BDOC: Maritime Warfare (Exam Review) questions with
verified answers
List the Composite Warfare Command Structure and Call Signs Ans✔✔ -Officer
in Tactical Command (OTC) (A)
Composite Warfare Commander (CWC) (B/V)
Air and Missile Defense Commander (AMDC) (W/C)
Information Warfare Commander (IWC) (Q/E)
Antisubmarine Warfare Commander (ASWC) (X/Y)
Surface Warfare Commander (SUWC) (S/T)
Strike Warfare Commander (STWC) (P/K)
Sea Combatant Commander (SCC) (Z)
List the Principles of CWC Ans✔✔ -Collaborative Planning - representatives from
all warfare areas decide how the force will execute missions
Decentralized Execution - responsibilities for different warfare areas and asset
management are delegated to the most qualified units
, Command by Negation - commanders execute plans without delay until told
otherwise
Link 11 vs. Link 16 Ans✔✔ -Advantages of Link-16 over Link-11
Nodeless - units operate independently and do not need a NCS to operate
Frequency Hopping and Jam Resistant - 51 available frequencies that change
rapidly in a predetermined pattern
Increased Encryption and Secured Voice Channels - shipboard JTIDS terminal
contain 2 voice channels
List and Define the Air Defense Battlespace Components: Ans✔✔ -Vital Area
(VA): the expected weapons release range of an enemy
Classification, Identification, Engagement Area (CIEA): based off of commanders
decision time. If someone were to fly into the CEIA, how long before it enters VA.
that is the CEIA battlespace
Surveillance Area: furthest reaching sensor that the HVU has access to (Hawkeye,
other ships)
***Threat Axis / Threat Sector
***be able to draw on paper
verified answers
List the Composite Warfare Command Structure and Call Signs Ans✔✔ -Officer
in Tactical Command (OTC) (A)
Composite Warfare Commander (CWC) (B/V)
Air and Missile Defense Commander (AMDC) (W/C)
Information Warfare Commander (IWC) (Q/E)
Antisubmarine Warfare Commander (ASWC) (X/Y)
Surface Warfare Commander (SUWC) (S/T)
Strike Warfare Commander (STWC) (P/K)
Sea Combatant Commander (SCC) (Z)
List the Principles of CWC Ans✔✔ -Collaborative Planning - representatives from
all warfare areas decide how the force will execute missions
Decentralized Execution - responsibilities for different warfare areas and asset
management are delegated to the most qualified units
, Command by Negation - commanders execute plans without delay until told
otherwise
Link 11 vs. Link 16 Ans✔✔ -Advantages of Link-16 over Link-11
Nodeless - units operate independently and do not need a NCS to operate
Frequency Hopping and Jam Resistant - 51 available frequencies that change
rapidly in a predetermined pattern
Increased Encryption and Secured Voice Channels - shipboard JTIDS terminal
contain 2 voice channels
List and Define the Air Defense Battlespace Components: Ans✔✔ -Vital Area
(VA): the expected weapons release range of an enemy
Classification, Identification, Engagement Area (CIEA): based off of commanders
decision time. If someone were to fly into the CEIA, how long before it enters VA.
that is the CEIA battlespace
Surveillance Area: furthest reaching sensor that the HVU has access to (Hawkeye,
other ships)
***Threat Axis / Threat Sector
***be able to draw on paper
