The Soldiers Comprehensive Study Manual/chain Of Command

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What are the general rules of thumb for administrative corrective measurements?

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1. The training, instruction, or correction given to a soldier to correct deficiencies must be directly related to the deficiency. Such measures assume the nature of training or instruction, not punishment.

2. Deficiencies satisfactorily corrected by means of training and instruction will not be noted in the official records of the soldier concerned.

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Military authority should be exercised promptly, firmly, courteously, and fairly. Commanders should consider administrative corrective measures before diciding to impose nonjudicial punishment. What is concidered to be one of the most effective administative corrective measures?

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Extra training or instruction (including on the spot correction).

Front 3

What does AR 600-20 say about obeying orders?

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All persons in the military service are required to strickly obey and promptly execute the legal order of their lawful seniors.

Front 4

Which of the four individual aspirations is considered the "fundamental" to Army well-being?

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To serve.

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The well-being framework can be described in terms of four individual aspirations. What are they?

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To serve, to live, to connect, and to grow.

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The state of well-being includes what four basic dimensions of individual life experience?

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1. Physical State: Centers on ones health and sense of wellness.

2. Material State: Centers on essentioal needs such as shelter, food, and financial resources.
3. Mental State: Centers on basic needs to learn, grow, achieve recognition, and to be accepted.
4. Spiritual State: Centers on a persons religious philosophicalneeds, providing powerful support for values, morals, strength of chararcter, and endurance in difficult and dangerous circumstances.

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What is considered the "Focus" of Army well-being?

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To take care of Army families before, during, and after deployments.

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How does AR 600-20 define "Army Well-Being"?

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It is the personal state of the Army family. The term "personal" refers to the physical, material, mental, and spiritual well being of soldiers, retirees, veterans, DA civilians, and all their families, that contribute to their preparedness to perform and support the Army's mission.

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How is precedence of relative grade determined by enlisted soldiers of the same rank?

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1. According to date of rank.
2. By length of active federal service in the Army.
3. By length of total active federal service.
4. By date of birth-older is more senior.

Front 10

What is a Command Sergeant Major?

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This is the position title designating the senior noncommissioned officer of the at battalion or higher levels.

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The state of well-being includes what four basic dimensions of individual life experience?

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1. Physical State: Centers on ones health and sense of wellness.

2. Material State: Centers on essentioal needs such as shelter, food, and financial resources.
3. Mental State: Centers on basic needs to learn, grow, achieve recognition, and to be accepted.
4. Spiritual State: Centers on a persons religious philosophicalneeds, providing powerful support for values, morals, strength of chararcter, and endurance in difficult and dangerous circumstances.

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What is considered the "Focus" of Army well-being?

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To take care of Army families before, during, and after deployments.

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How does AR 600-20 define "Army Well-Being"?

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It is the personal state of the Army family. The term "personal" refers to the physical, material, mental, and spiritual well being of soldiers, retirees, veterans, DA civilians, and all their families, that contribute to their preparedness to perform and support the Army's mission.

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How is precedence of relative grade determined by enlisted soldiers of the same rank?

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1. According to date of rank.
2. By length of active federal service in the Army.
3. By length of total active federal service.
4. By date of birth-older is more senior.

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What is a Command Sergeant Major?

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This is the position title designating the senior noncommissioned officer of the at battalion or higher levels.

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What is the Sergeant Major of the Army?

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The senior Sergeant Major grade of rank. It designates the senior enlisted position of the Army.

Front 17

Can members of foreign military sevices serving with the U.S. Army exercise command over soldiers of the U.S. Army?

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No, but they may exercise operational or tactical control when authorized by the President or the Secretary of Defense.

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What is the title of address of a Master Sergeant? A Sergeant First Class? A Staff Sergeant?

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All are addressed as "Sergeant".

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What is the title of address of a Private First Class?

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"Private".

Front 20

Describe the precedence of rank between members of the Army and other services serving with the Army.

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Members of other services serving with the Army have equal status with Army members of equivalent grade of rank.

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What is the Sergeant Major of the Army?

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The senior Sergeant Major grade of rank. It designates the senior enlisted position of the Army.

Front 22

Can members of foreign military sevices serving with the U.S. Army exercise command over soldiers of the U.S. Army?

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No, but they may exercise operational or tactical control when authorized by the President or the Secretary of Defense.

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What is the title of address of a Master Sergeant? A Sergeant First Class? A Staff Sergeant?

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All are addressed as "Sergeant".

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What is the title of address of a Private First Class?

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"Private".

Front 25

Describe the precedence of rank between members of the Army and other services serving with the Army.

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Members of other services serving with the Army have equal status with Army members of equivalent grade of rank.

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What is meant by the term "Chain of Command"?

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It is the succession of commanders, superior to subordinate, through which command is exercised. It assists commanders al all levels in achieving their primary function of accomplishing the units assighned mission while caring for personnel and property in their charge.

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Describe the assignment of authority and responsibility.

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Commanders are responsible for everything thheir command does or fails to do. Commanders delegate sufficient authority to soldiers in the chain of command to accomplish their assigned duties, and commanders may hold these soldiers responsible for their actions. Commanders who assign responsibility and authority to their subordinates still retain tha overall responsiblity and authourity to their subordinates still retain overall responsiblility for the actions of their commands.

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Commanders are required to establish an open door policy within their commands. What does this mean?

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This is essentially an "open door" to the commander that allows members of the command to present facts, concerns, and problems of a personal or professional nature or other issues that the soldier has been unable to resolve using the chain of command. The timing, conduct, and specific procedures are determined by the commander.

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What is meant by "Emergency Command"?

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The senior officer, warrant officer, cadet, NCO, specialist, or private among troops at the scene of an emergency will assume temporary command and control of the soldiers present. These provisions also apply to troops separted from their parent units under battlefield conditions. The senior person eligible for command, whether officer of enlisted, within a prisoner of war camp or among a group of prisoners of war, will assume command according to grade and date of rank seniority without regard to service.

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What are three formal channels of communication in the Army?

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The chain of command, the NCO support channel, and staff and technical channels.

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Describe the structure of the NCO support channel.

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It begins with the commander's CSM and ends with the section, squad, or team leader.

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How does the Chain of Command support the NCO support channel?

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By legally punishing those who challenge a sergeants authourity.

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Who is the only person who performs as both a member of the Chain of Command and the NCO support channel?

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The section, squad, or team leader.

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Who represents the connection between the chain of command and the NCO support channel?

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The senior NCO though not a formal part of the Chain of Command. The senior NCO must know and understand the orders in order to effectively implement them in the NCO support channel.

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What is the title of address of a Command Sergeant Major? A Sergeant Major?

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Both are addressed as "Sergeant Major".

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What is the title of address of a Major General? Lieutenant General?

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All are addressed as "General".

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What is the title of address of a Warrant Officer?

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Mister or Miss.

Front 38

Rank in the Army is divided into what grades?

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General Officers-BG through General, including(GA).
Field Officers-Major through Colonel.
Company Grade Officers-Second Lieutenants through Captain.
Warrant Officers-WO1 through CW4 and Master Warrant.
Cadets-Cadet, Senior Advanced, Cadet U.S. Military Academy.
Candidates-Warrant Officer to Officer Candidates.
Enlisted-Private to Command Sergeant Major.

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What is the exception to addressing someone by their grade of rank?

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Chaplains; all chaplains are addressed as chaplain, regardless of military grade or professional title.

Front 40

What is the difference between paygrade and grade of rank?

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The pay grade is an abbreviated numerical device with useful applications in pay management personel accounting, automated data organization and other administrative fields. However, the numerical pay grade will not be used as a form of address or title in place of the proper title of address of grade. Asoldier holding the mumerical pay grade of E-5 will be addressed as "Sergeant" not as "E-5".

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Grade is generally held by virtue of _______or_______ in the Army.

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Office or Postion.

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How is the military rank among officers of the same grade or of equivalent grade determined?

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By comparing the dates of rank. An officer whose date of rank is ealier than the date of rank of another officer of the same or equivalent grade is senior to that officer.

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What is "military rank"?

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The relative position or degree of precedence granted military personnel marking their station in military life. It confers eligibility to exercise command or authority in the military within the limits of prescribed law.

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All commanding officers and others in authority in the Army fall under the "Requirement for Exemplary Conduct". What does this mean?

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They are, among other things, to show in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, patriotism, and subordination, as well as guarding against and suppressing all dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according to the laws and regulations of the Army, all persons who are qulity of them.

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What Chararcter trait is considered the basis for dependable, cosistent information, decision-making, and delegation of authority?

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Demonstrated integrity.

Front 46

How does AR 600-20 define duty?

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Obedient and disciplined performance.

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What are the elements of command?

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Authority and responsibility.

Front 48

Who is the only civilian authorized to exercise command in the military?

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The President of the United States.

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How do you define Commander?

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A commissioned or warrant officer who, by virtue of grade and assignment, exercises primary command authority over a military organization or prescribed territorial area that nder pertinent offical directives is recognized as a "command".

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What is command?

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the authority a person in the military service lowfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank and assignment or position.

Front 51

What Army regulation prescribes the policies and responsibilities of command, which include the well-being of the force, military discipline and conduct, the Army Equal Opportunity Program, and the Army Sexual Assault Victim Program?

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AR 600-20

Front 52

Is the Company Commander part of your NCO support channel?

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No, the C.O. is part of the chain of command.

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Who is at the top of the NCO support channel?

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Sergeant Major of the Army.

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Is the Sergeant Major in your chain of command?

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No, he or she is in the NCO support channel.

Front 55

On what date was the NCO support channel formally recognized?

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20 December 1976

Front 56

Give two examples when the chain of command may be jumped or even bypassed?

Back 56

Valid Inspector General (IG) complaints about the immediate chain of command, and when there is an equal opportunity problem within the immediate chain of command.