TBS PHASE 3 EXAM SCRIPT TESTED
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION PREMIUM
STUDY MATERIAL
●● Describe Hasty Attack
Answer: an attack when the commander decides to trade preparation
time for speed to exploit an opportunity.
●● Describe a deliberate attack
Answer: a type of offensive action characterized by pre-planned and
coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and
destroy the enemy
●● Three phases of an attack
Answer: Preparation
Conduct
Exploitation/Consolidation
●● 6 forms of offensive maneuver?
Answer: 1. Frontal
2. Flanking
3. Envelopment
,4. Turning
5. Infiltration
6. Penetration
●● Tell me about frontal attacks
Answer: used to rapidly destroy a weak enemy force or to fix an enemy
in place to support a flanking attack. The frontal attack is simple and
easy to control but attacks the enemy's strongest point.
Uses fire and movement.
Think R5!
●● Marines use the ________ mil rule to avoid fratricide.
Answer: 300 (mil)
●● Tell me about flanking attacks
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.
,●● Where should the Platoon Cmdr place the SBF position?
Answer: The SBF 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 without the risk of fratricide.
●● What are the two methods of occupying an SBF position?
Answer: Stealth
Force
●● Common TCMs in a Platoon-Sized Atk
Answer: Boundary
Assembly Area
Attack Position
Line of Departure
Checkpoint
Phase Line
Release Point
Target Reference Point
Assault Pos
Objective
Limit of Advance
, Linkup Point
●● Most offensive missions will have a fire support plan utilizing IDF
(mortars, arty). The IDF supports maneuver. What types of IDF fires are
there in the offense? (Hint, there are three)
Answer: Preparatory Fires: Battalion or higher. Purpose is to isolate the
enemy.
Fires ISO Conduct: Used by PC to support maneuver (beginning of R5)
Fires ISO Consolidation: prevent counterattack (end of R5).
●● What three things should a tasking statement include?
Answer: 1. Condition
2. Tactical Tast
3. Purpose
●● Common signals used for SBF position
Answer: Commence
Shift
Cease
Displace
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION PREMIUM
STUDY MATERIAL
●● Describe Hasty Attack
Answer: an attack when the commander decides to trade preparation
time for speed to exploit an opportunity.
●● Describe a deliberate attack
Answer: a type of offensive action characterized by pre-planned and
coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and
destroy the enemy
●● Three phases of an attack
Answer: Preparation
Conduct
Exploitation/Consolidation
●● 6 forms of offensive maneuver?
Answer: 1. Frontal
2. Flanking
3. Envelopment
,4. Turning
5. Infiltration
6. Penetration
●● Tell me about frontal attacks
Answer: used to rapidly destroy a weak enemy force or to fix an enemy
in place to support a flanking attack. The frontal attack is simple and
easy to control but attacks the enemy's strongest point.
Uses fire and movement.
Think R5!
●● Marines use the ________ mil rule to avoid fratricide.
Answer: 300 (mil)
●● Tell me about flanking attacks
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.
,●● Where should the Platoon Cmdr place the SBF position?
Answer: The SBF 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 without the risk of fratricide.
●● What are the two methods of occupying an SBF position?
Answer: Stealth
Force
●● Common TCMs in a Platoon-Sized Atk
Answer: Boundary
Assembly Area
Attack Position
Line of Departure
Checkpoint
Phase Line
Release Point
Target Reference Point
Assault Pos
Objective
Limit of Advance
, Linkup Point
●● Most offensive missions will have a fire support plan utilizing IDF
(mortars, arty). The IDF supports maneuver. What types of IDF fires are
there in the offense? (Hint, there are three)
Answer: Preparatory Fires: Battalion or higher. Purpose is to isolate the
enemy.
Fires ISO Conduct: Used by PC to support maneuver (beginning of R5)
Fires ISO Consolidation: prevent counterattack (end of R5).
●● What three things should a tasking statement include?
Answer: 1. Condition
2. Tactical Tast
3. Purpose
●● Common signals used for SBF position
Answer: Commence
Shift
Cease
Displace
