Leading Marines Warfighting Questions and Answers 2024
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Leading Marines Warfighting Questions and Answers 2024
Nature of war
Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that is inconceivable unless one has experienced war."
Carl von Clausewitz
war
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Leading Marines Warfighting Questions
and Answers 2024
Nature of war - answer Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The
difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that is inconceivable
unless one has experienced war."
Carl von Clausewitz
war - answer is defined as a violent clash of interests between or among organized
groups characterized by the use of military force.
Objective of war - answer to impose our will on our enemy
Nature of war - answer Friction, uncertainty, fluidity, disorder, complexity
Friction - answer Mental - As in indecision over a course of action
•Physical - As in effective enemy fire or a terrain obstacle that must be overcome
•External - Imposed by enemy action, the terrain, weather, or mere chance
•Self-induced - Caused by such factors as:
Whatever form it takes, because war is a human enterprise, friction will always have a
psychological as well as a physical impact.
Fluidty - answers a fluid phenomenon, its conduct requires flexibility of thought.
•Success depends in large part on the ability to adapt—to proactively change events to
our advantage as well as to react quickly to constantly changing conditions.
•The tempo of war will fluctuate from periods of intense combat to periods in which
activity is limited to information gathering, replenishment, or redeployment.
•A competitive rhythm will develop between the opposing wills with each belligerent
trying to influence and exploit tempo and the continuous flow of events to suit their
purposes.
Which of the following are examples of moral forces that influence the nature of war? -
answerEsprit de corps
National and individual conscience
_________ is a characteristic of the nature of war - answerFriction
Warfighting, war is defined as which of the following? - answerA violent clash of
interests between or among organized groups characterized by the use of military force
The __________ of war is to impose our will on our enemy. - answerObjective
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