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Ocs History, Lesson 1 Questions AndAnswers With Verified Solutions 100%
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What is the best kind of command arragement? - ANSWER✔✔ Simple command
arrangements—that is, one person in charge--are the best ones. This is the Unity
of Command Principle of War.
Logistics is defined as... - ANSWER✔✔ The art of planning and carrying out the
movement and maintenance of forces.
(Logistics deals with the deployment of military forces and their equipment to the
theater of operations, along with innumerable services, to feed, clothe, supply,
transport, and house the troops.)
LINE OF COMMUNICATION
('LOC'; pronounced 'lock' in Army slang ) is defined as... - ANSWER✔✔ "The
connecting links—the network of railways, waterways, roads, and air routes by
which an armed force in the field is reinforced and supplied from its base of
operations in the home or friendly area—are the lines of communications."
War (definition) - ANSWER✔✔ A conflict between organized groups, with
unknown resolve, each seeking to impose its will on the other
What are the levels of war? - ANSWER✔✔ * Strategic: "In the context of military
operations, strategy develops an idea or set of ideas for employing the
instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to
achieve theater, national, and/or multinational objectives." (the war)
, * Operational: "The operational level links the tactical employment of forces to
national and military strategic objectives." (the campaign)
* Tactical: "Tactics is the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in
relation to each other. Joint doctrine focuses this term on planning and executing
battles, engagements, and activities at the tactical level to achieve military
objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces." (the battle)
Define the Center of Gravity concept - ANSWER✔✔ As translated from
Clausewitz: "One must keep the dominant characteristics of both belligerents in
mind. Out of the characteristics a certain center of gravity develops, the hub of all
power and movement, on which everything depends. That is the point against
which all our energies should be directed."
In other words: "In simple terms the center of gravity concept is about efficiency
and suggests there is some entity that if attacked, either directly or indirectly, will
bring down an adversary. The idea is to attack the 'center of gravity' and avoid
wasteful peripheral efforts. It is all about focusing effort to increase the likelihood
of success at reasonable cost."
Define the principles of war - ANSWER✔✔ Objective
Offensive
Maneuver
Mass
Economy of Force
Unity of Command
Security
Surprise
Simplicity
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