Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs) - Answer 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.
Dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop a plan and
prepare for an operation
Tenets and Foundations of Unified Land Operations - Answer Simultaneity
Depth
Synchronization
Flexibility
Steps of IPB (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield) - Answer 1) Define the
Operational Environment (conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the
employment of capabilities)
2) Describe Environmental Effects on Operations (terrain, weather, civil considerations,
and friendly forces)
3) Evaluate the Threat
4) Determine Threat COAs
The Mission Statement - Answer Who (unit)
What (Unit's essential task and type of operation)
When (time give in the higher level order)
Where (OBJ or location)
Why (unit's purpose, taken from higher's concept of the operation)
Decisive Point - Answer 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.
Offensive Tasks - Answer 1. Movement to Contact (develop the situation and to
establish or regain contact)
2. Attack (destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both)
3. Exploitation (usually follows a successful attack and is
,designed to disorganize the enemy in depth)
4. Pursuit (catch or cut off a hostile force attempting
to escape, with the aim of destroying it)
Defensive Tasks - Answer 1. Area defense (denying enemy forces
access to designated terrain for a specific time rather than destroying the enemy
outright)
2. Mobile defense (destruction or defeat
of the enemy through a decisive attack by a striking force)
3. Retrograde (organized movement away from the
enemy. Delay, withdrawal, withdrawal under pressure, retirement)
Characteristics of the Offense - Answer Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo
Characteristics of the Defense - Answer Disruption
Flexibility
Maneuver
Mass/Concentration
Operations in Depth
Preparation
Security
Engagement Area Development - Answer 1) Identify all likely enemy avenues of
approach
2) Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
3) Determine where to kill the enemy force
4) Plan and integrate obstacles
5) Emplace weapon systems
6) Plan and integrate indirect fires
7) Rehearse
Levels of War - Answer 1) Strategic level focuses on supporting national goals
2) Operational level concerns forces collectively in
theater
3) Tactical level involves the details of individual
engagements
Fundamentals of Reconnaissance - Answer EDORRGD:
Ensure continuous reconnaissance.
Do not keep reconnaissance assets in reserve.
Orient on the reconnaissance objective.
Report information rapidly and accurately.
Retain freedom of maneuver.
, Gain and maintain enemy contact.
Develop the situation rapidly.
Fundamentals of Security - Answer PPOPM:
1. Provide early and accurate warning
2. Provide reaction time and maneuver space
3. Orient on the force or facility to be secured
4. Perform continuous recon
5. Maintain enemy contact
Principles of Direct Fire Control - Answer MADE MP3:
Mass the effects of fire.
Avoid target overkill.
Destroy the greatest threat first.
Employ the best weapon for specific target.
Minimize exposure.
Plan and implement fratricide avoidance measures.
Plan for limited visibility conditions.
Plan for degraded capabilities.
Direct Fire Control Measures - Answer TERRAIN-BASED FIRE CONTROL
MEASURES
-Target reference point
-Engagement area
-Sector of fire
-Direction of fire
-Terrain-based quadrant
-Maximum engagement line
-restrictive fire line
-final protective line
THREAT-BASED FIRE
CONTROL MEASURES
-Rules of engagement
-Weapons ready posture
-Weapons safety posture (Loaded, Locked, Prepared, Cleared)
-Weapons control status
-Engagement priorities
-Friendly-based quadrant
-Trigger
-Engagement techniques
-Fire patterns (frontal, cross, depth)
-Target array
Weapons Control Status - Answer Weapons Control Status:
1) Weapons Hold. Engage only if engaged or ordered to engage
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