Maneuver Captains Career Course Entrance Exam

Troop Leading Procedures 1. Receive the Mission 2. Issue a Warning Order 3. Make a Tentative Plan 4. Initiate movement 5. Conduct Reconnaissance 6. Complete the Plan 7. Issue the Order 8. Supervise and Assess Tenets and Foundations of Unified Land Operations 1. Simultaneity 2. Depth 3. Synchronization 4. Flexibility Steps of IPB 1. Define the Battlefield Environment 2. Describe the Battlefield's Effects 3. Evaluate the Threat 4. Determine Threat Courses of ActionOffensive Tasks Movement to Contact Attack Exploitation Pursuit Characteristics of the Offense Audacity Concentration Surprise Tempo Forms of Maneuver Envelopment Flank Attack Frontal Attack Infiltration Penetration Turning Movement Defensive Tasks Area Defense Mobile Defense Retrograde Characteristics of the Defense DisruptionFlexibility Maneuver Mass and Concentration Operations in Depth