F100 EXAM CGSOC QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
POM FORCE Memo - Provides the future force structure the Army decided to resource to DoD; is the
basis for costs of resourcing that structure in the POM. The associated costs drive development of
associated program projections in the Army POM.
Who do Organizational Integrators work for at HQDA and what do they do? ANSW✅✅They work
for the Director of Force Management (DFM) inside the G3/5/7 and serve to represent and advocate
for the various branch and functional proponents and are action officers charged with leading
integration efforts during TAA. They help resolve branch and Army priorities.
HQDA uses what type of requirements documents to conduct the quantitative analysis in phase 1?
ANSW✅✅Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE), specifically, the Objective Table of
Organization and Equipment (OTOE) - the premier, most modernized, final version of the intended
organizational design).
What are three (3) of the inputs to the first phase of the TAA process? ANSW✅✅NMS, Defense
Planning Guidance, Defense Programming Guidance, Defense Strategy Review, Resource
Constraints, Execution Orders, Directed Forces, Scenarios, Vignettes, Force Designs, Resource
Management Directives, etc.
What do Army components (COMPOs) 1, 2, 3, and 6 represent? ANSW✅✅1 - Active Army
2 - Army National Guard
3 - Army Reserve
6 - APS
Who are the primary decision makers in TAA? ANSW✅✅SECARMY and Chief of Staff of the Army
(CSA)
What document publishes the decisions approved in TAA and to what level does it detail those
decisions? ANSW✅✅The Army Structure Message (ARSTRUC) publishes the decisions approved in
the TAA process. It details, to organizational decisions to the Standard Requirements Code (SRC) and
UIC level of detail - type of unit, name of unit - and location. It also provides appendices that detail
the year-by-year organizational authorizations showing the projected evolution of the force
structure for the period for 2-6 years from publication.
,Process that takes the ARSTRUC and outlines TAA implementation, ultimately producing approved
authorization documents and a new Master Force? ANSW✅✅The Command Plan (CPLAN)
What organization does the main work for documenting the Army force structure?
ANSW✅✅USAFMSA - United States Army Force Management Support Agency
What web-based interface allows authorized users to access Army requirements and authorizations
documents and information? ANSW✅✅Force Management System (FMS) Web
What is the difference between a requirements document and an authorizations document?
ANSW✅✅Requirements document is the organizational solution as designed for a capability
requirement and contains the organizational structure of people and equipment designed to
perform a required function.
Requirements: Capability gaps and future needs, doctrinally correct organizational designs.
Authorizations document is the organizational solution based on the requirement that is resourced.
Authorization: resourcing against existing models over time, defines force structure that the Army
must build, raise, provision, sustain, maintain, train, and resource to meet DOD or Army strategic
guidance, combatant commanders' requirements, and force structure initiatives
What organization is the Army's lead in synchronizing force integration efforts? ANSW✅✅HQDA
DCS, G-3/5/7
What are the two (2) major Army prioritization documents and the purpose each serves?
ANSW✅✅- AMPL Operational guidance prioritizing specific Army missions
- DARPL Tactical guidance assigning UICs to specific IRPL missions
Manpower management is a _____ function and deals with "__________." ANSW✅✅G3, spaces
Personnel management is a _____ function and deals with "__________." ANSW✅✅G1, faces
What two (2) parts form the Army Active Component total strength? ANSW✅✅Operating
Strength and TTHS
, What establishes levels of fill based on unit missions and provides a mitigation strategy for active
component personnel shortages to the Army community? ANSW✅✅The Active Component
Manning Guidance (ACMG)
There are ______ manning cycles each year. ANSW✅✅Two (2)
What is the purpose of the manning conference? ANSW✅✅To review Army requirements for
personnel to fill shortages in organization while balancing the available personnel and their
professional development needs.
What are the two (2) Army equipping groups and the purpose of each? ANSW✅✅- Army
Modernization & Equipping Conference (AMEC): address holistic Army Command's concerns, make
recommendations for policy changes, and review equipping issues for the next 21-month
distribution cycle
- Unit Equipping Reuse Working Group (UERWG): unit-level process to fill equipping shortages for
large unit deployments with a Latest Arrival Date (LAD) mission. Usually initiated by FORSCOM at
Division level.
The CSA designated _______ ____________ _________ as the _______ __________ __________
responsible for all Army new equipment distribution and redistribution. ANSW✅✅AMC as the
Lead Materiel Integrator
Describe the purpose of the Decision Support Tool? ANSW✅✅Authoritative Army Equipment
Common Operating Picture (ECOP) used to visualize the equipping status of Army units and to make
recommended actions to fill equipment shortages.
What is the purpose of Total Package Fielding, APS, ONS, and JUONS? ANSW✅✅Total Package
Fielding- The Army's standard fielding process that provides systems to units with a consolidated
package of end items, support items and technical documentation.
Army Prepositioned Stocks - Equipment or supplies forward deployed in support of CCDR OPLAN or
contingency requirements.
ONS - Army capability request to correct a deficiency or to improve a capability impacting mission
accomplishment for a specific mission and a set timeframe.
JUONS - request to support two or more services in an operation in an urgent timeframe.
CORRECT ANSWERS
POM FORCE Memo - Provides the future force structure the Army decided to resource to DoD; is the
basis for costs of resourcing that structure in the POM. The associated costs drive development of
associated program projections in the Army POM.
Who do Organizational Integrators work for at HQDA and what do they do? ANSW✅✅They work
for the Director of Force Management (DFM) inside the G3/5/7 and serve to represent and advocate
for the various branch and functional proponents and are action officers charged with leading
integration efforts during TAA. They help resolve branch and Army priorities.
HQDA uses what type of requirements documents to conduct the quantitative analysis in phase 1?
ANSW✅✅Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE), specifically, the Objective Table of
Organization and Equipment (OTOE) - the premier, most modernized, final version of the intended
organizational design).
What are three (3) of the inputs to the first phase of the TAA process? ANSW✅✅NMS, Defense
Planning Guidance, Defense Programming Guidance, Defense Strategy Review, Resource
Constraints, Execution Orders, Directed Forces, Scenarios, Vignettes, Force Designs, Resource
Management Directives, etc.
What do Army components (COMPOs) 1, 2, 3, and 6 represent? ANSW✅✅1 - Active Army
2 - Army National Guard
3 - Army Reserve
6 - APS
Who are the primary decision makers in TAA? ANSW✅✅SECARMY and Chief of Staff of the Army
(CSA)
What document publishes the decisions approved in TAA and to what level does it detail those
decisions? ANSW✅✅The Army Structure Message (ARSTRUC) publishes the decisions approved in
the TAA process. It details, to organizational decisions to the Standard Requirements Code (SRC) and
UIC level of detail - type of unit, name of unit - and location. It also provides appendices that detail
the year-by-year organizational authorizations showing the projected evolution of the force
structure for the period for 2-6 years from publication.
,Process that takes the ARSTRUC and outlines TAA implementation, ultimately producing approved
authorization documents and a new Master Force? ANSW✅✅The Command Plan (CPLAN)
What organization does the main work for documenting the Army force structure?
ANSW✅✅USAFMSA - United States Army Force Management Support Agency
What web-based interface allows authorized users to access Army requirements and authorizations
documents and information? ANSW✅✅Force Management System (FMS) Web
What is the difference between a requirements document and an authorizations document?
ANSW✅✅Requirements document is the organizational solution as designed for a capability
requirement and contains the organizational structure of people and equipment designed to
perform a required function.
Requirements: Capability gaps and future needs, doctrinally correct organizational designs.
Authorizations document is the organizational solution based on the requirement that is resourced.
Authorization: resourcing against existing models over time, defines force structure that the Army
must build, raise, provision, sustain, maintain, train, and resource to meet DOD or Army strategic
guidance, combatant commanders' requirements, and force structure initiatives
What organization is the Army's lead in synchronizing force integration efforts? ANSW✅✅HQDA
DCS, G-3/5/7
What are the two (2) major Army prioritization documents and the purpose each serves?
ANSW✅✅- AMPL Operational guidance prioritizing specific Army missions
- DARPL Tactical guidance assigning UICs to specific IRPL missions
Manpower management is a _____ function and deals with "__________." ANSW✅✅G3, spaces
Personnel management is a _____ function and deals with "__________." ANSW✅✅G1, faces
What two (2) parts form the Army Active Component total strength? ANSW✅✅Operating
Strength and TTHS
, What establishes levels of fill based on unit missions and provides a mitigation strategy for active
component personnel shortages to the Army community? ANSW✅✅The Active Component
Manning Guidance (ACMG)
There are ______ manning cycles each year. ANSW✅✅Two (2)
What is the purpose of the manning conference? ANSW✅✅To review Army requirements for
personnel to fill shortages in organization while balancing the available personnel and their
professional development needs.
What are the two (2) Army equipping groups and the purpose of each? ANSW✅✅- Army
Modernization & Equipping Conference (AMEC): address holistic Army Command's concerns, make
recommendations for policy changes, and review equipping issues for the next 21-month
distribution cycle
- Unit Equipping Reuse Working Group (UERWG): unit-level process to fill equipping shortages for
large unit deployments with a Latest Arrival Date (LAD) mission. Usually initiated by FORSCOM at
Division level.
The CSA designated _______ ____________ _________ as the _______ __________ __________
responsible for all Army new equipment distribution and redistribution. ANSW✅✅AMC as the
Lead Materiel Integrator
Describe the purpose of the Decision Support Tool? ANSW✅✅Authoritative Army Equipment
Common Operating Picture (ECOP) used to visualize the equipping status of Army units and to make
recommended actions to fill equipment shortages.
What is the purpose of Total Package Fielding, APS, ONS, and JUONS? ANSW✅✅Total Package
Fielding- The Army's standard fielding process that provides systems to units with a consolidated
package of end items, support items and technical documentation.
Army Prepositioned Stocks - Equipment or supplies forward deployed in support of CCDR OPLAN or
contingency requirements.
ONS - Army capability request to correct a deficiency or to improve a capability impacting mission
accomplishment for a specific mission and a set timeframe.
JUONS - request to support two or more services in an operation in an urgent timeframe.
