AR 600-20 Army Command Policy Flashcards
What does AR 600-20 cover?
A: Army Command Policy
.What AR covers Army Command Policy?
A: AR 600-20.
Para 1 What does AR 600-20 cover?
A: Prescribes the policies and responsibilities of command. military discipline, and conduct, the Army Equal Opportunity Program, and the Army Sexual Assault Victim Program.
Para 1-5 What is Command?
A: Command is exercised by virtue of office and the special assignment of members of the United States Armed Forces.
.Para 1-5 What is a Commander?
A: A commissioned or WO who, by virtue of grade and assignment, exercises primary command authority over a military organization.
Para 1-5 Can a civilian exercise Command?
A: No; Only the President can exercise Command.
Q.Para 1-5 What is the extent that a civilian can exercise Supervision?
A: A civilian may be designated to exercise general supervision over an Army installation or activity.
Q.Para 1-5 What are the key elements of command?
A: Authority and Responsibility.
Para 1-5 Where is formal authority for command derived?
A: From the Policies, Procedures, and Precedents.
.Para 1-5 Who is responsible for establishing leadership climate of the unit and developing disciplined and cohesive units?
A: The Commander.
Q.Para 1-5 How do Leaders earn the loyalty of their Soldiers?
A: leaders must show loyalty to their Soldiers, the Army, and the nation.
Para 1-5 How do Leaders develop a positive Command Climate?
A: If leaders consider their Soldiers’ needs and care for their Well-being, and if they demonstrate genuine concern for their Soldiers, they will build a positive Command Climate.
.Para 1-5 What is Duty?
A: obedient and disciplined performance.
Para 1-5 How will Soldiers with a sense of duty perform?
A: Soldiers with a sense of duty accomplish tasks given them, seize opportunities for self-improvement, and accept responsibility from their superiors.
Para 1-5 What is demonstrated integrity the basis of?
A: Demonstrated integrity is the basis for dependable, consistent information, decision making, and delegation of authority.
Para 1-5 How will professionally competent leaders receive respect for their authority?
- Striving to develop, maintain, and use the full range of human potential in their organization.
- Giving troops constructive information on the need for and purpose of military discipline.
- Properly training their Soldiers and ensuring that both Soldiers and equipment are in the proper state of readiness at all times.
- Requirement of Exemplary Conduct.
Para 1-5 What are all commanding officers and others in authority in the Army required to display?
- To show in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, patriotism, and subordination.
- To be vigilant in inspecting the conduct of all persons who are placed under their command.
- To guard against and suppress all dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according to the laws and regulations of the Army, all persons who are guilty of them.
- To take all necessary and proper measures, under the laws, regulations, and customs of the Army.
- To promote and safeguard the morale, the physical Well-being, and the general welfare of the officers and enlisted persons under their command or charge.
para 1-6 How is Military rank among officers of the same grade or of equivalent grade determined?
A: by comparing dates of rank, whose date of rank (DOR) is earlier than the DOR of another is Senior to that Soldier.
Para 1-6 What confers eligibility to exercise command or authority in the U.S. military?
A: Grade and precedence of rank.
Para 1-6 What is an example of a Leader exercising authority by precedence of rank?
A: A SGT making an on the spot correction of a Soldier that is not in their unit. They have that Authority by the governing regulatory guidance.
Para 1-6 How is grade generally held?
A: by virtue of office or position in the Army.
Para 1-6 What is pay grade?
A: an abbreviated numerical device with useful applications in pay management, personnel accounting, automated data organization, and other administrative fields .
Para 1-6 Is the numerical pay grade used as a form of address or title in place of the proper title of address of grade?
A: No.
Para 1-6 Will a chaplain be addressed by their grade or rank?
A: No; All chaplains are addressed as “Chaplain,” regardless of military grade or professional title.
Para 1-6 Are civilians authorized “honorary grades”?
A: No. Conferring honorary titles of military grade upon civilians is prohibited.
.Para 1-6 What is the title to address Brigadier Generals through Generals?
A: The proper title to address all generals is General.
.Para 1-6 What is the proper title of address for a Lieutenant Colonel?
A: Colonel is the proper address for a Lieutenant Colonel.
Para 1-6 What is the proper title of address for all Warrant Officers?
A: Mister (Mrs./Miss/Ms.).
Para 1-6 What is the proper title of address for SFC-MSG?
A: Sergeant.
Para 1-6 What is the proper title of Address for PVT-PFC?
A: Private.
Para 2-1 What is the chain of command?
A: Commanders at all levels to achieve their primary function of accomplishing the unit’s assigned mission.
para 2-1 Who is responsible for everything their unit does or fails to do?
A: The commander
Para 2-1 Can a Leader assign responsibility and authority to their subordinates?
A: Yes; But overall responsibility still is still the Leaders responsibility.
Para 2-1 What is crucial to the proper functioning of all units?
A: Effective communication between senior and subordinate Soldiers within the chain of command.
Para 2-1 What must Soldiers do when they need to communicate issues and problems?
A: They must use the Chain of Command.
Para 2-2 Who does AR 600-20 direct to have Open Door Policies?
A: Only Commanders are directed that they must have an Open Door Policy.
Para 2-2 What does an Open Door Policy allow?
A: allows members of the command to present facts, concerns, and problems of a personal or professional nature or other issues that the Soldier has been unable to resolve.
Para 2-3 Who must ensure that all members of their command receive timely performance counseling?
A: The Commander.
Para 2-3 Which Army Regulations contain counseling requirements in conjunction with the evaluation reporting systems?
A: AR 623–3 and AR 690–400.
Para 2-3 What helps to ensure that they are prepared to carry out their duties efficiently and accomplish the mission?
A: Effective Performance counseling.
Para 2-4 What channel may be used for sending reports, information, or instructions?
A: Staff or technical channels.
Para 2-4 Do staff or technical channels have Command authority?
A: No.
Para 2-5 What are the two categories of Army installations?
A: Installation Management Command (IMCOM) and Joint Bases.
Para 2-5 What is the optimum length of Command for company level commander?
A: 12-18 months.
Para 2-5 What is the Optimum length of Command for Field Grade level commander?
A: 24-36 months.
Q.Para 2-10 Can an NCO, SPC or PVT assume command of a unit?
A: Yes in emergency situations.
Para 2-10 Who takes Command within a prisoner of war camp or among a group of prisoners of war, or a group of personnel detained by hostile forces?
A: The senior person eligible for command.
Para 2-17 Can a senior Commander relieve a subordinate Commander that is in command?
A: Yes.
Para 2-17 Can a senior Commander relieve a subordinate Commander on the basis of an informal investigation under AR 15–6?
A: No.
Para 2-18 How does the NCO support channel support the Chain of Command?
A: it parallels and complements the chain of command.
Para 2-18 What is the NCO support channel?
A: It is a channel of communication and supervision from the command sergeant major (CSM) to first sergeant (1SG) and then to other NCOs and enlisted personnel of the units.
Para 2-18 What duties will the NCO support channel assist the chain of command in accomplishing?
- Transmitting, instilling, and ensuring the efficacy of the professional Army ethic.
- Planning and conducting the day-to-day unit operations.
- Training of enlisted Soldiers in their MOS as well as in the basic skills.
- Supervising unit physical fitness training and ensuring Soldiers comply with the weight and appearance standards.
- Teaching Soldiers the history of the Army, to include military customs, courtesies, and traditions.
- Caring for individual Soldiers and their Families both on and off duty.
- Teaching Soldiers the mission of the unit and developing individual training programs to support the mission.
- Accounting for and maintaining individual arms and equipment of enlisted Soldiers and unit equipment under their control.
- Administering and monitoring the Noncommissioned Officer’s Development Program, and other unit training programs.
- Achieving and maintaining courage, candor, competence, commitment, and compassion.
Para 2-18 Describe the position of Sergeant Major of the Army?
A: the senior sergeant major grade and designates the senior enlisted position of the Army.
.Para 2-18 Describe the position of Command Sergeant Major?
A: The senior NCO of the command at battalion or higher levels and carries out policies and standards, and advises the commander on the performance, training, appearance, and conduct of enlisted Soldiers they also establish the unit’s Noncommissioned Officer’s Development Program.
Para 2-18 Describe the position of First Sergeant?
A: the senior NCO at company level and they administer the unit Noncommissioned Officer’s Professional Development Program.
Para 2-18 Describe the position of Platoon Sergeant?
A: key assistant and adviser to the platoon leader and In the absence of the platoon leader, the platoon sergeant leads the platoon.
Para 2-18 Do NCO’s have the authority to apprehend any person subject to trial by court-martial under the MCM?
A: Yes.
Para 2-18 Can NCO’s order enlisted Soldiers into arrest or confinement per the MCM?
A: Yes; if authorized by their commanders.
