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52 Cards in this Set
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Foundations of Unified Land Operations (4) |
Initiative Decisive Action (Offensive/Defensive/Stability) Core Competencies (Comb Arm Manuv. Wide Area Sec) Mission Command |
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Tenets of Unified Land Ops (6) |
Flexibility Lethality Adaptability Synchronization Integration Depth |
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Doctrine is... |
Fundamental principles by which the military forces (or elements thereof) guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is authoritative but requires judgment in application. "Common Operating Picture" |
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Army Doctrine is |
a body of thought on how Army forces operate as an integral part of a joint force. |
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Capstone Doctrine is |
serves as the basis for decisions about organization, training, leader development, material, Soldiers, and facilities |
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Unified Land Operations |
How the Army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative to gain and maintain a position of relative advantage in sustained land operations through simultaneous offensive, defensive, and stability operations in order to prevent or deter conflict, prevail in war, and create the conditions for favorableconflict resolution |
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Phases of Joint Operations |
Shape Deter Sieze Initiative Dominate Stabilize Enable Civil Authority |
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Unified Land Ops are executed through ___, by means of ___, guided by ___ |
Decisive Action, Army Core Competencies, Mission Command |
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Operational Art |
The pursuit of strategic objectives, in whole or in part, through the arrangement of tactical actions in time, space and purpose |
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Operations Process |
Plan (Army Design Methedology; MDMP; TLP) Prepare Execute Assess |
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Operational Framework |
Decisive/Shaping/Sustainment Deep/Close/Security Main/Supporting/Efforts |
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Unified Land Operations War Fighting Function |
Mission Command Movement and Manuever Intelligence Fires Sustainment Protection |
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Army will sieze the Initiative by
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Degrade the enemy's ability
Prevent the enemy's recovery Follow up with a series of actions Continue to exploit the initiative |
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Enemy Perspective: US keeps initiative by |
US Ops must be rapid, unpredictable and disorienting |
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ULO Combined Arms Manuever Initiative in the Offense |
It involves taking the fight to the enemy and never allowing enemy forces to recover from the initial shock of the attack.
Move to Contact Attack Exploitation Pursuit |
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Combat Power of the ULO |
The total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at a given time.
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ULO Combined Arms Manuever Initiative in the Defense |
It involves preventing the enemy from achieving success and then counterattacking to seize the initiative.
Mobile Defence Area Defense Retrograde Ops |
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ULO Combined Arms Manuever Initiative in the Stability |
Coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment, provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian releif. Civil security and control Restore Services Support Gov, Economic and Infrastructure |
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defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) |
Support provided by U.S. Military in response to requests for assistance from civil authorities for domestic emergencies, law enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from qualifying entities for special events. |
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ULO Combined Arms Manuever Initiative in the defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) |
Soldiers work closely with their civilian counterparts to remedy the conditions threatening lives, property, and domestic order.
Provide Support in Response to Disaster Support Civil Law Enforcement Provide other support as required |
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Core Competence: Combined Arms Manuever |
The application of the elements of combat power in unified action to defeat enemy ground forces; the sieze, occupy, and defend land areas; and to acheive physical, temporal, and psychological advantages over the enemy to sieze and exploit the initiative. |
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Core Competence: Wide Area Security |
The application of the elements of combat power in unified action to protect populations, forces, infrastructure, and activities; to deny the enemy positions of advantage; and to consolidate gains in order to retain the initiative. |
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ULO Tenet: Flexibility |
The mix of capabilities, formations, and equipment for conducting operations; collaborative planning, and decentralized execution |
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ULO Tenet: Lethality |
Expert application of lethal force builds the foundation for effective offensive, defensive, and stability operations. |
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ULO Tenet: Adaptability |
Willingness to accept prudent risk in unfimiliar or changing situations, adjustment based on continuous assessment. |
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ULO Tenet: Synchronization
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Arrangement of military actions to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.
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ULO Tenet: Integration |
Operations with joint, interagency, and multinational partners; conform Army Capabilities and plans to the larger concept. |
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ULO Tenet: Depth |
Arrangeing activities across the entire operational framework to acheive the most decisive results |
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Adjustment Decision (Decision Point) |
The selection of a course of action that modifies the order to respond to unanticipated opportunities or threats. An adjustment decision may include a decision to reframe the problem and develop an entirely new plan. |
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Execution Decision (Decision Point) |
A planned action under circumstances anticipated in the order. An execution decision is normally tied to a decision point—a point in space or time the commander or staff anticipates making a key decision concerning a specific course of action. |
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Synchronization in ULO
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The ability to execute multiple related and mutually supporting tasks in different locations at the same time, producing greater effects than executing each in isolation.
The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time. |
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Simultaneity in ULO |
Doing multiple things at the same time. It requires the ability to conduct operations in depth and to orchestrate them so that their timing multiplies their effectiveness. Ops that immobilize, suppress, or shock the enemy which nullify the enemy's ability to conduct synchronized, mutually supporting actions. |
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Intelligence Warfighting Functions of ULO |
Support Force Generation Support Situational understanding Provide Intelligence support to targeting and information capabilities. Collect Information |
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Fires WFF in ULO |
Deliver fires Integrate all forms of Army, Joint and Multinational fires Conduct targeting |
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Sustainment WFF in ULO |
Conduct logistics Provide personnel services Provide health service support |
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Protection WFF in ULO |
Conduct operational area security. Provide intelligence support to protection. Implement information protection. Conduct law and order. Conduct survivability operations. Conduct CBRN operations. Provide EOD and protection support. Coordinate air and missile defense. |
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Art of Tactics |
Creative and flexible array of means to accomplish assigned mission. Decision making under conditions of uncertainty. Understanding the effects of combat on Soldiers - US and Enemy |
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Science of Tactics |
Tactics-capabilities, techniques, and procedures that can be measured and codified such as weapons capabilities, enemy org. time movement factors, tectical terms, and control graphics.
Physical capabilities of organizations and systems, as well as techniques, and procedures that can be measured and codified. |
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Tactical Mission Task (Definition) |
The specific activity performed by a unit while executing a form of tactical operation or form of manuever. It may be expressed in terms of either actions by a friendly force or effects on an enemy force. |
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Tactical Mission Task (Purpose) |
The desired or intended result of the tactical operation stated in terms relating to the enemy or to the desired situation. It is the why of the mission statement, normally expressed in a descriptive phrase. |
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Concept of an Operation |
A Statement that directs the manner in which subordinate units cooperate to accomplish the mission. The "Tasks" of the operation will show up on the overlay to make a graphic description of the operation. |
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Vertical Linkage: nested operational concept |
Commanders ensure their concept is nested with that of their higher HQ. "Nested with higher's Plan." |
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Horizontal Linkage: nested operational concept |
Commanders ensure subordinate unit mission are unified by task and purpose to accomplish the mission. "Nested with fellow companies." |
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Operational Art |
The pursuit of strategic objectives, in whole or in part, through the arrangement of tactical actions in time, space and purpose. |
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Elements of Operational Art (Army) |
End State and Conditions Center of Gravity Decisive Point Line of Op/Effort Operational Reach Basing Tempo Phasing / Transition Culmination Risk |
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Center of Gravity |
The source of power that provides moral or physical strength, freedom of action, or will to act.
Physical Center-Capital City or Mil Force
Moral Center- Leader (religious or secular) |
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Defeat Mechanism |
Method through which friendly forces accomplish their mission against enemy opposition. Not a tactical task. Effects or both synergistic and lasting. |
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Stability Mechanism |
Method through which friendly forces focus efforts to attain conditions that support establishing a lasting, stable peace. Commanders use stability mechanisms to visualize how to employ the stability element of unified land operations. |
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Decisive Point |
A geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to acheiving success. |
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Line of Operations (LOO) |
A line that defines the directional orientation of a force in time and space in relation to the enemy and links the force with its base of operations and objectives. "Major combat ops." |
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Line of Effort (LOE) |
Links multiple tasks and missions using the logic of purpose, cause and effect, to focus efforts toward establishing operational and strategic conditions. "Stability Ops" |
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ARFORGEN Cycle |
Reset / Train Ready Available |
