X100-CGSC 2019 Complete
Department of the Army's role - Answer-Unified Land Operations; generating land force capability
Western Way of War - Answer-1 - A heavy reliance on superior technology to offset inferior numbers
2 - Discipline (& Organization)...interdependence on one another, fighting as part of an organization not
an individual
3 - Aggressive Military Tradition...Total Defeat/Decisive Victory and Destruction of the Enemy (war
without mercy)
4 - Challenge and Response Dynamic - ability to change to protect state (adapt or die)
5 - Power to finance...taxes, credit
Operational Art - Answer-The cognitive approach by commanders and staffs—supported by their skill,
knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgment—to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to
organize and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, and means.
Vision - Answer-A picture of the future framed by a values-based purpose that creates a path to drive
behavior, change and motivation
The Army Plan (TAP) - Answer-5 part plan that integrates, prioritizes and directs executing of DA's Title
10 responsibilities; How the Department of the Army integrates efforts with national level strategy and
operations requirements of the CCDR
1 - Vision (Ends)
2- Strategic Plan (Ways)
3 - Planning Guidance (Means)
,4 - Program Guidance Memorandum (Means)
5 - Campaign Plan (Execute & Assess)
Tenets of Unified Land Operations - Answer-Simultaneity
Depth
Flexibility
Synchronization
Unity of Command - Answer-The operation of all forces under a single responsible commander who has
the requisite authority to direct and employ those forces in pursuit of a common purpose
Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS) - Answer-Provides a formal structure in aligning ends, ways, and
means over time, and to identify opportunities and mitigate risk for the military in shaping the best
assessments, advice, and direction of the Armed Forces for the President and SecDef; primary system by
which the CJCS carries out USC-assigned statutory responsibilities of assess, direct, and execute.
Produces the Joint Strategic Campaign Plan (JSCP)
What is the Western Way of War in establishing the dominant military tradition (aggression)? - Answer-
Exporter of violence
Operational Design - Answer-A framework that underpins a campaign or major operational plan and its
execution; supports operational art with a methodology to enhance the understanding of the OE and
problem
1. Understand Strategic Direction & Guidance
2. Understand the OE
3. Define the Problem
4. Operational Approach
,Ethics - Answer-Branch of philosophy that deals with how we ought to live, with the idea of the Good,
and with the concepts such as "right and wrong" - considered the outward expression of the inward
system of beliefs
Interaction between operational art and operational design - Answer-A bridge between strategy
formulation and tactical art, linking national strategic aims to tactical combat and non-combatant that
must be executed to accomplish these aims. End-Ways-Mean
Morals - Answer-a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for
them to do, inward system of beliefs
Restraint - Answer-Prevents the unnecessary use of force
Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) - Answer-New ways to defeat the enemy - Includes: New
tactics/Doctrine; Organizational change; Technological change; Doctrine, Organization, Technology,
Facilities (DOTMLPF)
Force Management - Answer-How the army translate strategy into concepts and requirements;
Department of the Army's process for managing change balanced against the needs of today
Four parts of Force Management - Answer-1 - Capabilities Development
2 - Force Development
3 - Material Development
4 - Force Integration
Principles of Joint Operations - Answer-(MOOSE-MUSS-PLR)
Mass
Objective
Offense
, Surprise
Economy of Force
Maneuver
Unity of Command
Security
Simplicity
Perseverance
Legitimacy
Restraint
Legitimacy - Answer-Maintaining legal and moral authority in the conduct of operations
Security Cooperation - Answer-Activities undertaken by DoD to build defense relationships that promote
specific US security interests, develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and
multinational operations, provide US forces with peacetime and contingency access to a host nation,
and that encourage allies to work with US to achieve strategic objectives (title 10 authorities)
Military Revolutions - Answer-Changes the framework of war...brought systemic changes in politics and
society...impact the way states create and project military power; Changes political systems & societal
systems, economic system, military power, Impact entire context...like an earthquake, uncontrollable,
unpredictable (unforeseeable)
1. Birth of the Nation-State
2. French Revolution
3. Industrial Revolution
4. WWI
5. Nuclear/Atomic
Department of the Army's role - Answer-Unified Land Operations; generating land force capability
Western Way of War - Answer-1 - A heavy reliance on superior technology to offset inferior numbers
2 - Discipline (& Organization)...interdependence on one another, fighting as part of an organization not
an individual
3 - Aggressive Military Tradition...Total Defeat/Decisive Victory and Destruction of the Enemy (war
without mercy)
4 - Challenge and Response Dynamic - ability to change to protect state (adapt or die)
5 - Power to finance...taxes, credit
Operational Art - Answer-The cognitive approach by commanders and staffs—supported by their skill,
knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgment—to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to
organize and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, and means.
Vision - Answer-A picture of the future framed by a values-based purpose that creates a path to drive
behavior, change and motivation
The Army Plan (TAP) - Answer-5 part plan that integrates, prioritizes and directs executing of DA's Title
10 responsibilities; How the Department of the Army integrates efforts with national level strategy and
operations requirements of the CCDR
1 - Vision (Ends)
2- Strategic Plan (Ways)
3 - Planning Guidance (Means)
,4 - Program Guidance Memorandum (Means)
5 - Campaign Plan (Execute & Assess)
Tenets of Unified Land Operations - Answer-Simultaneity
Depth
Flexibility
Synchronization
Unity of Command - Answer-The operation of all forces under a single responsible commander who has
the requisite authority to direct and employ those forces in pursuit of a common purpose
Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS) - Answer-Provides a formal structure in aligning ends, ways, and
means over time, and to identify opportunities and mitigate risk for the military in shaping the best
assessments, advice, and direction of the Armed Forces for the President and SecDef; primary system by
which the CJCS carries out USC-assigned statutory responsibilities of assess, direct, and execute.
Produces the Joint Strategic Campaign Plan (JSCP)
What is the Western Way of War in establishing the dominant military tradition (aggression)? - Answer-
Exporter of violence
Operational Design - Answer-A framework that underpins a campaign or major operational plan and its
execution; supports operational art with a methodology to enhance the understanding of the OE and
problem
1. Understand Strategic Direction & Guidance
2. Understand the OE
3. Define the Problem
4. Operational Approach
,Ethics - Answer-Branch of philosophy that deals with how we ought to live, with the idea of the Good,
and with the concepts such as "right and wrong" - considered the outward expression of the inward
system of beliefs
Interaction between operational art and operational design - Answer-A bridge between strategy
formulation and tactical art, linking national strategic aims to tactical combat and non-combatant that
must be executed to accomplish these aims. End-Ways-Mean
Morals - Answer-a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for
them to do, inward system of beliefs
Restraint - Answer-Prevents the unnecessary use of force
Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) - Answer-New ways to defeat the enemy - Includes: New
tactics/Doctrine; Organizational change; Technological change; Doctrine, Organization, Technology,
Facilities (DOTMLPF)
Force Management - Answer-How the army translate strategy into concepts and requirements;
Department of the Army's process for managing change balanced against the needs of today
Four parts of Force Management - Answer-1 - Capabilities Development
2 - Force Development
3 - Material Development
4 - Force Integration
Principles of Joint Operations - Answer-(MOOSE-MUSS-PLR)
Mass
Objective
Offense
, Surprise
Economy of Force
Maneuver
Unity of Command
Security
Simplicity
Perseverance
Legitimacy
Restraint
Legitimacy - Answer-Maintaining legal and moral authority in the conduct of operations
Security Cooperation - Answer-Activities undertaken by DoD to build defense relationships that promote
specific US security interests, develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and
multinational operations, provide US forces with peacetime and contingency access to a host nation,
and that encourage allies to work with US to achieve strategic objectives (title 10 authorities)
Military Revolutions - Answer-Changes the framework of war...brought systemic changes in politics and
society...impact the way states create and project military power; Changes political systems & societal
systems, economic system, military power, Impact entire context...like an earthquake, uncontrollable,
unpredictable (unforeseeable)
1. Birth of the Nation-State
2. French Revolution
3. Industrial Revolution
4. WWI
5. Nuclear/Atomic
