Infantry ALC Tactics Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Updated 2024
Unified Land Operations
How the Army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative to gain and maintain position of relative advantage, and create conditions favorable for conflict resolution
Army Doctrine
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Infantry ALC Tactics Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Updated 2024
Unified Land Operations
How the Army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative to gain and maintain position of
relative advantage, and create conditions favorable for conflict resolution
Army Doctrine
A body of thought on how Army forces intend to operate as an integral part of a joint
force.
Focus of Army Doctrine
How to think - Not what to think
Army Doctrine establishes:
-How the Army views the nature of Operations
-Fundamentals by which Army forces conduct operations
-Methods by which commanders exercise mission command
TTPs
Tactics, Techniques, Procedures
Tactics
The employment of units in combat
Techniques
General and detailed methods used by troops and commanders to perform assigned
missions and functions, specifically the methods of using equipment and personnel
Procedures
Standards and detailed courses of action (CoA) that describe how to perform tasks
Foundations of ULO
Decisive Action
Army Core Competencies
Mission Command
Decisive Actions Operations
Offense
Defense
Stability
Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
Defensive Operations
Conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop
conditions favorable for offensive or stability operations
Offensive Operations
Conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and
population centers
Combat Power
Total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit
or formation can apply at a given time- created by converting potential into effective
action
8 Elements of Combat Power
, -Leadership
-Information
-Movement and Maneuver
-Intelligence
-Fires
-Sustainment
-Command and Control
-Protection
6 Warfighting Functions
1. Mission Command
2. Movement and Maneuver
3. Intelligence
4. Fires
5. Sustainment
6. Protection
Key Terrain
Any locality, or area, the seizure or retention of which affords a marked advantage to
either combatant
Purpose of the Offense
-Dislocate, isolate, disrupt, and destroy enemy forces
-Seize key terrain
-Deprive enemy of resources
-Develop intelligence
-Deceive and divert the enemy
-Create secure environment for Stability Operations
Characteristics of the Offense
Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo
Flexibility
The ability to adjust the original plan to meet changes in the situation (NOT a
characteristic of the Offense)
Types of Offensive Operations
1. Movement to Contact
2. Attack
3. Exploitation
4. Pursuit
Movement to Contact Techniques
Approach March
Search and Attack
3 Elements of Search and Attack
1. Find Element
2. Fix Element
3. Finish Element
3 Types of Attacks
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