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Elements of Decisive Action - ANSWER-Offensive Defensive Stability Defensive support of civil authorities 4 Types of Offensive Operations - ANSWER-Movement to Contact Attack Exploitation Pursuit 3 Types of Defensive Operations - ANSWER-Area Defense Mobile Defense Retrograde Stability Operations Tasks - ANSWER-Establish civil security Support to civil control Restore essential services Support to governance Support to economic and infrastructure development
AVC3 Entrance Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Conduct security cooperation Defensive support of civil authorities tasks - ANSWER-Provide support for Domestic disasters Provide support for domestic CBRN incidents Provide support for domestic civilian law enforcement agencies Provide other designated domestic support Warfighting functions - ANSWER-Command and control Movement and maneuver Intelligence Fires Sustainment Protection Command and control warfighting function - ANSWER-The related tasks and a system that enable commanders to synchronize and converge all elements of combat power. Movement and maneuver warfighting function - ANSWER-the related tasks and systems that move and employ forces to achieve a position of relative advantage over the enemy and other threats
Intelligence Fires Sustainment Protection Commanders apply combat power through the warfighting functions using: - ANSWER- leadership and information Security Operations - ANSWER-Operations performed by commanders to provide early and accurate warning of enemy operations, to provide the forces being protected with time and maneuver space within which to react to the enemy, and to develop the situation to allow commanders to effectively use their protected forces. Four types of security operations - ANSWER-Area Security Cover Guard Screen Area Security - ANSWER-type of security operation conducted to protect friendly forces, lines of communications, and activities within a specific area.
Cover - ANSWER-type of security operation done independent of the main body to protect them by fighting to gain time while preventing enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body. Guard - ANSWER-type of security operation done to protect the main body by fighting to gain time while preventing enemy ground observation fo and direct fire against the main body. Screen - ANSWER-type of security operation that primarily provides early warning to the protected force. Reconnaissance - ANSWER-a mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or adversary, or to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area. Reconnaissance Objective - ANSWER-is a terrain feature, geographic area, enemy force, adversary, or other mission or operational variable about which the commander wants to obtain additional information. The five types of reconnaissance operations are: - ANSWER-Area Recon Reconnaissance in force Route Recon
Forms of Maneuver - ANSWER-Distinct tactical combinations of fire and movement with a unique set of doctrinal characteristics that differ primarily in the relationship between the maneuvering force and the enemy Five Forms of Maneuver - ANSWER-Envelopment Frontal Assault Infiltration Penetration Turning movement Three Forms of the Defense - ANSWER-Perimeter defense Defense of a linear obstacle Reverse slope defense Characteristics of the Offense - ANSWER-Audacity Concentration Surprise Tempo Audacity - ANSWER-A willingness to take bold risks Concentration - ANSWER-Massing the effects of combat power in time and space at the decisive point to achieve a single purpose.
Surprise - ANSWER-Attacking at a time or place or in a manner for which enemy forces did not prepare or expect. Tempo - ANSWER-The relative speed and rhythm of military operations over time with respect to the enemy. Characteristics of the Defense - ANSWER-Disruption Flexibility Maneuver Mass and Concentration Disruption - ANSWER-Employing actions that desynchronize an enemy force's preparations. Flexibility - ANSWER-Plans that anticipate enemy actions and allocates resources accordingly Maneuver - ANSWER-Allows a defending force to achieve and exploit a position of advantage over an enemy force. Mass and Concentration - ANSWER-This action produces overwhelming combat power at specific locations to support their decisive operations.
Orders production, dissemination, and tranition Five paragraphs of the OPORD - ANSWER-Situation Mission Execution Sustainment Command and Control Military Aspects of Terrain - ANSWER-Observation and Fields of fire Avenues of approach Key terrain Obstacles Cover and concealment Mission Variables - ANSWER-Mission Enemy Terrain and weather Troops and support available Time available Civil Considerations Fundamentals of Reconnaissance - ANSWER--Orient on reconnaissance objectives
- Do not keep reconnaissance assets in reserve
- Ensure continuous reconnaissance
- Retain freedom of maneuver
- Gain and maintain enemy contact
- Develop the situation rapidly
- Report all information rapidly and accurately Fundamentals of Security - ANSWER--Provide early and accurate warning
- Provide reaction time and maneuver space
- Orient on the protected force, area, or facility
- Perform continuous reconnaissance
- Maintain enemy contact Attack Employment Methods - ANSWER-Continuous Attack Phased Attack Maximum destruction Attack Continuous Attack - ANSWER-To exert constant pressure on the enemy force. At least one company is in the battle at all times. Phased Attack - ANSWER-To exert increased firepower on the enemy force, the battalion commander employs one company as a shaping operation to begin attacking the enemy and then quickly phases in a second company from a different battle position
- Air assault ground maneuver forces
- Air movement of personnel, equipment, and supplies
- Evacuate wounded or recover isolated personnel
- Enable command and control over extended ranges and complex terrain Air Assault Planning - ANSWER-Ground tactical plan Landing plan Air movement plan Landing Plan Staging Plan Three Levels of Warfare - ANSWER-Strategic Operational Tactical Movement Formations - ANSWER-Line Column/File Vee Box Wedge Diamond Echelon
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield - ANSWER-The systemic process of analyzing the mission variables of the enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations in an area of interest to determine their effect on operations. Commander's Critical Information Requirement (CCIR) - ANSWER-An information requirement identified by the commander as being critical to facilitating timely decision making. Priority Intelligence Requirement (PIR) - ANSWER-An intelligence requirement that the commander and staff need to understand the threat and other aspects of the operational environment. They identify the information about an enemy force and other aspects of the operational environment that a commander considers most important to the plan or decision. Friendly Force Information Requirement (FFIR) - ANSWER-Information the commander and staff need to understand the status of friendly force and supporting capabilities. They identify the information about the mission, troops, and support available, and time available for friendly forces that the commander considers most important to the plan or decisions. Ambush - ANSWER-An attack by fire or other destructive means from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted enemy
Contain - ANSWER-A tactical mission task that requires the commander to stop, hold, or surround enemy forces or to cause them to center their activity on a given front and prevent them from withdrawing any part of their forces for use elsewhere. Control - ANSWER-A tactical mission task that requires the commander to maintain physical influence over a specified area to prevent its use by an enemy or to create conditions necessary for successful friendly operations. Counterreconnaissance - ANSWER-A tactical mission task that encompasses all measures taken by a commander to counter enemy reconnaissance and surveillance efforts. Destroy - ANSWER-A tactical mission task that physically renders an enemy force combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted. Defeat - ANSWER-To render a force incapable of achieving its objectives Disengagement - ANSWER-A tactical mission task where a commander has the unit break contact with the enemy to allow the conduct of another mission or to avoid decisive engagement Disrupt - ANSWER-A tactical mission task in which a commander integrates direct and indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles to upset an enemy's formation or tempo, interrupt
the enemy's timetable, or cause enemy forces to commit prematurely or attack in piecemeal fashion Exfiltrate - ANSWER-A tactical mission task where a commander removes Soldiers or units form areas under enemy control by stealth, deception, surprise, or clandestine means. Fix - ANSWER-A tactical mission task where a commander prevents the enemy from moving any part of that force from a specific location for a specific period. Follow and Assume - ANSWER-A tactical mission task in which a second committed force follows a force conducting an offensive task and is prepared to continue the mission if the lead force is fixed, attrited, or unable to continue Follow and Support - ANSWER-A tactical mission task in which a committed force follows an supports a lead force conducting an offensive task Interdict - ANSWER-A Tactical mission task where the commander prevents, disrupts, or delays the enemy's use of an area or route. Isolate - ANSWER-To separate a force form its sources of support in order to reduce its effectiveness and increase its vulnerability to defeat.
Suppress - ANSWER-A tactical mission task that results in temporary degradation of the performance of a force or weapons system below the level needed to accomplish the mission Turn - ANSWER-A tactical mission task that involves forcing an enemy force from one avenue of approach or mobility corridor to another Delay - ANSWER-When a force under pressure trades space for time by slowing down the enemy's momentum and inflicting maximum damage on enemy forces without becoming decisively engaged. Screen - ANSWER-A type of security operation that primarily provides early warning to the protected force Guard - ANSWER-A type of security operation done to protect the main body by fighting to gain time with preventing enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body Cover - ANSWER-Protection from the effect of fire Axis of Advance - ANSWER-The general area through which the bulk of a unit's combat power must move
Withdraw - ANSWER-To disengage from an enemy force and move in a direction away from the enemy Restrictive Fire Line - ANSWER-A specific boundary established between converging, friendly surface forces that prohibits fires or their effects from crossing
