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OCS History Lesson 1 Questions AndAnswers With Verified Solutions Latest
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The definitions of war, 'friction,' trinity, center of gravity, and combined arms -
ANSWER✔✔ • War - conflict between organized groups with "unknown resolve".
Each seeking to impose its will on the other. Continuation of politics by other
means.
• Friction - An impediment to a commander's ability to wage war. (ex: muddy
roads, undisciplined troops, bad weather) Intangible force that makes the
apparently easy task difficult.
• Trinity - interactive trinity of wartime factors
1. adherence to rational war aims, policy, and strategy
2. the play and impact of battle
3. emotions
• Center of Gravity - the hub of all power and movement on which everything
depends. Something I or the enemy has in order to win. It's something you can
deny the enemy or it can be denied from you. Individual battles can have their
own center of gravity. The center of gravity can be seen as the advantage such as
holding key terrain or technology and can exist in multiple levels. It can cause
tunnel vision and if the enemy knows their center of gravity, it can be
strengthened and more difficult to deny.
• Combined Arms - the synchronized and simultaneous application of all elements
of combat power that together achieve an effect greater than if each element was
used separately or sequentially. Combined arms is a state of mind and proper use
of technology.
PRINCIPLES OF WAR - ANSWER✔✔ • Objective - direct every military operation
toward a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable objective. The principle of
, objective, with a series of intermediate objectives, helps all elements of an
operation focus on what must be done and by whom.
• **Offensive - seize, retain and exploit the initiative. Only offensive operations
can, in the end, force your will on the enemy.
• **Maneuver - Place the enemy in a disadvantageous position through the
flexible application of combat power.
• Mass - Concentrates the effects of combat power at the decisive place and time.
Proper application of mass can permit numerically inferior forces to achieve
decisive combat results.
• **Economy of Force - Allocate minimum essential combat power to secondary
efforts.
• **Unity of Command - For every objective, ensure unity of effort under one
responsible commander.
• **Security - Never permit the enemy to acquire an unexpected advantage.
• Surprise - Strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which he is
unprepared.
• Simplicity - Prepare clear, uncomplicated plans and clear, concise orders to
ensure thorough understanding and minimize confusion.
• Legitimacy - Maintain legal, political and moral authority in one's operations.
• Restraint - Limit collateral damage and prevent unnecessary force.
• Perseverance - One must remain committed to tactical, operation, and strategic
end states because the enemy may be quite determined too.
LEVELS OF WAR: - ANSWER✔✔ • Strategic - all of the nation's armed forces'
efforts in all campaigns to meet war aim
(the war)
• Operational - In-theater forces; large tactical units ops that can have strategic
results
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