SGT ELITE REVIEW STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS FOR GUARANTEED PASS 2026
◉Mental Forces . Answer: Mental forces provide individuals and groups
with the ability to:
•Grasp complex battlefield situations
•Think critically
•Make effective estimates, calculations, and decisions
•Devise tactics and strategies
•Develop plans
◉Physical Forces . Answer: The physical characteristics are easily seen,
understood, and measured. Commodities such as equipment capabilities,
supplies, seized physical objectives, force ratios, losses of materiel or
life, terrain lost or gained, and prisoners or materiel captured are tangible
and considered physical forces.
◉Moral Forces . Answer: The moral forces in warfighting pertain to the
psychological and intangible forces. Examples include the following:
•National and military resolve
•National and individual conscience
,•Emotion
•Fear
•Courage
•Morale
•Leadership
•Espirit
◉What is the definition of war as defined by MCDP 1, Warfighting? .
Answer: A violent clash of interests between or among organized groups
characterized by the use of military force
◉Physical, moral, and mental forces . Answer: Forces that influence
warfare whether they are tangible or intangible
◉Uncertainty . Answer: Unknowns about the enemy and the
environment experienced in battle
◉Disorder . Answer: Plans go awry, instructions are misunderstood,
comms fail, mistakes and unforeseen events occur
◉Friction . Answer: The force that resists all action and saps energy
, ◉Human dimension . Answer: Behavior exemplified by the clash of
wills and the related complexities, inconsistencies, and peculiarities that
characterize human behavior
◉Fluidity . Answer: A condition that creates a continuous, fluctuating
flow of activity
◉War uses all power elements that one group can bring against another
to achieve the policy objective. This includes: . Answer: Diplomatic
means
Information means
Military means
Economic means
◉3 Levels of warfare . Answer: Strategic, Operational, Tactical
◉Initiative . Answer: Initiative is the ability to dictate terms of the
conflict and force the enemy to meet on these terms. While the striking
power of the offense is usually associated with initiative, a good defense
also seizes the initiative. The offense and defense are not completely
separate attitudes; each contains the other. The defense uses patrols and
spoiling attacks. The offense requires economy of force actions.
Marine leaders benefit by seizing and maintaining the initiative. Some of
the benefits of initiative include:
•The terms of the conflict can be dictated to the enemy.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS FOR GUARANTEED PASS 2026
◉Mental Forces . Answer: Mental forces provide individuals and groups
with the ability to:
•Grasp complex battlefield situations
•Think critically
•Make effective estimates, calculations, and decisions
•Devise tactics and strategies
•Develop plans
◉Physical Forces . Answer: The physical characteristics are easily seen,
understood, and measured. Commodities such as equipment capabilities,
supplies, seized physical objectives, force ratios, losses of materiel or
life, terrain lost or gained, and prisoners or materiel captured are tangible
and considered physical forces.
◉Moral Forces . Answer: The moral forces in warfighting pertain to the
psychological and intangible forces. Examples include the following:
•National and military resolve
•National and individual conscience
,•Emotion
•Fear
•Courage
•Morale
•Leadership
•Espirit
◉What is the definition of war as defined by MCDP 1, Warfighting? .
Answer: A violent clash of interests between or among organized groups
characterized by the use of military force
◉Physical, moral, and mental forces . Answer: Forces that influence
warfare whether they are tangible or intangible
◉Uncertainty . Answer: Unknowns about the enemy and the
environment experienced in battle
◉Disorder . Answer: Plans go awry, instructions are misunderstood,
comms fail, mistakes and unforeseen events occur
◉Friction . Answer: The force that resists all action and saps energy
, ◉Human dimension . Answer: Behavior exemplified by the clash of
wills and the related complexities, inconsistencies, and peculiarities that
characterize human behavior
◉Fluidity . Answer: A condition that creates a continuous, fluctuating
flow of activity
◉War uses all power elements that one group can bring against another
to achieve the policy objective. This includes: . Answer: Diplomatic
means
Information means
Military means
Economic means
◉3 Levels of warfare . Answer: Strategic, Operational, Tactical
◉Initiative . Answer: Initiative is the ability to dictate terms of the
conflict and force the enemy to meet on these terms. While the striking
power of the offense is usually associated with initiative, a good defense
also seizes the initiative. The offense and defense are not completely
separate attitudes; each contains the other. The defense uses patrols and
spoiling attacks. The offense requires economy of force actions.
Marine leaders benefit by seizing and maintaining the initiative. Some of
the benefits of initiative include:
•The terms of the conflict can be dictated to the enemy.
