ENABLE
TRUE OR FALSE:
Information is the basis of C2, intelligence, and communication.
What is
TRUE
This is the arrangement of people, processes, networks, and command posts that enable commanders to conduct operations.
What is
Command and Control (C2) system
This involves joining all elements of personnel support and personnel services support (i.e. mission, tasks, functions, systems, processes, and organizations) with operations, ensuring unity of effort to accomplish the mission.
What is
INTEGRATION
TRUE OR FALSE:
There is no consideration made to information activities while executing the operations process.
What is
FALSE - the information activities are used throughout the operations process
TRUE OR FALSE:
The Army information activities align perfectly with the joint information tasks.
What is
FALSE
Army - Information activities
Joint Information - Tasks to understand the OE, support decision making, and leverage information
This is all information of importance to the commander and staff in the exercise of command and control.
What is
RELEVANT INFORMATION
A headquarters, or a portion thereof, organized for the exercise of command and control.
What are
COMMAND POSTS
This is the coordination and cooperation toward common objectives, even if the participants are not necessarily part of the same command or organization, which is the product of successful unified action.
What is
Unity of Effort
Gaining and exploiting information advantages is a whole of government, joint, and multinational effort requires this.
What is
Unified action
These are the two categories of Commander’s Critical Information Requirements (CCIRs)?
What are
Priority Intelligence Requirement (PIR) and Friendly Force Information Requirement (FFIR)
The force that uses and exploits data and information to _______ , _______ , and _______ more effectively than its opponents has a significant advantage.
What is
UNDERSTAND, DECIDE, and ACT
Commanders and staff use these to enhance command and control: intelligence preparation of the operational environment [IPOE], information collection, targeting, risk management, and knowledge management.
What are
PROCESSES
This is the synchronization, coordination, or integration of the activities of governmental and nongovernmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort.
What is
Unified action
Units use a measure of _______ to measure a friendly action tied to task accomplishment.
What is
Performance
This is the science of using procedures and information systems to collect, process, store, display, disseminate, and protect data, information, and knowledge products.
What is
Information Management
This is the ability of an individual and organization to maintain and operate information systems. This ensures all personnel understand the capabilities, limitations, and risks of an information system.
What is
Digital readiness
Headquarters at all echelons rely on this to collect, process, store, display, and disseminate information.
What are
NETWORKS
These two types of cells are where most staff work occurs. Successfully integrating the information activities into operations occurs when functional expertise from across the staff comes together in support of the commander’s decision requirements.
What are
FUNCTIONAL and INTEGRATING
Units use measures of _______ to measure change in a system or in target behavior over time to assess if a force is achieving objectives or attaining the end state.
What is
Effectiveness
This is the goal is to get the right information to the right person on time to facilitate effective decision making.
What is
Knowledge Management
This is the ability to derive meaningful information from data so that it can be applied effectively to actions and outcomes.
What is
Data Literacy
The most important component of the C2 system.
What are
PEOPLE
This is the Army’s operational concept and contribution to unified action and to joint campaigns. This requires integration of Army and joint capabilities from all domains to defeat the enemy’s integrated fires complexes and air defense systems so that maneuver forces can exploit the resulting freedom of action.
What are
MULTIDOMAIN OPERATIONS (MDO)
Challenges associated with multinational partnerships and operations. At a minimum, describe five (5) potential challenges.
What are
National caveats on the use of respective forces, doctrinal differences, cultural differences, language issues, communications and procedural interoperability challenges, rules of engagement, information/intelligence sharing, equipment interoperability issues, etc
Establishing an effective _______ _______ through various boards, working groups, and planning cells/teams is important to maximize integration and synchronization efforts.
What is
BATTLE RHYTHM