Contingency AT/FP

Question 1

Force Protection

Answer 1

preventative measures taken to mitigate hostile actions against Dod assets

Question 2

Antiterrorism (AT)

Answer 2

Defensive measures taken to reduce the vulnerability of personnel facilities, and equipment to acts of terrorism

EX: stand-off distances, perimeter security, facility hardening

Question 3

Counterterrorism

Answer 3

Activities and ops taken to neutralize terrorists and their organizations and networks in order to render then incapable of using violence to instill fear

Question 4

Active Defense

Answer 4

the employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy

EX: Random AT measures, surveillance, defeating hostile force

Question 5

Passive defense

Answer 5

measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking initiative

EX: training/education, camo/conceal/deception

Question 6

Entry Control Points

Answer 6

Limit to an absolute minimum and establish a separate ECPs for trucks and delivery vehicles at an appreciable standoff distance from inhabited facilities

Question 7

Site Layout

Answer 7

Standoff distances, road layout, layering, dispersal of critical resources, compartmentalization

Question 8

Secure Perimeters

Answer 8

Fence lines

Question 9

Berm construction

Answer 9

Berms and ditches slow or prevent vehicles from penetrating a restricted boundary

Question 10

Barrier Placement

Answer 10

Active Barriers - electronically or manually operated
Passive Barriers - No moving parts

Question 11

What are some other forms of defense?

Answer 11

Compartmentalization, Bunkers, Security lighting, Water/Power Pro, Expedient hardening, dispersal, pre-detonation screens