Questions & Answers
QUESTION
TLPs
Answer:
R- Receive the mission
I- Issue Warno
M- Make a tentative plan
I- Initiate movement
C- Conduct recon
C- Complete the plan
I- Issue the order
S- Supervise/Refine
QUESTION
Foundations of Unified Land Operations
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,Answer:
1. I- Initiative
2. D- Decisive action
3. C- Army core competencies
4. M- Mission command
QUESTION
Initiative
Answer:
Operational initiative is setting or dictating the terms of action throughout an operation.
Individual initiative is the willingness to act in the absence of orders, when existing
orders no longer fit the situation, or when unforeseen opportunities or threats arise.
QUESTION
Decisive action
Answer:
a. Decisive action—the continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive,
and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks.
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,QUESTION
Decisive action tasks
Answer:
i. An offensive task is a task conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize
terrain, resources, and population centers.
ii. A defensive task is a task conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize
forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability tasks.
iii. Stability is an overarching term encompassing various military missions, tasks, and
activities conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of
national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment, provide
essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and
humanitarian relief.
iv. Defense support of civil authorities is support provided by U.S. Federal military
forces, Department of Defense civilians, Department of Defense contract personnel,
Department of Defense component assets, and National Guard forces.
QUESTION
Army core competencies
Answer:
a. Combined arms maneuver is the application of the elements of combat power in
unified action to defeat enemy ground forces; to seize, occupy, and defend land areas;
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, and to achieve physical, temporal, and psychological advantages over the enemy to
seize and exploit the initiative.
b. Wide area security is the application of the elements of combat power in unified
action to protect populations, forces, infrastructure, and activities; to deny the enemy
positions of advantage; and to consolidate gains in order to retain the initiative
QUESTION
Mission command
Answer:
Mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using
mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander's intent to empower
agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations.
QUESTION
Six fundamental principles of Mission command
Answer:
B- Build cohesive teams through mutual trust
C- Create shared understanding
P- Provide a clear commander's intent
E- Exercise disciplined initiative
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