Fratricide

Question 1

__________________ is the real-time accurate knowledge of one’s own location and orientation, as well as the locations of friendly forces, enemy forces, and noncombatants. _________________includes awareness of the METT-T conditions that affect the operation.

Answer 1

situational awareness, situational awareness (3-04.3 para 10-2)

Question 2

What are the most frequent situational awareness breakdown categories?

Answer 2

Direct fire control, Navigation, Reporting, Crosstalk, Battle tracking, Weapon errors (3-04.3 p10-2,3,4,5,6,7)

Question 3

What are the negative effects of fratricide?

Answer 3

Hesitation to conduct limited-visibility operations. Loss of confidence in the unit’s leadership. Increase of leader self-doubt. Hesitation to use supporting combat systems. Over supervision of units. Loss of initiative. Loss of aggressiveness during fire and maneuver. Disrupted operations. Needless loss of combat power. General degradation of cohesion and morale. (3-04.3 p 10-3 para 10-14)

Question 4

What types of control measures may be employed to prevent fratricide?

Answer 4

Direct fire weapon control measure, Indirect fire control measures, Rehearsals, Graphics, ROC-V (3-04.3 page 10-3 10-4

Question 5

____________ problems can cause units to stray out of sector, report wrong locations, become disoriented, or employ fire support weapons from the wrong locations. Therefore, friendly units may collide unexpectedly or engage each other mistakenly

Answer 5

Navigation (3-04.3 pg10-1)

Question 6

_________ training focuses on collective situational awareness, particularly at______. It includes training and assessment of the crew’s ability to maintain awareness of the aircraft’s heading and location in relation to both friendly and enemy forces

Answer 6

Crew, night (3-04.3 pg 10-4)

Question 7

May crewmembers use friendly affiliated graphic control measures/icons/symbols to mark enemy locations?

Answer 7

NO (ATM page 4-193, 4-198)