S100 EXAM 2 CGSOC QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027

S100 EXAM 2 CGSOC QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 What does the art of sustainment planning concentrates on? - Answers - Mitigating shortfalls and evaluating risk to create sustainment plans that ensure freedom of action, extended operational reach, and prolong endurance. What are the four (4) Sustainment Warfighting Functions? - Answers Remember Acronym LFPH - pronounced leaf - Logistics - Financial Management - Personnel Services - Health Service Support What are the functions of each Sustainment WfF (logistics, financial management, personnel services, and health services)? - Answers a. Logistics - Maintenance, Transportation, Supply, Field services, and Distribution b. Financial Management- Finance support, Resource management, Cost and accounting c. Personnel Services- Human resources support, Legal support, Religious support, and Band support d. Health Service Support- Treatment, Medical evacuation, and Medical logistics, Preventive medicine What unit supports the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) and is designed specifically for a BCT? - Answers - Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) is ORGANIC to each BCT. List and define the eight (8) Sustainment Principles. - Answers Acronym to remember - CRISIS EA - Continuity- UNINTERRUPTED provision of sustainment across all levels of war. - Responsiveness- REACT to changing requirements & RESPOND - Integration- COMBINATION of all of the sustainment elements. - Simplicity- NOT COMPLEX sustainment...processes and procedures. - Improvisation- ADAPT sustainment operations to unexpected situations or circumstances affecting a mission. - Survivability- PROTECT personnel, weapons, and supplies while simultaneously DECEIVE the enemy. - Economy- providing sustainment RESOURSES in an EFFICIENT manner that enables the commander to employ all assets to the greatest effect possible. - Anticipation- FORECAST/PREDICT operational requirements and initiate necessary actions...without waiting for OPORDs or FRAGORD Explain the four (4) support relationships and who assigns priorities for each relationship. - Answers - DIRECT SUPPORT - 'Supports Single Unit' 'Positioned by Supporting Unit'. Retains command relationship with Parent Unit. - GENERAL SUPPORT - 'Supports Multiple Units'; 'Positioned by Parent Unit'. - REINFORCING - 'Supports One Unit' 'Position by Reinforcing Unit' (ex. artillery supports another artillery unit). Retains its command relationship with Parent Unit. - GENERAL SUPPORT—REINFORCING - 'Support Multiple Units' 'Position by Parent Unit' and reinforce another similar type unit. What are at least four (4) considerations used when determining the location of the BSA? - Answers ● Location: METT-TC (BCT S-3 and BSB CDR) ● Size ● Likely BSA Occupants ● Terrain Who is responsible for BSA security? - Answers BSB Commander Describe the following distribution methods: - Supply Point - Unit Distribution - Throughput - Answers ● Supply Point - Receiving unit 'PULLS' supplies from supply point using organic assets. ● Unit Distribution - Issuing Agency 'PUSHES' supplies to the Receiving Unit. ● Throughput - Higher Echelon to Low Echelon Units that 'PUSHES' and BYPASSES one or more intermediate supply echelons to avoid multiple handlings. Why would a unit decide to echelon their sustainment support? - Answers Generate and Maintain Combat Power. 5. Explain how maneuver battalions echelon unit trains (unit trains include elements of the FSC, battalion medical platoon, elements of the battalion staff). - Answers - BATTALION FIELD TRAINS ● Normally collocated with or proximity of BSA (outside tube artillery range). ● Includes assets not located with combat trains. ● Coordinates between battalion and BSB. - BATTALION COMBAT TRAINS ● Normally at rear of battalion area (outside mortar range). ● Usually BN maintenance (MCP), BN medical (BAS), and emergency resupply, at a minimum. ● Bulk of FSC work centers around combat trains. - COMPANY TRAINS ● Positioned to support company (outside direct fire range). ● Unusually includes 1SG, MEDEVAC teams, supply sergeant, armorer, and FSC field maintenance team. Define Required Supply Rate (RSR) - Answers - Estimated amount of AMMO NEEDED TO SUSTAIN TACTICAL OPS, without ammunition expenditure restrictions, over a specified time period. Define Controlled Supply Rate (CSR) - Answers - RATE OF AMMO CONSUMPTION THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED considering availability, facilities, and transportation. Where are sustainment requirements captured during planning and when are they communicated? - Answers - Captured: Paragraph 4 of the OPORD, Annex F, graphics overlay, logsync support matrix - Communicated: Combatant Command Plans and orders Personnel services includes four (4) support functions. - Answers - religious support - human resources - legal support - band support. Human Resources support comprises two (2) Core Competencies. - Answers - Man the Force