INFANTRY ALC TACTICS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is doctrine? -Ans>>The army thought process. how to think, rather than what to think.
what are TTPs -Ans>>Tactics,Techniques, and Procedures
what are tactics -Ans>>the employment of units in combat
a tactician must understand and master the: -Ans>>art and science of tactics
what are the three interrelated aspects of the art of tactics? -Ans>>1) the creative way to accomplish
assigned missions
2) Decision making under adverse conditions.
3)understanding the affects of combat on the soldier
what is the science of tactics -Ans>>the understanding of those aspects of tactics to include combat
capabilities, techniques, and procedures that can be measured and codified.
what is a unified action -Ans>>the synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of activities of
governmental/non-governmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort
ARMY ROLE is? -Ans>>Unified Land Operations
ULO Goal is? -Ans>>apply land power as part of unified action to defeat the enemy on land and
establish conditions that achieve the commanders end state.
what is a unified land operation? -Ans>>how the army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative to
gain and maintain a position of advantage, and create conditions favorable for conflict resolution
what is the foundation of ULO? -Ans>>Decisive actions by means of army core competencies guided
by Mission command
decisive actions include - -Ans>>Offense, Defense, Stability, and support of civil authority operations.
missions in any environment require army forces to be prepared to conduct any combination of these
operations.
what are offensive tasks? -Ans>>an offensive task is conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces
and seize terrain, resources, and population centers
what are defensive tasks? -Ans>>defensive tasks are conducted to defeat enemy attacks, gain time,
economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability tasks
what are stability tasks? -Ans>>tasks and missions conducted outside the US to reestablish a safe and
secure environment. provides both governmental and humanitarian relief.
Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) -Ans>>Defense support of civil authorities is a task that
takes place only in the homeland, although some of its tasks are similar to stability tasks.
Defense support of civil authorities is always conducted in support of another primary or lead federal
agency.
6 Tenets of ULO -Ans>>1)Flexibility 2)Integration
3)Lethality 4)Adaptability
5)Depth 6)Synchronization
, what is the operational art -Ans>>the pursuit of strategic objectives in whole or in part through the
arrangement of tactical actions in time, space, and purpose.
what is the operational process? -Ans>>1)plan:
-army designed methodology
-military decision making process
- troop leading procedures
2)prepare
3)execute
4)assess
what are the 6 warfighting functions? -Ans>>1) mission command
2) movement and maneuver
3) intelligence
4) fires
5) sustainment
6) protection
what is combat power? -Ans>>the total means of destructive, constructive, and information
capabilities the military unit/formation can apply at a given time.
how do army forces generate combat power -Ans>>by converting potential into effective action.
what are the 8 elements of combat power. -Ans>>leadership, information, movement and maneuver,
intelligence, fires, sustainment, mission command, and protection
how do commanders apply combat power? -Ans>>though the warfighting functions using leadership
and information.
how do commanders apply leadership? -Ans>>through mission command
what does mission command do -Ans>>While the commander remains the central figure in mission
command, it enables subordinates to develop the situation.
tasks associated with movement and maneuver -Ans>>deploy, move, maneuver, employ direct fires,
occupy an area, mobility/countermobility ops, reconnaissance and surveillance, employ battlefield
obscuration.
what does intelligence provide to the warfighting functions -Ans>>it provides understanding of
possible treats, adversaries, and weather.
what is intelligence? -Ans>>synchronized information collected my means of recon, surveillance,
security, and intel operations.
whats is fires -Ans>>indirect weapons used to create specific lethal and non lethal effects on a target
fires associated tasks? -Ans>>deliver fires, conduct targeting, integrate all forms of army, joint, and
multinational fire.
define sustainment and list associated tasks -Ans>>The endurance of Army forces is primarily a
function of their sustainment. It is essential to retaining and exploiting the initiative.
Includes the following tasks:
Conduct logistics.
Provide personnel services.
Provide health service support.
What is doctrine? -Ans>>The army thought process. how to think, rather than what to think.
what are TTPs -Ans>>Tactics,Techniques, and Procedures
what are tactics -Ans>>the employment of units in combat
a tactician must understand and master the: -Ans>>art and science of tactics
what are the three interrelated aspects of the art of tactics? -Ans>>1) the creative way to accomplish
assigned missions
2) Decision making under adverse conditions.
3)understanding the affects of combat on the soldier
what is the science of tactics -Ans>>the understanding of those aspects of tactics to include combat
capabilities, techniques, and procedures that can be measured and codified.
what is a unified action -Ans>>the synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of activities of
governmental/non-governmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort
ARMY ROLE is? -Ans>>Unified Land Operations
ULO Goal is? -Ans>>apply land power as part of unified action to defeat the enemy on land and
establish conditions that achieve the commanders end state.
what is a unified land operation? -Ans>>how the army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative to
gain and maintain a position of advantage, and create conditions favorable for conflict resolution
what is the foundation of ULO? -Ans>>Decisive actions by means of army core competencies guided
by Mission command
decisive actions include - -Ans>>Offense, Defense, Stability, and support of civil authority operations.
missions in any environment require army forces to be prepared to conduct any combination of these
operations.
what are offensive tasks? -Ans>>an offensive task is conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces
and seize terrain, resources, and population centers
what are defensive tasks? -Ans>>defensive tasks are conducted to defeat enemy attacks, gain time,
economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability tasks
what are stability tasks? -Ans>>tasks and missions conducted outside the US to reestablish a safe and
secure environment. provides both governmental and humanitarian relief.
Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) -Ans>>Defense support of civil authorities is a task that
takes place only in the homeland, although some of its tasks are similar to stability tasks.
Defense support of civil authorities is always conducted in support of another primary or lead federal
agency.
6 Tenets of ULO -Ans>>1)Flexibility 2)Integration
3)Lethality 4)Adaptability
5)Depth 6)Synchronization
, what is the operational art -Ans>>the pursuit of strategic objectives in whole or in part through the
arrangement of tactical actions in time, space, and purpose.
what is the operational process? -Ans>>1)plan:
-army designed methodology
-military decision making process
- troop leading procedures
2)prepare
3)execute
4)assess
what are the 6 warfighting functions? -Ans>>1) mission command
2) movement and maneuver
3) intelligence
4) fires
5) sustainment
6) protection
what is combat power? -Ans>>the total means of destructive, constructive, and information
capabilities the military unit/formation can apply at a given time.
how do army forces generate combat power -Ans>>by converting potential into effective action.
what are the 8 elements of combat power. -Ans>>leadership, information, movement and maneuver,
intelligence, fires, sustainment, mission command, and protection
how do commanders apply combat power? -Ans>>though the warfighting functions using leadership
and information.
how do commanders apply leadership? -Ans>>through mission command
what does mission command do -Ans>>While the commander remains the central figure in mission
command, it enables subordinates to develop the situation.
tasks associated with movement and maneuver -Ans>>deploy, move, maneuver, employ direct fires,
occupy an area, mobility/countermobility ops, reconnaissance and surveillance, employ battlefield
obscuration.
what does intelligence provide to the warfighting functions -Ans>>it provides understanding of
possible treats, adversaries, and weather.
what is intelligence? -Ans>>synchronized information collected my means of recon, surveillance,
security, and intel operations.
whats is fires -Ans>>indirect weapons used to create specific lethal and non lethal effects on a target
fires associated tasks? -Ans>>deliver fires, conduct targeting, integrate all forms of army, joint, and
multinational fire.
define sustainment and list associated tasks -Ans>>The endurance of Army forces is primarily a
function of their sustainment. It is essential to retaining and exploiting the initiative.
Includes the following tasks:
Conduct logistics.
Provide personnel services.
Provide health service support.
