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Army force management model - ANS "system of systems" approach that is designed to
generate trained and ready units for the Combatant Commanders (CCDRs);
Army Force Management Model steps - ANS 1) Determine strategic requirements, 2) develop
required capabilities 3a) Design organizations 3b) acquire material solutions 4) develop
organizational models 5)determine authorizations 6) document org authorizations 7) acquire,
train, distro personnel and equipment
Range of military operations across conflict continuum - ANS military engagement, security
cooperation, and deterrence; crisis response and limited contingency operations; and large-
scale combat operations.
Unified action - ANS the combination of Comprehensive approach (mil cooperation with
NGOs/IGOs) + whole of government approach (mil cooperation w/ OGAs) + unity of command
in joint and multinational operations = unity of effort
What are instruments of national power and what are their purpose? - ANS DIME; national-
level means our national leaders can apply in various ways to achieve strategic objectives
(ends).
OPCON - ANS Operational control is a delegate-able authority from COCOM characterized by
the ability to task and organize subordinate forces
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,TACON - ANS Tactical Control is a delegateable authority from COCOM characterized by
limited control of movement and maneuver of a subordinate force during a mission; no task
organization control or admin support
General support - ANS support that is given to the supported force as a whole rather than to
a particular subdivision thereof.
Direct support - ANS A mission requiring a force to support another specific force and
authorizing it to answer directly to the supported force's request for assistance.
Mutual support - ANS That support that units render each other against an enemy because
of their assigned tasks, their position relative to each other and to the enemy, and their
inherent capabilities.
Close support - ANS support against targets or objectives sufficiently near the supported
force as to require detailed integration or coordination with the fire, movement, or other
actions of the supported force.
Offensive task - ANS task conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain,
resources, and population centers
Offensive tasks - ANS movement to contact, attack, exploitation, and pursuit.
Movement to Contact - ANS offensive task designed to develop the situation and establish or
regain contact
What is an attack and what forms are there? - ANS offensive task that destroys or defeats
enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both; ambush, counterattack, demonstration, feint,
raid, and spoiling attack.
Exploitation - ANS offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a successful attack and is
designed to disorganize the enemy in depth
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, Pursuit - ANS offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape,
with the aim of destroying it
Six forms of maneuver - ANS envelopment, turning movement, frontal attack, penetration,
infiltration, and flank attack.
Envelopment - ANS form of maneuver where attacking force avoids the enemy defenses by
seizing objectives behind those defenses to destroy the enemy in their current positions.
Turning movement - ANS form of maneuver in which the attacking force avoids the enemy's
defensive positions by seizing objectives behind the enemy's current positions thereby causing
the enemy force to move out of their current positions or divert major forces to meet the
threat.
Infiltration - ANS form of maneuver in which an attacking force conducts undetected
movement through or into an area occupied by enemy forces to occupy a position of advantage
behind those enemy positions while exposing only small elements to enemy defensive fires.
Penetration - ANS form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to rupture enemy
defenses on a narrow front to disrupt the defensive system.
Frontal attack - ANS form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker
enemy force or fix a larger enemy force in place over a broad front.
Flank Attack - ANS form of offensive maneuver directed at the flank of an enemy.
Characteristics of offense - ANS surprise, concentration, tempo, and audacity
Purpose of defense - ANS create conditions for a counteroffensive that allows Army forces to
regain the initiative; Retaining decisive terrain or denying a vital area to the enemy; Attriting or
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Army force management model - ANS "system of systems" approach that is designed to
generate trained and ready units for the Combatant Commanders (CCDRs);
Army Force Management Model steps - ANS 1) Determine strategic requirements, 2) develop
required capabilities 3a) Design organizations 3b) acquire material solutions 4) develop
organizational models 5)determine authorizations 6) document org authorizations 7) acquire,
train, distro personnel and equipment
Range of military operations across conflict continuum - ANS military engagement, security
cooperation, and deterrence; crisis response and limited contingency operations; and large-
scale combat operations.
Unified action - ANS the combination of Comprehensive approach (mil cooperation with
NGOs/IGOs) + whole of government approach (mil cooperation w/ OGAs) + unity of command
in joint and multinational operations = unity of effort
What are instruments of national power and what are their purpose? - ANS DIME; national-
level means our national leaders can apply in various ways to achieve strategic objectives
(ends).
OPCON - ANS Operational control is a delegate-able authority from COCOM characterized by
the ability to task and organize subordinate forces
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,TACON - ANS Tactical Control is a delegateable authority from COCOM characterized by
limited control of movement and maneuver of a subordinate force during a mission; no task
organization control or admin support
General support - ANS support that is given to the supported force as a whole rather than to
a particular subdivision thereof.
Direct support - ANS A mission requiring a force to support another specific force and
authorizing it to answer directly to the supported force's request for assistance.
Mutual support - ANS That support that units render each other against an enemy because
of their assigned tasks, their position relative to each other and to the enemy, and their
inherent capabilities.
Close support - ANS support against targets or objectives sufficiently near the supported
force as to require detailed integration or coordination with the fire, movement, or other
actions of the supported force.
Offensive task - ANS task conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain,
resources, and population centers
Offensive tasks - ANS movement to contact, attack, exploitation, and pursuit.
Movement to Contact - ANS offensive task designed to develop the situation and establish or
regain contact
What is an attack and what forms are there? - ANS offensive task that destroys or defeats
enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both; ambush, counterattack, demonstration, feint,
raid, and spoiling attack.
Exploitation - ANS offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a successful attack and is
designed to disorganize the enemy in depth
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, Pursuit - ANS offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape,
with the aim of destroying it
Six forms of maneuver - ANS envelopment, turning movement, frontal attack, penetration,
infiltration, and flank attack.
Envelopment - ANS form of maneuver where attacking force avoids the enemy defenses by
seizing objectives behind those defenses to destroy the enemy in their current positions.
Turning movement - ANS form of maneuver in which the attacking force avoids the enemy's
defensive positions by seizing objectives behind the enemy's current positions thereby causing
the enemy force to move out of their current positions or divert major forces to meet the
threat.
Infiltration - ANS form of maneuver in which an attacking force conducts undetected
movement through or into an area occupied by enemy forces to occupy a position of advantage
behind those enemy positions while exposing only small elements to enemy defensive fires.
Penetration - ANS form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to rupture enemy
defenses on a narrow front to disrupt the defensive system.
Frontal attack - ANS form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker
enemy force or fix a larger enemy force in place over a broad front.
Flank Attack - ANS form of offensive maneuver directed at the flank of an enemy.
Characteristics of offense - ANS surprise, concentration, tempo, and audacity
Purpose of defense - ANS create conditions for a counteroffensive that allows Army forces to
regain the initiative; Retaining decisive terrain or denying a vital area to the enemy; Attriting or
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