TBS PHASE 3 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
FULL REVIEW PACK
●● Types of Attack
Answer: Hasty - an attack when the commander decides to trade
preparation time for speed to exploit an opportunity.
Deliberate - a type of offensive action characterized by pre-planned and
coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and
destroy the enemy.
●● Frontal Attack
Answer: Used to rapidly destroy a weak enemy force or to fix an enemy
in place to support a flanking attack. Attacks the enemy's strongest point.
●● Flanking Attack
Answer: Uses fire and maneuver in order to gain a position of advantage
against an enemy vulnerability. A flanking attack usually uses a support
by fire position that diverts attention away from the main effort and uses
fires to fix the enemy in place which prevents them from reorienting on
the main effort. The commander uses FSP coordination measures,
TCM's, and signal plan to avoid fratricide.
●● Minimum Safe Line
,Answer: Unfixed (bipod) - 45 degrees
Fixed (tripod) & M16 - 15 degrees
●● Principals of War
Answer: Keyword: MOOSE MUSS
Mass
Objective
Offensive
Security
Economy of Force
Maneuver
Unity of Command
Surprise
Simplicity
●● COC Coordination - METT-TC Analysis
Answer: S-2 - Ground, signal, and human intel - info on terrain and
enemy
S-3 - real-time info on terrain and enemy. Coordinates pre-planned fires
with target lists, notifies adjacent mission sets.
S-4 - Logistics
S-6 - CEOI and challenge/pass
,●● Leader's Recon
Answer: a small, leadership-heavy reconnaissance patrol that will
operate in close proximity to the enemy. As such, it must be planned in
detail.
●● Priorities of Leader's Recon
Answer: Confirm location and orientation of enemy defense, identify
CV, identify an Assault POS, identify a SBF, identify routes and TCM's
that support SOM
●● Consideration for SBF Pos
Answer: - Located on the enemy frontage. This allows the SBF elements
to effectively fix and suppress the entire enemy defense as maneuver
element attacks the enemy flank.
- Direction of fire is ideally located 60-90 degrees offset from the
maneuver element's direction of attack. This allows the maneuver
element to advance as close to the enemy as possible under friendly
suppression.
- Provides cover and concealment to the SBF. This protects the support
by fire element from detection by the enemy.
●● Types of TCMs
Answer: - Positional - En Pos, Asslt Pos, SBF
- Navigational - SRP, Phase Line, CP's
- Fire Control - TRP's, MSL's, Targets
, - Consolidation - Limit of Advance
●● TCM's used in Platoon Attack
Answer: AA, Attk Pos, LD, Checkpoint, Phase Line, Release Point, TRP,
Asslt Pos, Obj, LoA, Linkup Point
Linkup Point - an easily identifiable point on the ground where moving
force is to cross the boundaries of force in security.
●● Two Methods of Occupying the SBF
Answer: Stealth - SBF initiates fire.
Force - Cleared by IDF or other means for the SBF to take the posistion.
●● Sequence of Events
Answer: Leaders Recon -> Asslt Pos -> IDF -> SBF -> Move to
OBjective -> Asslt -> Consolidate -> Reorg
Each event has a condition that allows it to come to fruition (i.e. IDF ->
SBF -- Final minute of IDF, SBF -> Asslt -- MSL2 tripped, SBF ceased)
●● Preparatory Fires
Answer: Conducted before the platoon steps into the attack, usually at
the battalion level or higher. These fires isolate the objective by targeting
enemy command and control, logistics, fire support, reinforcements, etc.
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
FULL REVIEW PACK
●● Types of Attack
Answer: Hasty - an attack when the commander decides to trade
preparation time for speed to exploit an opportunity.
Deliberate - a type of offensive action characterized by pre-planned and
coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and
destroy the enemy.
●● Frontal Attack
Answer: Used to rapidly destroy a weak enemy force or to fix an enemy
in place to support a flanking attack. Attacks the enemy's strongest point.
●● Flanking Attack
Answer: Uses fire and maneuver in order to gain a position of advantage
against an enemy vulnerability. A flanking attack usually uses a support
by fire position that diverts attention away from the main effort and uses
fires to fix the enemy in place which prevents them from reorienting on
the main effort. The commander uses FSP coordination measures,
TCM's, and signal plan to avoid fratricide.
●● Minimum Safe Line
,Answer: Unfixed (bipod) - 45 degrees
Fixed (tripod) & M16 - 15 degrees
●● Principals of War
Answer: Keyword: MOOSE MUSS
Mass
Objective
Offensive
Security
Economy of Force
Maneuver
Unity of Command
Surprise
Simplicity
●● COC Coordination - METT-TC Analysis
Answer: S-2 - Ground, signal, and human intel - info on terrain and
enemy
S-3 - real-time info on terrain and enemy. Coordinates pre-planned fires
with target lists, notifies adjacent mission sets.
S-4 - Logistics
S-6 - CEOI and challenge/pass
,●● Leader's Recon
Answer: a small, leadership-heavy reconnaissance patrol that will
operate in close proximity to the enemy. As such, it must be planned in
detail.
●● Priorities of Leader's Recon
Answer: Confirm location and orientation of enemy defense, identify
CV, identify an Assault POS, identify a SBF, identify routes and TCM's
that support SOM
●● Consideration for SBF Pos
Answer: - Located on the enemy frontage. This allows the SBF elements
to effectively fix and suppress the entire enemy defense as maneuver
element attacks the enemy flank.
- Direction of fire is ideally located 60-90 degrees offset from the
maneuver element's direction of attack. This allows the maneuver
element to advance as close to the enemy as possible under friendly
suppression.
- Provides cover and concealment to the SBF. This protects the support
by fire element from detection by the enemy.
●● Types of TCMs
Answer: - Positional - En Pos, Asslt Pos, SBF
- Navigational - SRP, Phase Line, CP's
- Fire Control - TRP's, MSL's, Targets
, - Consolidation - Limit of Advance
●● TCM's used in Platoon Attack
Answer: AA, Attk Pos, LD, Checkpoint, Phase Line, Release Point, TRP,
Asslt Pos, Obj, LoA, Linkup Point
Linkup Point - an easily identifiable point on the ground where moving
force is to cross the boundaries of force in security.
●● Two Methods of Occupying the SBF
Answer: Stealth - SBF initiates fire.
Force - Cleared by IDF or other means for the SBF to take the posistion.
●● Sequence of Events
Answer: Leaders Recon -> Asslt Pos -> IDF -> SBF -> Move to
OBjective -> Asslt -> Consolidate -> Reorg
Each event has a condition that allows it to come to fruition (i.e. IDF ->
SBF -- Final minute of IDF, SBF -> Asslt -- MSL2 tripped, SBF ceased)
●● Preparatory Fires
Answer: Conducted before the platoon steps into the attack, usually at
the battalion level or higher. These fires isolate the objective by targeting
enemy command and control, logistics, fire support, reinforcements, etc.
