OP110 Fundamentals of the Operation Process + Part of O110 Doctrinal Foundations Pt.1

Question 1

Mission statement

Answer 1

The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore

Question 2

Commander’s intent

Answer 2

A clear, concise statement of what the force must do and the conditions the force must establish with respect to the enemy, terrain, and civil considerations that represent the desired end state

Question 3

Concept of operations

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A statement that directs the manner in which subordinate units cooperate to accomplish the mission and establishes the sequence of actions the force will use to achieve the end-state

Question 4

Tasks to subordinate units

Answer 4

A clearly defined and measureable activity accomplished by individuals and organizations - who, what (task), when, where, and why (purpose)

Question 5

Coordinating instructions

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CCIRs, fire support coordination and airspace coordinating measures, rules of engagement, risk mitigation measures, and the time or condition when the operation order becomes effective

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Control measures

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A means of regulating forces or warfighting functions by assigning responsibilities, coordinate actions between forces, impose restrictions, or establish guidelines to regulate freedom of action

Question 7

3 components/characteristics of the nature of operations

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1. They are human endeavors
2. They are dynamic and uncertain
3. They achieve a political purpose

Question 8

Mission command definition (Army’s philosophy of command and control)

Answer 8

The approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation.

-Mission command supports the Army’s operational concept of Unified Land Operations and its emphasis on seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative

Question 9

What is ADP 6-0

Answer 9

Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces Field Manual

Question 10

What is the Army’s framework for organizing and putting command and control into action called? **

Answer 10

Operations Process

-used to understand the operational environment, visualize and describe the operation’s end state, make and articulate decisions, and direct, lead, and assess operations**

Question 11

Major command and control activities performed during operations:

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1) Planning
2) Preparing
3) Executing
4) Continuously assessing the operations

Question 12

3 principles of the operations process

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1) Commanders drive the operations process
2) Build and maintain situational understanding
3) Apply critical and creative thinking

Question 13

Study figure 1-2 (Commander’s Role in the Operations Process)

Answer 13

Soldiers and organizations lead through purpose, direction, and motivation and assess progress through continuous monitoring and evaluation.

Requires:

1) UNDERSTANDING the operational environment and problem
2) VISUALIZING the desired end state and operational approach
3) DESCRIBING the commander’s visualization in time, space, purpose, and resources
4) DIRECTING forces and warfighting functions throughout prep and execution

• Supported by running estimates
• Leads to mission accomplishment

Question 14

What does the Operational Environment encompass?

Answer 14

Air, land, maritime, space, and cyberspace domains; the information environment and the electromagnetic spectrum

Question 15

What helps commander’s develop an initial understanding of their OEs? (3)

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Planning, intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB), and running estimates

Question 16

What does it mean to take an operational approach?

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CO’s conceptualize an operational approach to attain the end state based on their understanding of the current situation, mission, and desired end state

Question 17

Study ADP 5-0 Figure 1-3

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Current situation —> Operational Approach —> End State (desired future conditions)

Question 18

ODIN =

Answer 18

Operational Data Integration Network

Question 19

What happens in the “DESCRIBE” step of the operations process?**

Answer 19

• CO’s describe their vision to their staff to facilitate shared understanding and purpose**
• Give intent, planning guidance, critical information requirements, and essential elements of friendly information

Question 20

What happens in the “DIRECT” step of the operations process?

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CO’s make decisions and direct action based on their situational understanding maintained by continuous assessment. Includes:

• approving plans/orders
• est. command and support relationships
• assign tasks, control measures, and task organization
• positioning units to maximize combat power
• positioning key leaders at critical places and times
• allocating resources
• committing the reserve

Question 21

What happens in the “LEAD” step of the operations process?

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CO’s provide purpose, direction, and motivation to subordinate commanders, their staff and Soldiers

-physical presence needed

Question 22

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: A

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Army

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: MEF

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Marine expeditionary force

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: DIV

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Division

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: AAD

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Air Assault Division

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: ABD

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Airborne division

Question 27

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: CD

Answer 27

Cavalry division

Question 28

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: ID

Answer 28

Infantry division

Question 29

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: MARD

Answer 29

Marine division

Question 30

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: MD

Answer 30

Mechanized division

Question 31

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: MND

Answer 31

Multinational division

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: BDE

Answer 32

Brigade

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: AAB

Answer 33

Air Assault Brigade

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: ABB

Answer 34

Airborne brigade

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: BCT

Answer 35

Brigade combat team

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: FB

Answer 36

Fires brigade

Question 37

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: MEB

Answer 37

Marine expeditionary brigade

Question 38

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: MNB

Answer 38

Multinational brigade

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: SAB

Answer 39

Separate armor brigade

Question 40

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: SIB

Answer 40

Separate infantry brigade

Question 41

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: REGT

Answer 41

Regiment

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: ABR

Answer 42

Airborne regiment

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: MEU

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Marine expeditionary unit

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: GP

Answer 44

Group

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: BN

Answer 45

Battalion

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Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: CO

Answer 46

CO

Question 47

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: PLT

Answer 47

Platoon

Question 48

Abbreviations/acronyms for use with boundaries: TM

Answer 48

Team

Question 49

Three types of boundary lines

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- lateral - rear - forward

Question 50

What is an area?

Answer 50

A control measure symbol that has multiple sets of coordinates that start and finish at the same point

Question 51

PL

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Phase line

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HL

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Handover line

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FEBA

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Forward line of troops (FEBA)

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SP

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Start point

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RP

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Release point

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PP

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Passage point

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CKP

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Checkpoint

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Double headed arrow means:

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Main attack

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Single-headed arrow means

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Supporting attack

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RL

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Release line

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PLD

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Probable line of deployment

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LD

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Line of departure

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LOA

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Limit of advance

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FCL

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Final coordination line

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RFL

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Restrictive fire line

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FSCL

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Fire support coordination line

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CFL

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Coordinated fire line

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B

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Biological

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C

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Chemical

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N

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Nuclear

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R

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Radiological

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A specific activity performed by a unit while executing a form of tactical operation or form of maneuver; may be expressed as either an action by a friendly force or an effect on an enemy force

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Tactical mission task

Question 73

A composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander

Answer 73

Operational environment

Question 74

Analysis of the OE that provides the relevant information that senior commanders require to frame operational problems

Answer 74

PMESII-PT (political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, phys environment, time)

Question 75

A tool that enables Army leaders to synthesize operational information and local knowledge relevant to their missions and tasks in a specified AO

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METT-TC: mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops support available, time available, civil considerations

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Simultaneous execution of offense, defense, stability, and DSCA across multiple domains to shape OEs, prevent conflict, prevail in large-scale ground combat, and consolidate gains as part of unified action

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Unified Land Operations -executed through decisive action (tasks), guided by mission command (philosophy)

Question 77

Activities to make enduring any temporary operational success and to set the conditions for a sustainable security environment, allowing for the transition of control to other legitimate authorities

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Consolidation of gains

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Decisive action

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The continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and stability or DSCA

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

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Offensive tasks

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Tasks conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive and stability tasks

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Defensive tasks

Question 81

Military missions, tasks, and activities conducted outside the US to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment and to provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief

Answer 81

Stability task

Question 82

The Army’s approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation

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Mission command

Question 83

Tenets of operations

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Flexibility Simultaneity Depth Synchronization

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The employment of a versatile mix of capabilities, formations, and equipment for conducting ops

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Flexibility

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Simultaneity

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The execution of related and mutually supporting tasks at the same time across multiple locations and domains

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Synchronization

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The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time

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Depth

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The extension of ops in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results

Question 88

Operations principles (6)

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1. Mission command 2. Develop the situation through action 3. Combined arms 4. Adhere to Law of War 5. Establish and maintain security 6. Create multiple dilemmas for the enemy

Question 89

The cognitive approach by commanders and staffs supported by their skill, knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgment to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to organize and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, and means. How COs balance risk and opportunity

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Operational art

Question 90

Elements of operational art

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- end state and conditions - centers of gravity - decisive points - lines of operations/effort - operational reach - basing - tempo - phasing and transitions - culmination - risk

Question 91

Desired future conditions the CO wants to exist when an operation ends

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End state and condition

Question 92

Source of power that provides moral and physical strength, freedom of action, or will to act

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Centers of gravity

Question 93

Points that help COs select clear, conclusive, attainable objectives that directly contribute to achieving the end state

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Decisive points

Question 94

A line that defines the directional orientation of a force in time and space in relation to the enemy and that links the force with its base of ops and objectives

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Line of operations

Question 95

Distance and duration across which a joint force can successfully employ military capabilities. A function of intelligence, protection, sustainment, endurance, and relative combat power

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Operational reach

Question 96

Basing

Answer 96

Something that supports the military ops of a unit and provides the necessary support and services for sustained ops

Question 97

Tempo

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Relative speed and rhythm of military ops over time w/ respect to the enemy

Question 98

A planning and execution tool used to divide an operation in duration or activity

Answer 98

Phase

Question 99

A change of focus between phases or between the ongoing operation and execution of a branch or sequel

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Transition

Question 100

A point in time and space at which a force no longer possesses the capability to continue its current form of operations

Answer 100

Culminating point

Question 101

The Army’s common construct for Unified Land Operations

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Operations Structure -allows leaders to organize effort rapidly and effectively in a manner commonly understood across the Army

Question 102

A commander-led activity, consisting of the major mission command activities performed during operations: planning, preparing, executing, and continually assessing the operation

Answer 102

Operations process

Question 103

The art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future, and laying out effective ways of bringing about that future

Answer 103

Planning

Question 104

Army leaders employ 3 methodologies for planning after determining the appropriate mix based on the scope of the problem, their familiarity with it, and the time available:

Answer 104

1) army design methodology 2) MDMP 3) troop leading procedures

Question 105

A dynamic process used by small-unit leaders and typically not employed in organizations with staffs

Answer 105

Troop leading procedures

Question 106

activities that units perform to improve their ability to execute an operation

Answer 106

Preparing

Question 107

the act of putting a plan into action by applying combat power to accomplish the mission and using situational understanding to assess progress and make execution and adjustment decisions

Answer 107

Executing

Question 108

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

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Assessing

Question 109

3 main types of operational framework

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1) deep/close/support 2) decisive/shaping/sustaining 3) main effort/supporting efforts

Question 110

area of operations

Answer 110

an operational area defined by the joint force commander for land and maritime forces that should be large enough to accomplish their missions and protect their forces

Question 111

operations that directly accomplish the mission

Answer 111

decisive operations

Question 112

ops that establish conditions for the decisive operation through effects on the enemy, other actors, and the terrain

Answer 112

shaping operations

Question 113

operations that enable the decisive operation or shaping operation by generating and maintaining combat power

Answer 113

sustaining operations

Question 114

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

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main effort

Question 115

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

Answer 115

supporting efforts

Question 116

combat power

Answer 116

the total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at a given time

Question 117

8 elements of combat power

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1. leadership 2. information 3. mission command 4. movement and maneuver 5. intelligence 6. fires 7. sustainment 8. protection

Question 118

the science of tactics includes:

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- the physical capabilities of friendly and enemy organizations and systems - techniques and procedures used to accomplish specific tasks - techniques and procedures for employing the various elements of the combined arms team to create or produce greater effects

Question 119

Tactical fundamentals

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- gain and maintain contact - disrupt - fix - maneuver - follow through

Question 120

cuber electromagnetic activities in operations

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- build, operate, and defend the network - attack and exploit enemy systems - gain situational understanding - protect individuals and platforms

Question 121

purpose of information operations

Answer 121

create effects in and through the information environment that provide commanders decisive advantage over enemies and adversaries