ARSOF

Question 1

What is Unified Action

Answer 1

The synchronization, coordination, and integration of the activities of governmental and nongovernmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort (The big picture). Overall Joint operating concept

Question 2

Unified Land Operations

Answer 2

The army’s part in Unified action. Simultaneous, offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative to shape the operational environment, prevent conflict, consolidate gains and win our nations wars as part of unified action.

Question 3

7 Principles to Mission command

Answer 3

Competence
Commanders intent
mission order
mutual trust 
shared understanding
disciplined initiative
risk acceptance

Question 4

What are the two core competencies of USASOC

Answer 4

Special Warfare

Surgical Strike

Question 5

What are the SOF tenants

Answer 5

Tempo
Preemptive
Disruption
Deception
Disciplined Initiative

Question 6

What is the cognitive Framework

Answer 6

Right Partner
Right Location
Right Capability

Question 7

What is OPCON?

Answer 7

Authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces (Operational Control):
Organizing
Employing
assigning
designate obj
giving authoritative direction

Question 8

What is TACON

Answer 8

Provides sufficient authority for controlling and directing the application of force or tactical use of combat support assets within the assigned mission or task. Tactical control

Question 9

3 main tasks within Decisive Action

Answer 9

Offensive, Defensive, Stability

Question 10

What are three commonalities of between ULO and air land battle

Answer 10

Seize, retain, exploit initiative

Question 11

what is “I3”

Answer 11

integration, inter-operability, inter-dependency

Question 12

What is CoG

Answer 12

The source of power that provides moral or physical strength, freedom of action, and will to act.
Critical Capabilities
Critical Requirements
Critical Vulnerabilities

Question 13

What is the RAFT model

Answer 13

analytical tool that separates situation variables:
Relationships
Actors
Functions
Tensions

Question 14

What are tactics

Answer 14

ordered placement and maneuver of units in relation to each other

Question 15

What are techniques

Answer 15

general, detailed methods troops and commanders use to perform assigned missions

Question 16

What are procedures

Answer 16

Standard and detailed courses of action on how to perform tasks

Question 17

What is irregular warfare

Answer 17

a violent struggle between state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations

Question 18

Primary Functions of Internal Defense and Development (IDAD)

Answer 18

Balanced Development: National goals through political, social, and economic aspects of a nation-state
Security: Protects the population from all threats
Neutralization: physically and pyschologically separates the threatening elements from the populace
Mobilization:responsive governance and material supports to the society

Question 19

What is descriptive doctrine

Answer 19

Most common, doctrine that can be adapted to the operational environment. Applied thought

Question 20

What is prescriptive doctrine

Answer 20

Adhere to army ethics, law of armed conflict, or UCMJ

Question 21

What is the point of narratives?

Answer 21

Believable story and enables a plan of action

Question 22

What does FID and IDAD protect against

Answer 22

Internal threats: subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency

Question 23

What is SFA

Answer 23

unified action to generate, employ, and sustain local, host nation or regional security forces of a legitimate authority

Question 24

What are the dynamics of an insurgency

Answer 24

Leadership
ideology
Objectives
Environment and geography
External Support
Phasing and timing 
Organizational and operational patterns

Question 25

UW Core activities

Answer 25

``` Preparation of the environment Subversion Sabotage NAR (non-conventional assisted recovery) Guerrilla warfare intelligence operations ```

Question 26

What are the Feasibility Assessment Criteria

Answer 26

Feasibility, adequacy, appropriateness

Question 27

What are the characteristics of an irregular force

Answer 27

Willingness to cooperate with the US Capable resistance leader compatible objectives and ideology

Question 28

What is the physical and human conditions of the environment:

Answer 28

a weakened or unconsolidated regime, government or occupying power Will of the population, indigenous force Favorable terrain/environment for insurgents

Question 29

How do you employ Special warfare

Answer 29

FID, UW

Question 30

UW Phases

Answer 30

``` Preparation Initial Contact Infiltration Organization Build up Employment Transition ```

Question 31

What is Mao's protracted popular war

Answer 31

Strategic Defensive (latent incipient), Strategic stalemate (guerrilla warfare), Strategic counteroffensive (war of movement)

Question 32

Examples of Indirect support to FID

Answer 32

Security Assistance: Foreign military financing and sales, International military education and training, CT assistance, Exchange programs, multinational exercises

Question 33

Name the 3 COCOMs not regionally aligned

Answer 33

TRANSCOM, SOCOM, STRATCOM

Question 34

What is an example of a tactic

Answer 34

Small unit tactics, battle drils

Question 35

What is an example of Technique

Answer 35

individual movement technique

Question 36

What is an example of a procedure

Answer 36

TLP, 9 line medevac, MDMP

Question 37

Examples of direct FID

Answer 37

actual operations to support the civil populace; evaluation, training, limited info exchange

Question 38

What must happen to conduct combat support to FID

Answer 38

POTUS order

Question 39

UW indirect support

Answer 39

limited war scenarios, with and through coalition or third country

Question 40

UW direct support

Answer 40

general war scenarios, wider scope of log support, training and advisory assistance, can include advisers in sanctuaries

Question 41

UW combat support

Answer 41

POTUS order, all activities of indirect and direct support and combat operations

Question 42

Diagnostic frame

Answer 42

Description of the problem, id victims

Question 43

Prognostic narrative frame

Answer 43

Propose a solution to a problem and plan of action/attack to carry out the solution

Question 44

motivational narrative framework

Answer 44

Provide a rationale for engaging in collective action, uses appropriate vocabulary to mobilize people

Question 45

Define IDAD

Answer 45

Full range of measures taken by a nation to promote growth and protect itself.

Question 46

PE tasks

Answer 46

OPE AFO intelligence operations

Question 47

What are the endstates of UW

Answer 47

Coerce Disrupt Overthrow

Question 48

What is the endstate of PE

Answer 48

Fully developed situational awareness of an environment including human and physical infrastructure in support of future SOF operations and activities.

Question 49

Differences between FID and SFA?

Answer 49

FID is focused on internal security SFA is focused on external/regional security

Question 50

What ULO executed through

Answer 50

Decisive action | Through- Offensive, defensive, stability, dsca

Question 51

ULO is guided by

Answer 51

Mission command

Question 52

What is decisive action

Answer 52

The continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive defensive and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks

Question 53

What is the difference between OPCON and TACON

Answer 53

In TACON you cannot retask or reorganize

Question 54

Operational approach process

Answer 54

Current situation- described by current conditions Operational approach- Conceptualize an OA to attain endstate-described Endstate-described by future desired conditions

Question 55

Define operational approach

Answer 55

Cognitive approach by commanders and staff, supported by their skill, and knowledge to serve strategies, campaigns, and operations

Question 56

Difference between b/t surgical strike and special warfare

Answer 56

Special warfare is conduct by special trained individuals working with and through indigenous forces Surgical strike is execution of precise operations involving SOF to seize destroy capture

Question 57

What are defense branches responsible for

Answer 57

To organize train equip forces

Question 58

What is the national security organization

Answer 58

President led group of executive departments

Question 59

Who makes up national command authority

Answer 59

Ultimate source of lawful military orders

Question 60

Who makes up the national security council

Answer 60

Vice president, DOS, DOD, DHS, DOJ

Question 61

What does the NSC do

Answer 61

Advises the president in integration of domestic and foreign military policies as they relate to national security

Question 62

Does the JCS have command authority

Answer 62

No

Question 63

What are subordinate unfired commands

Answer 63

Established by commanders of unified commands when authorized by secdef

Question 64

Who does the sole belong to

Answer 64

Jfac