Receipt of Mission
Mission Analysis
COA Development
COA Analysis (WarGame)
Miscellaneous
100
Initial time allocations; a decision to initiate design or go straight into the MDMP; necessary coordination to perform, including liaison officers to exchange; authorized movements and any ISR to initiate; collaborative planning times and locations; initial info requirements; additional staff tasks.
What is Initial Commander's Guidance.
100
Number of Steps under Mission Analysis:
What is 18.
100
Number of Steps under COA Development:
What is 8.
100
A disciplined process, with rules and steps that attempt to visualize the flow of the operation:
What is COA Analysis or War Gaming
100
METT-TC is an acronym for:
What is Mission, Enemy, Terrain & Weather, Troops, Time, Civilian (Civil Considerations).
200
The COS (XO) develops a staff planning timeline that outlines this:
What is how long headquarters can spend on each step of MDMP, what products are due, who is responsible for them, and who receives them.
200
A restriction placed on the command by a HHQ. It dictates and action or inaction, thus restricting the freedom of action of a subordinate commander.
What is a Constraint.
200
Each prospective COA is examined for validity using five screening criteria. Name at least three of the five:
What is 1) Feasible; 2) Acceptable; 3) Suitable; 4) Distinguishable; 5) Complete.
200
A point in space or time when the commander or staff anticipates making a key decision concerning a specific course of action (JP 5-0):
What is a Decision Point.
200
Accomplishes the following: identifies requirements and intel gaps, evaluates available assets, determines gaps in the use of assets, and/or recommends ISR assets to collect on PIRs:
What is ISR Synchronization.
300
Issue Warning Order #1 includes, at a minimum, this:
What is the type of operation, the general location of the operation, the initial timeline, and any movement or recon to initiate.
300
Definition of Composite Risk Management (CRM):
What is the Army's primary decision-making process for identifying hazards and controlling risks across the full spectrum of Army missions, functions, operations, and activities (FM 5-19).
300
Total means of destructive, constructive and information capabilities that a military unit/formation can apply at a given time:
What is Combat Power.
300
Arguably the most important portion of MDMP:
What is IPB (Step 2 of Mission Analysis).
400
During receipt of mission, the CO and staff conduct and initial assessment of time and resources available to plan, prepare and begin execution of an operation. This helps commanders determine four things. Name at least two of the four.
What is 1) The time needed to plan and prepare for the mission; 2) Guidance on design and abbreviating the MDMP, if required; 3) Which outside agencies and organizations to contact and incorporate into the planning process; or 4) The staff's experience cohesiveness, and level of rest of stress.
400
Step 18: Issue a WARNO. At a minimum, it contains 10 topics. Name at least 5 of the 10:
What is 1) The approved mission statement; 2) The commander's intent; 3) Changes to task organization; 4) The unit AO; 5) CCIRs and EEFIs; 6) Risk guidance; 7) Priorities by warfighting functions; 8) Military deception guidance; 9) Essential stability tasks; or 10) Specific priorities.
400
When "Generating Options" in Step 2, what is the proper sequence of the following: Shaping Operations Sustaining Operations Decisive Operations
What is Decisive, Shaping, then Sustaining Operations.
400
Step 1: Gather the Tools requires several tools, materials, and date for the war game. Name at least three out of the six tools/materials/etc. needed for this step:
What is 1) Running Estimates; 2) Event Templates; 3) A Recording Method; 4) Completed COAs, including Graphics; 5) A means to post or display Enemy and Friendly Unit Symbols and Other Organizations; and/or 6) A Map of the AO.
400
In counterinsurgency and stability operations, most density recommendations fall with a range of _____ to _____ counterinsurgents for every _______ residents in an AO. (Troop density is the ratio of security forces to inhabitants.)
What is 20 to 25 counterinsurgents for every 1,000 residents.
500
Appropriate field manuals to utilize when gathering tools:
What is FM 5-0 and FM 1-02
500
Step 2: Perform Initial IPB. IAW FM 2-01.3, IPB consists of four steps. Name these 4 steps:
What is 1) Define the OE; 2) Describe the Environmental Effects on Operations; 3) Evaluate the Threat; 4)Determine Threat COA(s).
500
Two key elements of operational design that assist in developing a concept of operations:
What are Lines of Operations and Lines of Effort.
500
There are three War Gaming Methods. Name them:
What are Belt, Avenue-In-Depth and Box.
500
During COA Comparison, staff compares feasible COAs to identify the one with: (There are a few feasible answers here. Identify at least two.)
What is 1) The Highest Probability of Success against the Most Likely Enemy COA; 2) Most Dangerous Enemy COA; 3) Most Important Stability Task; and/or 5) Most Damaging Environmental Impact.
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