IBOLC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Troop Leading Procedures - ANS• Receive the mission- LDRs determine unit mission and time
available to accomplish it. Conduct initial analysis.
• Issue a warning order (WARNO)--less detailed than Opord
• Make a tentative plan-
• Start necessary movement
• Reconnoiter
• Complete the plan
• Issue Operations Order (OPORD)
• Supervise
Rehearsal techniques - ANSBackbrief.,
Combined arms rehearsal.,
Support rehearsal.,
Battle drill or SOP rehearsal
The principles of patrolling? - ANS• Planning
• Reconnaissance
• Security
• Control
• Common Sense
Characteristics of the Offense - ANSSurprise
Audacity
Tempo
Concentration
Characteristics of the Defense - ANSPreparation
Security
Disruption
Flexibility
Maneuver
Operations in Depth
Massing effects
Steps of Engagement Area Development - ANS• Identify likely enemy avenues of approach.
• Identify the enemy scheme of maneuver.
• Determine where to kill the enemy.
• Plan and integrate obstacles.
• Emplace weapons systems.
• Plan and integrate indirect fires.
, • Conduct an engagement area rehearsal.
Forms of Maneuver - ANSEnvelopment
Penetration
Infiltration
Frontal Attack
Turning Movement
Employment of friendly machine gun fire - ANSFM 3-21.8 - Appendix A - Machine Gun
Employment
What does a WARNO include, at a minimum? - ANSType of Operation
General Location of Operation
Initial Operational Timeline
Reconnaissance to initiate
Movement to Initiate
Planning and Prep instructions
Information Requirements
Commander's critical information Requirements
Steps to Complete "Receive the Mission" - ANS* Assess the time available to prepare and
execute the mission
* Prepare and initial Timeline for planning and executing the mission
* Determine the total amount of time to plan and prepare
*As planning continues, use the initial planning-time analysis to conduct a detailed time analysis
* Analyze the time the unit has available
*Prepare initial timeline
What is a WARNO? - ANSA preliminary notice of an order or action to follow.
When can a leader make a tentative plan? - ANSAfter he issues his own WARNO and after he
receives the company's third WARNO or until he has enough information to proceed.
What does the PL do during mission analysis? - ANSRestates the mission
Conducts initial risk assessment
Identifies a tentative decisive point
Defines his own intent
What does Mission Analysis Answer? - ANSWhat is my mission?
What is the current situation?
How do we accomplish the mission?
What are the risks?
Troop Leading Procedures - ANS• Receive the mission- LDRs determine unit mission and time
available to accomplish it. Conduct initial analysis.
• Issue a warning order (WARNO)--less detailed than Opord
• Make a tentative plan-
• Start necessary movement
• Reconnoiter
• Complete the plan
• Issue Operations Order (OPORD)
• Supervise
Rehearsal techniques - ANSBackbrief.,
Combined arms rehearsal.,
Support rehearsal.,
Battle drill or SOP rehearsal
The principles of patrolling? - ANS• Planning
• Reconnaissance
• Security
• Control
• Common Sense
Characteristics of the Offense - ANSSurprise
Audacity
Tempo
Concentration
Characteristics of the Defense - ANSPreparation
Security
Disruption
Flexibility
Maneuver
Operations in Depth
Massing effects
Steps of Engagement Area Development - ANS• Identify likely enemy avenues of approach.
• Identify the enemy scheme of maneuver.
• Determine where to kill the enemy.
• Plan and integrate obstacles.
• Emplace weapons systems.
• Plan and integrate indirect fires.
, • Conduct an engagement area rehearsal.
Forms of Maneuver - ANSEnvelopment
Penetration
Infiltration
Frontal Attack
Turning Movement
Employment of friendly machine gun fire - ANSFM 3-21.8 - Appendix A - Machine Gun
Employment
What does a WARNO include, at a minimum? - ANSType of Operation
General Location of Operation
Initial Operational Timeline
Reconnaissance to initiate
Movement to Initiate
Planning and Prep instructions
Information Requirements
Commander's critical information Requirements
Steps to Complete "Receive the Mission" - ANS* Assess the time available to prepare and
execute the mission
* Prepare and initial Timeline for planning and executing the mission
* Determine the total amount of time to plan and prepare
*As planning continues, use the initial planning-time analysis to conduct a detailed time analysis
* Analyze the time the unit has available
*Prepare initial timeline
What is a WARNO? - ANSA preliminary notice of an order or action to follow.
When can a leader make a tentative plan? - ANSAfter he issues his own WARNO and after he
receives the company's third WARNO or until he has enough information to proceed.
What does the PL do during mission analysis? - ANSRestates the mission
Conducts initial risk assessment
Identifies a tentative decisive point
Defines his own intent
What does Mission Analysis Answer? - ANSWhat is my mission?
What is the current situation?
How do we accomplish the mission?
What are the risks?
