IBOLC Comprehensive Exam Study Guide Correctly
Solved!! Already Graded A
Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs)
- 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)
- Situation
- Mission
- Execution
- Sustainment (formerly Service & Support)
- Command & Control (formerly command & Signal)
Elements of the five point contingency plan
G- 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
- Mission, Enemy, Time Available, Terrain and Weather, Troops and support available,
Civil Considerations
Movement techniques and when to use them (Ref RHB 6-1)
,Traveling, Traveling Overwatch, Bounding overwatch
Characterisitics of Traveling
Contact not likely, More Control, Less Dispersion, Fastest, Least Security
Characterisitics of Traveling Overwatch
Contact Possible, Less Control, More Dispersion, Slower Speed, More Security
Characterisitics of Bounding Overwatch
Contact likely, Most Control, Most Dispersion, Slowest Speed, Most Security
List and Define the Forms of Maneuver
- Envelopment: attacking force avoids an enemy’s principal defense by attacking along
an assailable flank
- Turning Movement: attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy’s principal defensive
positions by attacking to the rear of their current positions forcing them to move or
divert forces to meet the threat
- Infiltration: attacking force conducts undetected movement through or into an area
occupied by enemy forces
- Penetration: force attacks on a narrow front
- Frontal Attack: attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker enemy force or fix a larger
enemy force in place over a broad front
List and Define the Types of Offensive Operations
- Movement to contact: designed to establish or regain contact to develop the situation
- Attack: defeats enemy forces, seizes terrain, or secures terrain
- Exploitation: following a successful attack to disorganize the enemy in depth
, - Pursuit: to catch or cut off a disorganized hostile force attempting to escape, with the
aim of destroying it
Characteristics of the Offense
SURPRISE
CONCENTRATION
AUDACITY
TEMPO
Characteristics of the Defense
PREPARATION
SECURITY
DISRUPTION
MASS & CONCENTRATION
FLEXIBILITY
MANEUVER
MASSING EFFECTS/OPERATION IN DEPTH
Steps to engagement area development
- Identifies likely enemy avenues of approach.
- Determines most likely enemy COA.
- Determines where to kill the enemy.
- Positions subordinate forces and weapon systems.*
- Plans and integrates obstacles.*
- Plans and integrates fires.*
- Rehearses the execution of operations in the engagement area.
Steps to Course of Action Development
-Analyze relative combat power
-Generate options
Solved!! Already Graded A
Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs)
- 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)
- Situation
- Mission
- Execution
- Sustainment (formerly Service & Support)
- Command & Control (formerly command & Signal)
Elements of the five point contingency plan
G- 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
- Mission, Enemy, Time Available, Terrain and Weather, Troops and support available,
Civil Considerations
Movement techniques and when to use them (Ref RHB 6-1)
,Traveling, Traveling Overwatch, Bounding overwatch
Characterisitics of Traveling
Contact not likely, More Control, Less Dispersion, Fastest, Least Security
Characterisitics of Traveling Overwatch
Contact Possible, Less Control, More Dispersion, Slower Speed, More Security
Characterisitics of Bounding Overwatch
Contact likely, Most Control, Most Dispersion, Slowest Speed, Most Security
List and Define the Forms of Maneuver
- Envelopment: attacking force avoids an enemy’s principal defense by attacking along
an assailable flank
- Turning Movement: attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy’s principal defensive
positions by attacking to the rear of their current positions forcing them to move or
divert forces to meet the threat
- Infiltration: attacking force conducts undetected movement through or into an area
occupied by enemy forces
- Penetration: force attacks on a narrow front
- Frontal Attack: attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker enemy force or fix a larger
enemy force in place over a broad front
List and Define the Types of Offensive Operations
- Movement to contact: designed to establish or regain contact to develop the situation
- Attack: defeats enemy forces, seizes terrain, or secures terrain
- Exploitation: following a successful attack to disorganize the enemy in depth
, - Pursuit: to catch or cut off a disorganized hostile force attempting to escape, with the
aim of destroying it
Characteristics of the Offense
SURPRISE
CONCENTRATION
AUDACITY
TEMPO
Characteristics of the Defense
PREPARATION
SECURITY
DISRUPTION
MASS & CONCENTRATION
FLEXIBILITY
MANEUVER
MASSING EFFECTS/OPERATION IN DEPTH
Steps to engagement area development
- Identifies likely enemy avenues of approach.
- Determines most likely enemy COA.
- Determines where to kill the enemy.
- Positions subordinate forces and weapon systems.*
- Plans and integrates obstacles.*
- Plans and integrates fires.*
- Rehearses the execution of operations in the engagement area.
Steps to Course of Action Development
-Analyze relative combat power
-Generate options
