ADP 3-0 Operations

Question 1

What is unified land operations?

Answer 1

The army’s war fighting doctrine of both previous operations doctrine and recent combat experience

Question 2

What does METTC stand for?

Answer 2

Mission 
Enemy
Terrain and weather
Troops
Time 
Civil considerations

Question 3

What does PMESII-PT stand for?

Answer 3

Political
Military 
Economic 
Social
Information 
Infrastructure 
Physical environment 
Time

Question 4

What is the army’s 2 core competencies?

Answer 4

Combined arms maneuver and wide are security

Question 5

What is the philosophy of mission command?

Answer 5

Authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable initiative within the commanders intent

Question 6

What is the foundation of unified land operations built on?

Answer 6

Initiative, decisive action and mission command

Question 7

How does the army seize, retain and exploit the initiative?

Answer 7

By striking the enemy both lethally and no lethally in time and places when the enemy is not prepared

Question 8

What is seizing the initiative?

Answer 8

Setting and dictating the terms of action

Question 9

How does the seizing the initiative affect the enemy?

Answer 9

It degrades the enemy’s ability to function as a coherent force?

Question 10

What does the army’s 2 core competencies enable army forces to achieve?

Answer 10

To defeat or destroy an enemy, seize or occupy terrain and prevent the enemy from gaining a position of advantage

Question 11

From an enemy point of view, what must US operations be?

Answer 11

Rapid, unpredictable, and disorienting

Question 12

What are offensive operations?

Answer 12

Operations conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources and population centers

Question 13

What are the types of offensive operations?

Answer 13

Movement to contact, attack, exploitation, and pursuit

Question 14

What are defensive operations?

Answer 14

Operations conducted to defeat the enemy attack, gain time and develop conditions favorable for offensive and stability tasks

Question 15

What are the types of defensive operations?

Answer 15

Mobile defense, area defense, and retrograde

Question 16

What are stability operations?

Answer 16

Military missions conducted outside the US to maintain a safe and secure environment and provide essential government services and humanitarian relief

Question 17

What is combined arms maneuver?

Answer 17

The application of the elements of combat power in unified action to defeat enemy ground forces and to achieve advantages over the enemy

Question 18

What is wide area security?

Answer 18

The application of the elements of combat power in unified action to protect to deny the enemy positions of advantage in order to retain the initiative

Question 19

What is operation?

Answer 19

A military action consisting of two or more related tactical actions designed to achieve a strategic objective

Question 20

What is tactical action?

Answer 20

A battle of engagement, employing lethal or non lethal action

Question 21

What are the characteristics of an army operation?

Answer 21

Flexibility 
Integration 
Lethality 
Adaptability 
Depth
Synchronization

Question 22

What is planning?

Answer 22

Understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future and laying out effective ways of bringing about that future

Question 23

What are troop leading procedures?

Answer 23

A process used by small unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop a plan, and prepare for an operation

Question 24

What does preparation consist of?

Answer 24

Activities that units preform to improve their ability to execute an operation

Question 25

What is execution?

Answer 25

A plan in action by applying combat power to accomplish the mission and using situational understanding to asses progress to make executive decisions

Question 26

What is assessment?

Answer 26

Continuously monitoring and evaluating the current situation and progress of an operation

Question 27

What is an area of operations?

Answer 27

Operational area defined by joint force CDR for land and marintime forces that should be large enough to accomplish their mission and protect their forces

Question 28

What is an area of interest?

Answer 28

An area of concern to the CDR.

Question 29

What is the the main effort?

Answer 29

The designated subordinate unit whose mission at a given point in time is most critical to overall mission success

Question 30

What are supporting efforts?

Answer 30

Designated subordinate units with missions that support the success of the the main effort