IBOLC Comprehensive Exam Study Guide 2024 with Complete Solutions

IBOLC Comprehensive Exam Study Guide 2024 with Complete Solutions Five principles of patrolling - Answer- Planning Reconnaissance Security Control Common Sense Planning - Answer- Quickly make a simple plan and effectively communicate it to the lowest level. A great plan that takes forever to complete and is poorly disseminated isnt a great plan. Plan and prepare to a realistic standard and rehearse. reconnaissance - Answer- Your responsibility as a ranger leader is to confirm what you think you know and to confirm what you don't Security - Answer- Preserve your force as a whole. Every ranger and every rifle counts, anyone could be the difference between victory and defeat. control - Answer- Clarify the concept of the operation and commanders intent. coupled with disciplined communications, to bring every man and weapon available to overwhelm the enemy at the decisive point Common sense - Answer- Use all available information and good judgement to make sound, timely decisions Troop Leading Procedures - Answer- 1. Receive the mission 2. Issue the warning order 3. Make a tentative plan 4. Initiate movement 5. Reconnoiter 6. Complete the plan 7. Issue the complete order 8. Supervise and refine Five Paragraphs of an OPORD - Answer- 1. Situation 2. Mission 3. Execution 4. Sustainment 5. Command and Signal Elements of a Five Point Contingency Plan - Answer- Going - Where the leader is going Others- Who is going with the leader Time - Time the leader should return What - What to do if the does not return Actions - What to do if the leader does not return Elements of METT-TC - Answer- Mission - Analysis of mission begins upon mission receipt Enemy analysis - Develop SITTEMP Terrain and weather analysis - Significant both friendly and enemy Troop analysis - Enemy assets Time Analysis - How much available to plan and complete mission