ILE CGSC X100 REVIEW QUESTIONS
Clausewitz COG - Answers -The hub of all power and movement upon which everything
depends.
Friction - Answers -the difference between war in real life and war on paper
Operational Design - Answers -the conception and construction of the intellectual
framework that underpins joint operations plans and their subsequent execution?
What is the purpose of doctrine? - Answers -Doctrine serves as a starting point for
thinking about and conducting operations. In other words, it serves as a common
professional language for amongst service members and as a common frame of
reference for discussing operations.
How to tell if a COA is Distinguishable? - Answers -1. Task organization
2. The scheme of maneuver (SOM)
3. Main effort
4. Primary mechanism of mission accomplishment
5. Sequential versus simultaneous maneuvers
6. Reserve
What are the 6 principles of mission command? - Answers -1. Build cohesive teams
through mutual trust.
2. Create shared understanding.
3. Provide a clear commander's intent.
4. Exercise disciplined initiative.
5. Use mission orders.
6. Accept prudent risk.
What is the distinction between mission command as a philosophy and mission
command as a war-fighting function? - Answers -Under the philosophy of mission
command, commanders understand their leadership guides the actions of the force.
Commanders, assisted by their staffs, use the guiding principles of mission command to
balance the art of command with the science of control. They use the art of command to
exercise authority, to provide leadership, and to make timely decisions. Commanders
and staffs use the science of control to regulate forces and direct the execution of
operations to conform to their commander's intent.
Clausewitzian Trinity - Answers -1. Government-ends-reason
2. People-means-passion
3. Military-ways-chance
- Answers -Nine. 6 geographical CCMDr. 3 Functional CCMDr. The Defense
Department has nine unified combatant commands, each with responsibilities for a
, geographic region or functional area in support of U.S. strategic objectives. Their
mission is to maintain command and control of U.S. military forces around the world in
peacetime as well as in conflict.
Operational Variables - Answers -PMESII-PT
political
military
economic
social
information
infrastructure
physical environment
time
Unified Action - Answers -The synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the
activities of governmental and nongovernmental entities with military operation to
achieve unity of effort.
Common Operating Precepts - Answers -1. Inform domestic audiences and influence
the perceptions and attitudes of key foreign audiences as an explicit and continuous
operational requirement.
2. Achieve and maintain unity of effort within the joint force and between the joint force
and US Government, international, and other partners.
3. Leverage the benefits of operating indirectly through partners when strategic and
operational circumstances dictate or permit.
4. Integrate joint capabilities to be complementary rather than merely additive.
5. Avoid combining capabilities where doing so adds complexity without compensating
advantage.
6. Focus on operational objectives whose achievement suggests the broadest and most
enduring results.
7. Ensure freedom of action.
8. Maintain operational and organizational flexibility.
9. Plan for and manage operational transitions over time and space.
10. Drive synergy to the lowest echelon at which it can be managed effectively.
CULMINATION - Answers -point in time or space at which the operation can go no
longer maintain momentum.
During stability operations, culmination may result from the erosion of national will,
decline of popular support, question
4 steps of IPB - Answers -1. Define the operational environment.
2. Describe environmental effects on operations.
3. Evaluate the threat.
4. Determine threat courses of action.
Clausewitz COG - Answers -The hub of all power and movement upon which everything
depends.
Friction - Answers -the difference between war in real life and war on paper
Operational Design - Answers -the conception and construction of the intellectual
framework that underpins joint operations plans and their subsequent execution?
What is the purpose of doctrine? - Answers -Doctrine serves as a starting point for
thinking about and conducting operations. In other words, it serves as a common
professional language for amongst service members and as a common frame of
reference for discussing operations.
How to tell if a COA is Distinguishable? - Answers -1. Task organization
2. The scheme of maneuver (SOM)
3. Main effort
4. Primary mechanism of mission accomplishment
5. Sequential versus simultaneous maneuvers
6. Reserve
What are the 6 principles of mission command? - Answers -1. Build cohesive teams
through mutual trust.
2. Create shared understanding.
3. Provide a clear commander's intent.
4. Exercise disciplined initiative.
5. Use mission orders.
6. Accept prudent risk.
What is the distinction between mission command as a philosophy and mission
command as a war-fighting function? - Answers -Under the philosophy of mission
command, commanders understand their leadership guides the actions of the force.
Commanders, assisted by their staffs, use the guiding principles of mission command to
balance the art of command with the science of control. They use the art of command to
exercise authority, to provide leadership, and to make timely decisions. Commanders
and staffs use the science of control to regulate forces and direct the execution of
operations to conform to their commander's intent.
Clausewitzian Trinity - Answers -1. Government-ends-reason
2. People-means-passion
3. Military-ways-chance
- Answers -Nine. 6 geographical CCMDr. 3 Functional CCMDr. The Defense
Department has nine unified combatant commands, each with responsibilities for a
, geographic region or functional area in support of U.S. strategic objectives. Their
mission is to maintain command and control of U.S. military forces around the world in
peacetime as well as in conflict.
Operational Variables - Answers -PMESII-PT
political
military
economic
social
information
infrastructure
physical environment
time
Unified Action - Answers -The synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the
activities of governmental and nongovernmental entities with military operation to
achieve unity of effort.
Common Operating Precepts - Answers -1. Inform domestic audiences and influence
the perceptions and attitudes of key foreign audiences as an explicit and continuous
operational requirement.
2. Achieve and maintain unity of effort within the joint force and between the joint force
and US Government, international, and other partners.
3. Leverage the benefits of operating indirectly through partners when strategic and
operational circumstances dictate or permit.
4. Integrate joint capabilities to be complementary rather than merely additive.
5. Avoid combining capabilities where doing so adds complexity without compensating
advantage.
6. Focus on operational objectives whose achievement suggests the broadest and most
enduring results.
7. Ensure freedom of action.
8. Maintain operational and organizational flexibility.
9. Plan for and manage operational transitions over time and space.
10. Drive synergy to the lowest echelon at which it can be managed effectively.
CULMINATION - Answers -point in time or space at which the operation can go no
longer maintain momentum.
During stability operations, culmination may result from the erosion of national will,
decline of popular support, question
4 steps of IPB - Answers -1. Define the operational environment.
2. Describe environmental effects on operations.
3. Evaluate the threat.
4. Determine threat courses of action.
