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ALP Flashcards

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Warrant Officer birthday

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9 July 1918

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Fundamentals of social conduct (3)

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  • Projection
  • Presentation
  • Perception
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Essential Characteristics of the Army Profession (5)

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  • Trust
  • Honorable Service
  • Military Expertise
  • Stewardship
  • Espirit de corps
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Roles of Trusted Army Professionals (5)

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  • Trust
  • Honorable Servant
  • Army Expert
  • Steward
  • Morale
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Critical Tasks of the Army Profession

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  • Develop expert knowledge
  • Apply military expertise
  • Certify Army professionals and organizations
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Fields of Expert Knowledge (4)

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  • Military-Technical
  • Moral-Ethical
  • Political-Cultural
  • Leader-Human Development
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Definition of the Army Profession

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The Army Profession is a unique vocation of experts certified in the ethical design, generation, support, and application of land power, serving under civilian authority and entrusted to defend the U.S. Constitution and the rights and interests of the American people.

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Define the Army Ethic

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The Army ethic is the evolving set of laws, values, and shared beliefs, embedded within the Army culture of trust that motivates and guides the conduct of Army professionals bound together in common moral purpose.

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Army Values (7)

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  • Loyalty
  • Duty
  • Respect
  • Selfless Service
  • Honor
  • Integrity
  • Personal Courage
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What do professions do? (4)

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  • Provide a vital service to the society which it cannot provide for itself, but must have to flourish.
  • Work with expert (abstract) knowledge developed into human expertise… not routine or repetitive work.
  • Earn and maintain the Trust of their society by the effective and ethical application of their expertise.
  • Are, therefore, granted relative autonomy in the application of their art and expertise.
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Framework of the Army Ethic

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Legal-Institution: Constitution, Laws
Legal-Individual: Oaths, UCMJ, ROE
-> Motivation of Obligation: Transactional Leadership

Moral-Institution: Army culture, Dec. of Independence
Moral-Individual: Human rights, Creeds, Army Values
-> Motivation of Aspiration: Transformational Leadership

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Army Professional Certification Criteria (3)

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  • Character
  • Competence
  • Commitment
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Reference for the Army Profession

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ADP 1, The Army

ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession

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References for Army Leadership (2)

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  • ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession

- FM 6-22, Leader Development

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Define Army Leadership

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Leadership is the activity of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.

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Components of the Leadership Requirements Model

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Be - Attributes
 -- Character 
 -- Presence
Know - Attributes
-- Intellect
Do - Competencies
-- Leads
-- Develops
-- Achieves
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Leadership Attributes (3)

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  • Character
  • Presence
  • Intellect
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Leadership Competencies (3)

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  • Leads
  • Develops
  • Achieves
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Army Team Building Process (3)

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  • Formation
  • Enrichment
  • Sustainment
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Types of Teams (2)

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  • Internal: Made up from inside an organization

- External: Members from different organizations

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Characteristics of Effective Teams (6)

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  • Trust – the ability to predict what each will do
  • Work together to accomplish tasks
  • Execute tasks thoroughly and quickly
  • Meet and exceed the standard
  • Adapt to demanding challenges
  • Learn from their experiences
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Types of Team Assessments

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Individual
- Performance Counseling
- Evaluation
Team
- AARs
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Define Army Team Building

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A continuous process of enabling a group of people to reach their goals and improve their effectiveness through leadership and various exercises, activities, and techniques.

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What is a team?

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Any group that functions together to accomplish a mission or perform a collective task.

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References for Team Building

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FM 6-22, Leader Development

ATP 6-22.6, Army Team Building

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Reference for Army Writing

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AR 25-50, Preparing and Managing Correspondence

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Army Writing Process Steps (5)

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  • Research
  • Plan
  • Develop a draft
  • Revise the draft
  • Proof
28
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Types of Counseling (3)

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  • Event
  • Performance
  • Professional Growth
29
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Counselling Skills (3)

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  • Active Listening
  • Responding
  • Appropriate Questioning
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Stages of the Counselling Process (4)

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  • Identify the need for counseling
  • Prepare for the counseling
  • Conduct the counseling
  • Follow-up with the individual
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Effective counselor qualities (5)

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  • Respect for subordinates
  • Self-awareness
  • Cultural awareness
  • Empathy
  • Credibility
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Key characteristics of an effective counselor: (5)

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  • Purpose
  • Flexibility
  • Respect
  • Communication
  • Support
33
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Seven Steps of the Military Problem Solving Process

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Step 1.  Gather information and knowledge
Step 2.  Identify the problem
Step 3.  Develop criteria
Step 4.  Generate possible solutions
Step 5.  Analyze possible solutions
Step 6.  Compare possible solutions
Step 7.  Make and implement the decision
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SF warrant officers (180A) are…

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…adaptive technical experts, combat leaders, trainers and advisors.

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SF Warrant Officers are experienced SMEs:

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Operations and Intelligence Fusion
Mission Planning and Execution
Training Management
Unconventional Warfare / ASO
JIIM operations
36
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Specific Characteristics of WO1/CW2

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  • Serve as Assistant Detachment Commanders
  • Serve as Detachment Commander in absence of 18A
  • Ensure maintenance of institutional knowledge on ODA
  • Ensure Continuity on ODA
  • Focus on integrating SOF systems with other branch systems
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180A Unique Skills

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  • Proficient in 9 Principle SF Tasks, intelligence operations, tactical skills
  • Familiar with technical skills of an ODA
  • Aptitude for Foreign Language (must maintain proficiency)
  • Qualified Military Parachutists (must be Jumpmaster for promotion to CW3)
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180A Unique Knowledge Required

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  • In depth knowledge of at least one region of the world

- Specialized TTPs that support SF Operations

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SF Principal Tasks

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Unconventional Warfare
Foreign Internal Defense
Direct Action
Special Reconnaissance
Counterterrorism
Counter Proliferation
Information Operations
Security Force Assistance
Counterinsurgency
40
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WO1/CW2 Key Responsibilities

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1-Leadership
2-Operations and Intelligence Fusion
3-Mission Planning
4-JIIM Coordination
5-Training Management
6-Resource Management
7-Information Management
8-Continuity of the Detachment
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180A Unique Attributes

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  • Ability to solve complex political-military problems
    • Develop conventional or unconventional solutions
    • Develop and employ non-doctrinal methods and techniques
    • Capable of decisive action for missions in which no doctrine exists
  • Adaptive thinker who is able to thrive in complex and ambiguous situations
  • Mentally flexible and willing to experiment
  • Good interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills, as well as political acumen and cultural sensitivity
  • Self-reliant team players, leaders independently or in small groups
  • Learns new skills, accepts new ideas, teaches others
  • Unquestionable personal integrity and moral courage
  • Act autonomously under extreme stress / Influence others under stress
  • Be physically fit
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SOF Imperatives

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  • Understand the operational environment
  • Recognize political implications
  • Facilitate interagency activities
  • Engage the threat discriminately
  • Consider long-term effects
  • Ensure legitimacy and credibility of Special Operations
  • Anticipate and control psychological effects
  • Apply capabilities indirectly
  • Develop multiple options
  • Ensure long-term sustainment
  • Provide sufficient intelligence
  • Balance security and synchronization
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SOF Truths

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  • Humans are more important than hardware
  • Quality is better than quantity
  • Special Operations Forces cannot be mass produced
  • Competent Special Operations Forces cannot be created after emergencies occur
  • Most special operations require non-SOF support
44
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References for Mission Command (3)

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ADP 3-0 – Unified Land Operations
ADP 5-0 – The Army Operations Process
ADP 6-0 – Mission Command

45
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What is Mission Command?

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The Army’s approach to Command & Control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution.

46
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What does Mission Command do?

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It describes how commanders [& staffs] combine the Art of command and the Science of control to understand situations, make decisions, direct action, and accomplish missions.

47
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How does Mission Command fit within Army doctrine?

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Mission Command supports the Army’s operational concept of Unified Land Operations and its emphasis on Seizing, Retaining, and Exploiting the initiative.

48
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Principals of Mission Command (7)

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  • Competence
  • Mutual trust
  • Shared understanding
  • Commander’s intent
  • Mission orders
  • Risk acceptance
  • Disciplined initiative
49
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Warfighting functions (6)

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  • Intelligence
  • Fires
  • Sustainment
  • Protection
  • Movement & Maneuver
  • Command and Control
50
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What is Command and Control?

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Command & Control is the exercise of authority and direction by a designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission.

51
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Describe C2 as a Warfighting Function

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C2 is the arrangement of people, processes, and networks – into command posts – that facilitate their exercise of authority.

52
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How does MC differ from Command & Control (C2)?

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Mission Command is a “philosophy” that enables Command & Control.

53
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Define Commander’s Intent

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A clear and concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the desired military end state that supports mission command, provides focus to staff, and helps subordinates achieve the commander’s desired results even when events do not unfold as planned

It describes what constitutes success for the operation

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Parts of Commander’s Intent (3)

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  • Expanded purpose (nested two levels up)
  • Key tasks (what must be done for mission success)
  • End state (desired conditions—respective of FF, EF, terrain and civil considerations)
55
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ARSOF Attributes

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  • Perseverance
  • Personal Responsibility
  • Professionalism
  • Courage
  • Capability
  • Adaptability
  • Integrity
  • Team Player

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