking with him
T- Time you will be gone?
W- What to do if he does not return in time
A- Actions to take on contact (for you and me)
Elements of METT-TC - ANS- Mission, Enemy, Time Available, Terrain, Troops available, Civil
Considerations
Movement techniques and when to use them (Ref RHB 6-1) - ANSTraveling, Traveling
Overwatch, Bounding overwatch
Traveling - ANSSpeed is of the essence and contact not likely
Traveling Overwatch - ANScontact is possible, less speed but more control than traveling
Bounding Overwatch - ANSContact likely, slower but more control
Forms of maneuver (Ref FM 3-21.8, Para 7-13) - ANS- Envelopment, Turning Movement,
Infiltration, Penetration, Frontal Attack, Flank attack
Types of Offensive Operations (Ref FM 3-21.8 Pg 7-2) - ANS- Movement to contact
What are the five Principles of Patrolling? - ANS- Planning, Reconnaissance, Security, Control,
Common Sense
Troop Leading Procedures (TLP'S) - ANS- Receive the Mission
- Issue the WARNO
- Make a tentative Plan
- Initiate Movement
- Conduct Reconnaissance
- Complete The plan
- Issue the Order
- Supervise/Refine
The five Paragraphs of an Operations Order (OPORD) - ANS- Situation
- Mission
- Execution
- Sustainment (formerly Service & Support)
- Command & Control (formerly command & Signal)
Elements of the five point contingency plan - ANSG- Where the leader is going
O- Others leader is taking with him
T- Time you will be gone?
W- What to do if he does not return in time
A- Actions to take on contact (for you and me)
Elements of METT-TC - ANS- Mission, Enemy, Time Available, Terrain, Troops available, Civil
Considerations
Movement techniques and when to use them (Ref RHB 6-1) - ANSTraveling, Traveling
Overwatch, Bounding overwatch
Traveling - ANSSpeed is of the essence and contact not likely
Traveling Overwatch - ANScontact is possible, less speed but more control than traveling
Bounding Overwatch - ANSContact likely, slower but more control
Forms of maneuver (Ref FM 3-21.8, Para 7-13) - ANS- Envelopment, Turning Movement,
Infiltration, Penetration, Frontal Attack, Flank attack
Types of Offensive Operations (Ref FM 3-21.8 Pg 7-2) - ANS- Movement to contact
