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| What ADP/ADRP covers Mission Command? |
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| What is the Army’s operational concept? |
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| How are unified land operations accomplished? |
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| The simultaneous combination of offensive, defensive, and stability operations (or defense support of civil authorities) that set the conditions for favorable conflict resolution. |
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| What is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations? |
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Definition
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| What are the six principles of mission command? |
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Definition
• Build cohesive teams through mutual trust.
• Create shared understanding.
• Provide a clear commander’s intent.
• Exercise disciplined initiative.
• Use mission orders.
• Accept prudent risk. |
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| Who are unified action partners? |
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Definition
| Unified action partners are those military forces, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and elements of the private sector with whom Army forces plan, coordinate, synchronize, and integrate during the conduct of operations. |
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Term
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| Unity of effort is coordination and cooperation toward common objectives, even if the participants are not necessarily part of the same command or organization—the product of successful unified action. |
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Term
| What is the Commander's Intent? |
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Definition
| The commander’s intent is a clear and concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the desired military end state that supports mission command, provides focus to the staff, and helps subordinate and supporting commanders act to achieve the commander’s desired results without further orders, even when the operation does not unfold as planned. |
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| Mission orders are directives that emphasize to subordinates the results to be attained, not how they are to achieve them. |
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Term
| What is the art of Command? |
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Definition
| The art of command as the creative and skillful exercise of authority through timely decision-making and leadership. |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers The Operations Process? |
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Definition
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| What is the Army’s framework for exercising mission command? |
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Definition
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| What are the major mission command activities performed during operations? |
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Definition
• Planning.
• Preparing.
• Executing.
• Continuously assessing the operation. |
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| How do commanders drive the operations process? |
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Definition
| Through understanding, visualizing, describing, directing, leading, and assessing operations. |
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Term
| What is a composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander? |
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Definition
| An operational enviornment. |
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Term
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| The military decision-making process is an iterative planning methodology to understand the situation and mission, develop a course of action, and produce an operation plan or order. |
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Definition
• Step 1 – Receipt of mission.
• Step 2 – Mission analysis.
• Step 3 – Course of action development.
• Step 4 – Course of action analysis.
• Step 5 – Course of action comparison.
• Step 6 – Course of action approval.
• Step 7 – Orders production, dissemination, and transition. |
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Term
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Definition
| Troop leading procedures. |
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Term
| What are Troop leading procedures? |
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Definition
| Troop-leading procedures are a dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop a plan, and prepare for an operation. TLP are used by commanders and leaders without a staff. |
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Term
| What are the Troop leading procedure steps? |
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Definition
• Step 1 – Receive the mission.
• Step 2 – Issue a warning order.
• Step 3 – Make a tentative plan.
• Step 4 – Initiate movement.
• Step 5 – Conduct reconnaissance.
• Step 6 – Complete the plan.
• Step 7 – Issue the order.
• Step 8 – Supervise and refine the plan. |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers Stability? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Stabilization is a process in which personnel identify and mitigate underlying sources of instability to establish the conditions for long-term stability. |
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Term
| What is the focus of stability tasks? |
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Definition
• Identifying and targeting the root causes of instability.
• Building the capacity of local institutions |
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Term
| What are sources of instability? |
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Definition
• Decreased support for the government based on what locals actually expect of their government.
• Increased support for anti-government elements.
• The undermining of the normal functioning of society where the emphasis must be on a return to the established norms. |
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Term
| What are stability tasks? |
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Definition
| Stability tasks are tasks conducted as part of operations outside the US in coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief. |
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Term
| What are the principles that lay the foundation for long-term stability? |
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Definition
• Conflict transformation.
• Unity of effort.
• Legitimacy and host-nation ownership.
• Building partner capacity. |
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Term
| What is a line of effort? |
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Definition
| A line of effort is a line that links multiple tasks using the logic of purpose rather than geographical reference to focus efforts toward establishing operational and strategic conditions. |
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Term
| What is a decisive point? |
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Definition
| A decisive point is a geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving success. |
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Term
| What is a stability mechanism? |
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Definition
| A stability mechanism is the primary method through which friendly forces affect civilians in order to attain conditions that support establishing a lasting, stable peace |
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Term
| What is a defeat mechanism? |
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Definition
| A defeat mechanism is the method through which friendly forces accomplish their mission against enemy opposition. |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers Protection? |
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Definition
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Term
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| Protection is the preservation of the effectiveness and survivability of mission-related military and nonmilitary personnel, equipment, facilities, information, and infrastructure deployed or located within or outside the boundaries of a given operational area. |
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Term
| What are the Protection principles? |
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Definition
| Comprehensive, Integrated, Layered, Redundant, Enduring |
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Term
| What is the protection warfighting function? |
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Definition
| The protection warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that preserve the force so that commanders can apply maximum combat power to accomplish the mission |
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Term
| What is the first step toward effective protection? |
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Definition
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Term
| During the preparation phase, what is the focus of protection? |
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Definition
| Deterring and preventing the enemy or adversary from actions that would affect combat power and the freedom of action. |
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Term
| What is the staff looking for as they monitor the conduct of operations during execution? |
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Definition
| Variances from the scheme of maneuver and protection. |
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Term
| Assessing protection is an essential, continuous activity that occurs throughout the operations process. What is Assessment? |
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Definition
| Assessment is the determination of the progress toward accomplishing a task, creating a condition, or achieving an objective. |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers Offense and Defense? |
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Definition
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Term
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| Tactics is the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. |
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Term
| What is the tactical level of war? |
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Definition
| The tactical level of war is the level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to achieve military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces. |
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Term
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Definition
| An engagement is a tactical conflict, usually between opposing, lower echelon maneuver forces. |
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Term
| What echelons typically conduct engagements? |
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Definition
| Brigades and smaller echelons typically conduct engagements. |
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Term
| How long do engagements last? |
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Definition
| They are usually short, executed in terms of minutes, hours, or days. |
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Term
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Definition
| A battle consists of a set of related engagements that lasts longer and involves larger forces than an engagement. |
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Term
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Definition
| Battles can affect the course of a campaign or major operation. |
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Term
| When does a battle occur? |
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Definition
| A battle occurs when a division, corps, or army commander fights for one or more significant objectives. Battles are usually operationally significant, if not operationally decisive. |
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Term
| The art of tactics consists of three interrelated aspects. What are they? |
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Definition
• The creative and flexible array of means to accomplish assigned missions.
• Decision making under conditions of uncertainty when faced with a thinking and adaptive enemy.
• Understanding the effects of combat on Soldiers. |
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Term
| What is the science of tactics? |
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Definition
| The science of tactics encompasses the understanding of those military aspects of tactics—capabilities, techniques, and procedures—that can be measured and codified. |
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Term
| What is a hasty operation? |
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Definition
| A hasty operation is an operation in which a commander directs immediately available forces, using fragmentary orders, to perform activities with minimal preparation, trading planning and preparation time for speed of execution. |
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Term
| What is a deliberate operation? |
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Definition
| A deliberate operation is an operation in which the tactical situation allows the development and coordination of detailed plans, including multiple branches and sequels |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers Sustainment? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the sustainment warfighting function? |
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Definition
| The sustainment warfighting function is related tasks and systems that provide support and services to ensure freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance |
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Term
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Definition
| Logistics is planning and executing of the movement and support of forces. |
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Term
| What are personnel services? |
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Definition
| Personnel services are sustainment functions that man and fund the force, maintain Soldier and Family readiness, promote the moral and ethical values of the nation, and enable the fighting qualities of the Army. |
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Term
| What are the sustainment principles? |
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Definition
• Integration.
• Anticipation.
• Responsiveness.
• Simplicity.
• Economy.
• Survivability.
• Continuity.
• Improvisation. |
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Term
| What are the principles of personnel services? |
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Definition
• Synchronization.
• Timeliness.
• Stewardship.
• Accuracy.
• Consistency. |
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Term
| What is the synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the activities of governmental and nongovernmental entities with military operations to achieve a unity of effort? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the purposeful reliance by one Service’s forces on another Service’s capabilities to maximize the complementary and reinforcing effects of both? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are generating forces? |
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Definition
| Generating forces consist of those Army organizations whose primary mission is to generate and sustain the operational Army’s capabilities for employment. |
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Term
| What are operating forces? |
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Definition
| Operating forces are those forces whose primary missions are to participate in combat and the integral supporting elements thereof. |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers The Army? |
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Definition
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Term
| In which domains do U.S. forces operate? |
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Definition
| Air, land, maritime, space, and cyberspace domains. |
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Term
| As a unique military profession, the Army is built upon an ethos of trust. What are four other essential characteristics of our profession? |
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Definition
| Military expertise, honorable service, esprit de corps, and stewardship. |
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Term
| What are the 11 Primary Missions of the US Armed Forces? |
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Definition
• Counter terrorism and irregular warfare.
• Deter and defeat aggression.
• Project power despite anti-access/area denial challenges.
• Counter weapons of mass destruction.
• Operate effectively in cyberspace.
• Operate effectively in space.
• Maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent.
• Defend the homeland and provide support to civil authorities.
• Provide a stabilizing presence.
• Conduct stability and counterinsurgency operations.
• Conduct humanitarian, disaster relief, and other operations. |
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Term
| What is the most important determinant of combat power? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the US Army’s greatest strategic asset; providing depth, versatility, and unmatched experience to the joint force? |
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Definition
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Term
| Title 10, USC, establishes the basic structure of the Army. What Forces make up the Army? |
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Definition
One Regular Army and two Reserve Components: the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, and the
Army National Guard of the United States. Army Civilians support all three components. |
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Term
| What is the function of the Operating Force? |
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Definition
| Operating forces consist of units organized, trained, and equipped to deploy and fight. |
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Term
| What is the function of the Generating Force? |
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Definition
| The generating force mans, trains, equips, deploys, and ensures the readiness of all Army forces. |
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Term
| What five sets of characteristics will enhance the Army's operational adaptability? |
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Definition
• Depth and Versatility.
• Adaptive and Innovative.
• Flexibility and Agility.
• Integrated and Synchronized.
• Lethal and Discriminate. |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers Operational Terms and Military Symbols? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who is the principal audience for ADP 1-02, Operational Terms and Military Symbols? |
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Definition
| All members of the profession of arms. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of a common set of doctrinal terms and military symbols? |
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Definition
| Terms and symbols can communicate a great deal of information with a simple word, phrase, or image and eliminate the need for a lengthy explanation of a complex idea. |
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Term
| What are the three areas of focus of the professional language of land warfare? |
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Definition
• Principle of Simplicity.
• Importance of clear communication.
• Importance of teaching the language. |
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Term
| Military symbols fall into two categories: framed and unframed. What is the difference? |
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Definition
Framed military symbols include unit, equipment, installation, and activity symbols.
Unframed military symbols include control measure and tactical task mission symbols. |
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Term
| Who establishes Army policy for developing doctrinal terms? |
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Definition
| United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) |
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Term
| That common operational picture is displayed on a map or another geographical form representing the area of operations and which has been overlaid with military symbols. What does it include? |
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Definition
• Friendly and enemy units or ships.
• Boundaries.
• Control measures.
• Other elements that the commander deems necessary. |
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Term
| How are acronyms usually formed? |
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Definition
| Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of a name or parts of a series of words. |
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Term
| What is a single display of relevant information within a commander’s area of interest tailored to the user’s requirements and based on common data and information shared by more than one command? |
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Definition
| A common operational picture. |
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Term
| What is communication in reference to Operational Terms and Military Symbols? |
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Definition
| Communication is an exchange of meaning that is only complete when the intended meaning is understood precisely by the intended audience |
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Term
| Who can propose the creation, modification, or elimination of any doctrinal term? |
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Definition
| Any Soldier may contact a proponent for a given subject area. The proponent will consider the Soldier’s proposal. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of acronyms and abbreviations is the profession of arms? |
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Definition
| To allow the use of shorter versions of doctrinal and military terms for ease of discussion in speaking and writing. |
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Term
| What FM covers Army Physical Readiness Training? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who serves as the primary trainers for enlisted Soldiers, crews, and small teams? |
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Definition
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Term
| Why is physical readiness training a mandatory training requirement? |
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Definition
• Considered by senior leaders to be essential to individual, unit, and force readiness.
• Required by law for all individuals and units. |
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Term
| To accomplish the PRT mission, what must NCOs do? |
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Definition
• Identify specific tasks that PRT enhances in support of the unit’s C- or D-METL.
• Prepare, rehearse, and execute PRT.
• Evaluate PRT and conduct AARs to provide feedback to the commander. |
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Term
| What are the tenets of standards-based training? |
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Definition
• Leaders know and enforce standards.
• Leaders define success in the absence of standards.
• Leaders train to standard, not time. |
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Term
| What are the PRT System’s phases? |
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Definition
| Initial, Toughening, Sustaining |
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Term
| What are the principles that the conduct of Army PRT follows? |
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Definition
Precision.
Progression.
Integration. |
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Term
| What ADP/ADRP covers Army Leadership? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization. |
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Term
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Definition
| An Army leader is anyone who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires and influences people to accomplish organizational goals. |
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Term
| How can leaders mitigate resistance? |
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Definition
| Leaders can mitigate resistance by anticipating what others value, their reactions to influence, their shared understanding of common goals, and their commitment to the general organization or the purpose of the mission and their trust in the organization and the leader. |
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Term
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Definition
| Command is the authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. |
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Term
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Definition
| Mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations. |
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Term
| What conveys the expectations that the Army wants leaders to meet? |
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Definition
| The leadership requirements model |
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Term
| What are the leader attributes? |
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Definition
| Character, presence and intellect. |
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Term
| What are the three categories of competencies? |
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Definition
• The Army leader serves to lead others.
• The Army leader serves to develop the environment, themselves, others and the profession as a whole.
• The Army leader serves to achieve organizational goals. |
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Term
| The category of leads encompasses five competencies. What are they? |
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Definition
• Leads others.
• Extends influence beyond the chain of command.
• Builds trust.
• Leads by example.
• Communicates |
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Term
| What is the purpose of ADP 6-22, Army Leadership? |
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Definition
| ADP 6-22 establishes the fundamental principles by which Army leaders accomplish their missions and care for their people |
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Term
| What regulation covers the ACES? |
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Definition
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Term
| What regulation covers Army Learning Centers? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the goals of ACES? |
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Definition
Develop confident, competent leaders.
Support the enlistment, retention, and transition of soldiers.
Provide self-development opportunities for soldiers and adult family members.
Provide self-development opportunities for DACs.
Provide self-development opportunities for DAC ACES professional and support staff |
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Term
| What does TABE stand for? |
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Definition
| Test of Adult Basic Education |
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Term
| How much of your tuition does the tuition assistance grant pay? |
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Definition
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Term
| Name some federal financial aid programs available to Soldiers through ACES |
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Definition
| Pell Grant, Perkins Loans, Guaranteed Student Loans |
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Term
| What Soldier development programs does ACES provide? |
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Definition
Functional Academic Skills Training (FAST).
High School Completion Program.
English-as-a-Second Language (ESL)
Mission-related Language (Head start and Gateway).
Mission-required Language.
MOS Improvement Training (MOSIT). |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Equal Opportunity Representative |
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Term
| What rank should an EOR normally be? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are some of the special commemorations / ethnic observances listed in AR 600-20? |
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Definition
January – 3rd Monday – Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
February – 1-28/29 - African-American/Black History Month
March – 1-31 - Women’s History Month
April/May - Sunday to Sunday for Week Incorporating Yom Hashoah - "Days of
Remembrance" for Victims of the Holocaust
May – 1-31 - Asian Pacific Heritage Month
August – 26 - Women’s Equality Day
September/October - 15 Sep.-15 Oct. - Hispanic Heritage Month
November – 1-30 - National Native American Indian Heritage Month |
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Term
| What Army Regulation covers the EO program? |
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Definition
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Term
| Soldiers are required to have how many periods of EO training per year? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the FM concerning the M16/A2 Rifle? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the first thing you should do when you handle a weapon? |
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Definition
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Term
| Name the five phases in Basic Rifle Marksmanship. |
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Definition
Preliminary Rifle Instruction
Downrange Feedback
Field Fire
Advanced Rifle Marksmanship
Advanced Optics, Laser and Iron Sights |
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Term
| What is the purpose of a EST-2000? |
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Definition
The EST-2000 is capable of simulating all of the BRM live fire scenarios without firing rounds. Immediate feedback is available for critiquing the soldier's application of the
integrated act of firing while using the weaponeer device to include misfire procedures. |
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Term
| What are the four fundamentals of marksmanship? |
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Definition
Steady Position
Proper Aim (Sight Picture)
Breathing
Trigger Squeeze |
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Term
| During Preliminary Marksmanship Training (PMI), what are the only two positions taught? |
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Definition
Individual Foxhole supported
Basic Prone unsupported |
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Term
| What are the two basic elements of the Sight Picture? |
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Definition
Sight Alignment
Placing of the Aiming Point |
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Term
| What does the acronym SPORTS stand for? |
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Definition
| Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap and Shoot |
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Term
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Definition
Remedial action is the continuing effort to determine the cause for a stoppage with normal
function and to try to clear the stoppage once it has been identified. |
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Term
| Describe the proper procedures for applying remedial action with the M16/A2. |
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Definition
Try to place the weapon on safe
Remove the magazine
Lock the bolt to the rear
Place the weapon on safe if not already done |
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Term
| Describe the weights of the M16/A2 Rifle. |
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Definition
Without Magazine and Sling - 7.78 pounds
With Sling and a loaded 20 round magazine - 8.48 pounds
With Sling and a loaded 30 round magazine - 8.79 pounds |
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Term
| Describe the max effective rates of fire for the M16/A2 Rifle. |
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Definition
Semiautomatic - 45 rounds per minute
Burst - 90 rounds per minute
Sustained - 12-15 rounds per minute |
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Term
| What is the muzzle velocity of the M16/A2 Rifle? |
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Definition
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Term
| Describe the ranges for the M16/A2 Rifle. |
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Definition
Maximum Range - 3,600 meters
Max Effective Range for a Point Target - 550 meters
Max Effective Range for an Area Target - 800 meters |
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Term
| Describe the Barrel Rifling for the M16/A2 Rifle. |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the basic load of ammunition for the M16/A2 Rifle? |
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Definition
| 210 Rounds total. (7 magazines with 30 rounds in each) |
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Term
| The elevation knob adjusts the point of aim for the M16A2 Rifle how much? |
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Definition
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Term
| Is SPORTS an Immediate or Remedial Action? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is immediate action? |
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Definition
| Immediate action involves quickly applying a possible correction to reduce a stoppage with out performing troubleshooting procedures to determine the actual cause.(SPORTS) |
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Term
| How many times should immediate action be applied to a weapon? |
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Definition
| Once. (If Rifle still fails to fire, apply remedial action) |
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Term
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Definition
| The weapon ceasing to fire due to a stoppage resulting from mechanical failure of the weapon, magazine or ammo. |
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Term
| Name the different categories of malfunctions on the M16/A2. |
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Definition
Failure to feed, chamber or lock
Failure to fire cartridge
Failure to Extract
Failure to Eject |
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Term
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Definition
| A stoppage is a failure of an automatic or semiautomatic firearm to complete the cycle of operation.. |
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Term
| How do you clear a stoppage? |
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Definition
| Apply immediate or remedial action |
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Term
| What is the definition of Maximum Effective Range? |
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Definition
| The greatest distance at which a soldier may be expected to deliver a target hit. |
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Term
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Definition
Cleaner - It contains solvents that dissolve firing residue and carbon.
Lubricant - It lays down a layer of Teflon as it dries to provide lubrication.
Preservative - It prevents rust from Forming. |
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Term
| Describe the M16/A2 Rifle. |
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Definition
| A 5.56 mm, magazine fed, gas-operated, air-cooled, semiautomatic or three-round burst, hand-held, shoulder-fired weapon. |
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