1. Movement to Contact
TYPES OF OFFENSIVE 2. Attack
OPERATIONS 3. Exploitation
4. Pursuit
Route Column
FORMATIONS DURING
Tactical Column
MOVEMENT
Approach March
Frontal Attack: The frontal attack exerts pressure
against the enemy's front and drives them off the
objective.
FORMS OF MANEUVER
Single Envelopment: In a single envelopment, the
maneuver element attacks against the flank or
immediate rear of the enemy's position.
Main effort
DISTRIBUTION OF
Supporting effort
FORCES
Reserve
Phase line used to control forward progress of
Limit of Advance attack. The limit to which a force can push it security
forces.
Objectives are clearly defined, decisive, and
Objective attainable goals that should be included in every
military operation.
The final coordination line is used to coordinate the
ceasing and shifting of supporting fires and the final
Final Coordination Line
deployment of the assault echelon in preparation
for launching an assault against an enemy position.
A covered and concealed position short of the
Assault Position objective, from which final preparations are made to
assault the objective. (ADRP 3-90)
A phase line crossed at a prescribed time by troops
Line of Departure
initiating an offensive operation.
The last position an attacking force occupies or
Attack Position passes through before crossing the line of
departure.
Assembly Area An area a unit occupies to prepare for an operation.
From the list below, Tactical column
identify the correct
formation used during
movement to contact.
This formation is used if
the likelihood of enemy
contact changes from
"contact is remote" to
"contact is possible."
Identify the offensive Preparation, conduct, and exploitation
phases of the attack.
Which process Fire and maneuver
establishes a base of fire
to engage the enemy
while another element
moves to an
advantageous position?
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