CCC Common Core Combined Set (over 400 Terms) Latest
Updated Study Guide.
TLPs - Correct answer R- Receive the mission
I- Issue Warne
M- Make a tentative plan
I- Initiate movement
C- Conduct recon
C- Complete the plan
I- Issue the order
S- Supervise/Refine
Foundations of Unified Land Operations - Correct answer 1. I- Initiative
2. D- Decisive action
3. C- Army core competencies
4. M- Mission command
Initiative - Correct answer Operational initiative is setting or dictating the terms of
action throughout an operation. Individual initiative is the willingness to act in the
absence of orders, when existing orders no longer fit the situation, or when
unforeseen opportunities or threats arise.
Decisive action - Correct answer a. Decisive action—the continuous, simultaneous
combinations of offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil
authority’s tasks.
Decisive action tasks - Correct answer I. An offensive task is a task conducted to
defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population
centers.
ii. A defensive task is a task conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time,
economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability tasks.
iii. Stability is an overarching term encompassing various military missions, tasks,
and activities conducted outside the United States in 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 relief.
iv. Defense support of civil authorities is support provided by U.S. Federal military
forces, Department of Defense civilians, Department of Defense contract personnel,
Department of Defense component assets, and National Guard forces.
Army core competencies - Correct answer a. Combined arms maneuver is the
application of the elements of combat power in unified action to defeat enemy
ground forces; to seize, occupy, and defend land areas; and to achieve physical,
temporal, and psychological advantages over the enemy to seize and exploit the
initiative.
b. Wide area security is 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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,Mission command - Correct answer Mission command is the exercise of authority
and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative
within the commander's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct
of unified land operations.
Six fundamental principles of Mission command - Correct answer B- Build cohesive
teams through mutual trust
C- Create shared understanding
P- Provide a clear commander's intent
E- Exercise disciplined initiative
U- Use mission orders
A- Accept prudent risk
Tenants of Unified Land Operations - Correct answer F- Flexibility
I- Integration
L- Lethality
A- Adaptability
D- Depth
S- Synchronization
Principles of joint operations - Correct answer O- Objective
O- Offensive
M- Mass
M- Maneuver
E- Economy of force
U- Unity of command
S- Security
S- Surprise
S- Simplicity
R- Restraint
P- Perseverance
L- Legitimacy
IPB - Correct answer Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) is the
systematic process of analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather,
and civil considerations in an area of interest to determine their effect on operations.
Steps of IPB - Correct answer D- Define the operational environment
a. Defining the operational environment results in the identification of significant
characteristics of the operational environment that can affect friendly and enemy
operations. This step also results in the identification of gaps in current intelligence
holdings.
D- Describe environmental effects on operations
a. Describes how characteristics related to enemy, terrain, weather, and civil
considerations affect friendly ops
E- Evaluate the threat
a. Understand how a threat/adversary can affect friendly operations.
D- Determine threat
a. Identifies and develops possible threat/adversary COAs that can affect
accomplishing the friendly mission.
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,The mission statement - Correct answer the mission is the task, together with the
purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore.
Decisive point - Correct answer 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 achieving success.
Offensive tasks - Correct answer M- Movement to contact
A- Attack
E- Exploitation
P- Pursuit
Movement to contact - Correct answer an offensive task designed to develop the
situation and to establish or regain contact. The goal is to make initial contact with a
small element while retaining enough combat power to develop the situation and
mitigate the associated risk.
The commander conducts a movement to contact when the enemy situation is vague
or not specific enough to conduct an attack.
Attack - Correct answer an offensive task that destroys or defeats enemy forces,
seizes and secures terrain, or both.
An attack differs from a movement to contact because, in an attack, the commander
knows part of the enemy's disposition. This knowledge enables the commander to
better synchronize and employ combat power more effectively in an attack than in a
movement to contact.
Exploitation - Correct answer an offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a
successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth.
Exploitations seek to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where they have no
alternative but to surrender or take flight.
Pursuit - Correct answer an offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force
attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it.
A pursuit normally follows a successful exploitation. However, any offensive task can
transition into a pursuit, if enemy resistance has broken down and the enemy is
fleeing the battlefield.
Defensive tasks - Correct answer A- Area defense
M- Mobile defense
R- Retrograde
Area defense - Correct answer the area defense is a defensive task that
concentrates on denying enemy forces access to designated terrain for a specific
time rather than destroying the enemy outright.
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, The focus of the area defense is on retaining terrain where the bulk of the defending
force positions itself in mutually supporting, prepared positions. Units maintain their
positions and control the terrain between these positions.
Mobile defense - Correct answer the mobile defense is a defensive task that
concentrates on the destruction or defeat of the enemy through a decisive attack by
a striking force.
The mobile defense focuses on defeating or destroying the enemy by allowing
enemy forces to advance to a point where they are exposed to a decisive
counterattack by the striking force. The striking force is a dedicated counterattack
force in a mobile defense constituted with the bulk of available combat power.
A fixing force supplements the striking force. The commander uses the fixing force to
hold attacking enemy forces in position, to help channel attacking enemy forces into
ambush areas, and to retain areas from which to launch the striking force.
Retrograde - Correct answer the retrograde is a defensive task that involves
organized movement away from the enemy.
The retrograde is a transitional operation; it is not conducted in isolation. It is part of
a larger scheme of maneuver designed to regain the initiative and defeat the enemy.
Three forms of the retrograde - Correct answer D- Delay
W- Withdrawal
R- Retirement
Delay - Correct answer a delaying operation is an operation in which a force under
pressure trades space for time by slowing down the enemy's momentum and
inflicting maximum damage on the enemy without, in principle, becoming decisively
engaged.
Withdrawal - Correct answer a withdrawal operation is a planned retrograde
operation in which a force in contact disengages from an enemy force and moves in
a direction away from the enemy.
Retirement - Correct answer a retirement is a form of retrograde in which a force out
of contact moves away from the enemy.
Characteristics of the offense - Correct answer A- Audacity
C- Concentration
S- Surprise
T- Tempo
Audacity - Correct answer Audacity means boldly executing a simple plan of action.
Concentration - Correct answer Concentration is the massing of overwhelming
effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose.
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Updated Study Guide.
TLPs - Correct answer R- Receive the mission
I- Issue Warne
M- Make a tentative plan
I- Initiate movement
C- Conduct recon
C- Complete the plan
I- Issue the order
S- Supervise/Refine
Foundations of Unified Land Operations - Correct answer 1. I- Initiative
2. D- Decisive action
3. C- Army core competencies
4. M- Mission command
Initiative - Correct answer Operational initiative is setting or dictating the terms of
action throughout an operation. Individual initiative is the willingness to act in the
absence of orders, when existing orders no longer fit the situation, or when
unforeseen opportunities or threats arise.
Decisive action - Correct answer a. Decisive action—the continuous, simultaneous
combinations of offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil
authority’s tasks.
Decisive action tasks - Correct answer I. An offensive task is a task conducted to
defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population
centers.
ii. A defensive task is a task conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time,
economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability tasks.
iii. Stability is an overarching term encompassing various military missions, tasks,
and activities conducted outside the United States in 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 relief.
iv. Defense support of civil authorities is support provided by U.S. Federal military
forces, Department of Defense civilians, Department of Defense contract personnel,
Department of Defense component assets, and National Guard forces.
Army core competencies - Correct answer a. Combined arms maneuver is the
application of the elements of combat power in unified action to defeat enemy
ground forces; to seize, occupy, and defend land areas; and to achieve physical,
temporal, and psychological advantages over the enemy to seize and exploit the
initiative.
b. Wide area security is 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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,Mission command - Correct answer Mission command is the exercise of authority
and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative
within the commander's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct
of unified land operations.
Six fundamental principles of Mission command - Correct answer B- Build cohesive
teams through mutual trust
C- Create shared understanding
P- Provide a clear commander's intent
E- Exercise disciplined initiative
U- Use mission orders
A- Accept prudent risk
Tenants of Unified Land Operations - Correct answer F- Flexibility
I- Integration
L- Lethality
A- Adaptability
D- Depth
S- Synchronization
Principles of joint operations - Correct answer O- Objective
O- Offensive
M- Mass
M- Maneuver
E- Economy of force
U- Unity of command
S- Security
S- Surprise
S- Simplicity
R- Restraint
P- Perseverance
L- Legitimacy
IPB - Correct answer Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) is the
systematic process of analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather,
and civil considerations in an area of interest to determine their effect on operations.
Steps of IPB - Correct answer D- Define the operational environment
a. Defining the operational environment results in the identification of significant
characteristics of the operational environment that can affect friendly and enemy
operations. This step also results in the identification of gaps in current intelligence
holdings.
D- Describe environmental effects on operations
a. Describes how characteristics related to enemy, terrain, weather, and civil
considerations affect friendly ops
E- Evaluate the threat
a. Understand how a threat/adversary can affect friendly operations.
D- Determine threat
a. Identifies and develops possible threat/adversary COAs that can affect
accomplishing the friendly mission.
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,The mission statement - Correct answer the mission is the task, together with the
purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore.
Decisive point - Correct answer 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 achieving success.
Offensive tasks - Correct answer M- Movement to contact
A- Attack
E- Exploitation
P- Pursuit
Movement to contact - Correct answer an offensive task designed to develop the
situation and to establish or regain contact. The goal is to make initial contact with a
small element while retaining enough combat power to develop the situation and
mitigate the associated risk.
The commander conducts a movement to contact when the enemy situation is vague
or not specific enough to conduct an attack.
Attack - Correct answer an offensive task that destroys or defeats enemy forces,
seizes and secures terrain, or both.
An attack differs from a movement to contact because, in an attack, the commander
knows part of the enemy's disposition. This knowledge enables the commander to
better synchronize and employ combat power more effectively in an attack than in a
movement to contact.
Exploitation - Correct answer an offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a
successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth.
Exploitations seek to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where they have no
alternative but to surrender or take flight.
Pursuit - Correct answer an offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force
attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it.
A pursuit normally follows a successful exploitation. However, any offensive task can
transition into a pursuit, if enemy resistance has broken down and the enemy is
fleeing the battlefield.
Defensive tasks - Correct answer A- Area defense
M- Mobile defense
R- Retrograde
Area defense - Correct answer the area defense is a defensive task that
concentrates on denying enemy forces access to designated terrain for a specific
time rather than destroying the enemy outright.
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, The focus of the area defense is on retaining terrain where the bulk of the defending
force positions itself in mutually supporting, prepared positions. Units maintain their
positions and control the terrain between these positions.
Mobile defense - Correct answer the mobile defense is a defensive task that
concentrates on the destruction or defeat of the enemy through a decisive attack by
a striking force.
The mobile defense focuses on defeating or destroying the enemy by allowing
enemy forces to advance to a point where they are exposed to a decisive
counterattack by the striking force. The striking force is a dedicated counterattack
force in a mobile defense constituted with the bulk of available combat power.
A fixing force supplements the striking force. The commander uses the fixing force to
hold attacking enemy forces in position, to help channel attacking enemy forces into
ambush areas, and to retain areas from which to launch the striking force.
Retrograde - Correct answer the retrograde is a defensive task that involves
organized movement away from the enemy.
The retrograde is a transitional operation; it is not conducted in isolation. It is part of
a larger scheme of maneuver designed to regain the initiative and defeat the enemy.
Three forms of the retrograde - Correct answer D- Delay
W- Withdrawal
R- Retirement
Delay - Correct answer a delaying operation is an operation in which a force under
pressure trades space for time by slowing down the enemy's momentum and
inflicting maximum damage on the enemy without, in principle, becoming decisively
engaged.
Withdrawal - Correct answer a withdrawal operation is a planned retrograde
operation in which a force in contact disengages from an enemy force and moves in
a direction away from the enemy.
Retirement - Correct answer a retirement is a form of retrograde in which a force out
of contact moves away from the enemy.
Characteristics of the offense - Correct answer A- Audacity
C- Concentration
S- Surprise
T- Tempo
Audacity - Correct answer Audacity means boldly executing a simple plan of action.
Concentration - Correct answer Concentration is the massing of overwhelming
effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose.
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