Vocabulary_1
"A military unit made up of two or more companies or batteries and a headquarters that is commanded by a lieutenant colonel, is the smallest unit to have staff, and is administratively self-sufficient."
What is a Battalion?
A(n) ______ is a graphic description of positions and lines of authority and responsibility in an organization or unit.
What is an Organizational Chart?
Advancement to higher ranks and grades in the Army JROTC program is based on which of the following attributes?
What is ability, skill and potential
In an organization, ______ or more people combine their efforts to do a job.
What is Two
Robin is to receive the Personal Appearance Ribbon today. What type of award is this?
Military
______ is the status of a person loyal to a nation, entitled to its rights and protection, while also assuming some responsibilities for service to the nation.
What is Citizenship?
"A subdivision of a company-size military unit normally consisting of two or more squads or sections; the leader is usually a first lieutenant."
What is a Platoon?
Who is responsible for the overall function and management of a Junior ROTC unit?
What is the Senior JROTC Instructor
"The smallest unit in the Army organization composed of a varying number of personnel, depending on the type of element, and led by a noncommissioned officer."
What is a Squad?
Sandy spilled soda on the floor at lunch when no one was looking. Instead of leaving the mess, she cleaned it up. By doing this, what was Sandy taking for her actions?
What is responsibility?
"A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons."
What is a Company?
"The physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or extent of an object."
What is sized?
What is a Subordinate?
"A person lower in rank or grade."
"The order of persons next in line for an office or rank that is held by another."
What is a Succession?
Name the three elements in the Pyramid of Authority.
What is Unity of command, span of control, and chain of command
An insignia consisting of stripes meeting at an angle to indicate (enlisted) grade or rank
What is Chevron?
______ are a pair of broad pieces of stiffened cloth worn on uniforms to display the ______ of grade.
What is Shoulder Marks and Insignia?
Name three factors that affect personal appearance.
What is Tidy hair, clean fingernails, and good posture
"A group of people approximating one-half of a squad and normally led by a junior noncommissioned officer."
What is a TEAM?
What are the two main categories of individual awards given to Cadets for superior performance?
What are Institutional and national awards
"Relating to or constituting the part of the military force subordinate to officers."
What is Enlisted?
A decorative metal cap attached to the end of a shoulder cord to prevent fraying
What is a Ferrule?
"To cut or divide into two equal parts."
What is Bisecting?
a distinctive mode of dress?
What is a Uniform?
Explain the difference between the military terms "rank" and "grade."
Rank is a title indicating a Soldier's position and responsibility, while grade is a letter/number combination denoting a Soldier's pay rate.