GE CCC EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Define: General Engineering - Answers :Those engineering capabilities and activities,
other than combat engineering, that modify, maintain, or protect the physical
environment.
Examples include: the construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of
infrastructure, facilities, lines of communication and bases; terrain modification and
repair; and selected explosive hazards activities.
(ATP 3-34.40 General Engineering)
Base Camp Principles - Answers :Scalability:
- ability to tolerate population fluctuations and incorporate changes in the base camp
mission, level of services, or force protection level, without the need for redesign.
Sustainability:
- ability to maintain the necessary level and duration of sustainment/logistics support to
achieve military objectives.
Standardization:
- The Standardization of base camp policies, Service standards, guidance, system
solutions, standard designs, and construction provides consistent expectations for
commanders and drives the repetitive use of proven best practices and TTP
Survivability:
- A primary purpose of base camps is providing a protected location from which to
project and sustain combat power.
Types of Base Camps - Answers :Base: A locality from which operations are projected
or supported (JP 3-10)
Base Camp: A base camp is an evolving military facility that supports the military
operations of a deployed unit and provides the necessary support and services for
sustained operations.
Intermediate Staging Base: A tailorable, temporary location used for for staging forces,
sustainment, and/or extraction into and out of an operational area.
Forward Operating Base: An area used to support tactical operations without
establishing full support facilities
Base Camp Duration - Answers :Phase: Contingency
• Organic - Up to 90 Days
• Initial - Up to 6 months
,• Temporary - Up to 5 years
• Semi permanent - 2-10 years
Phase: Enduring
• Permanent - 5 years or longer
Base Camp Life Cycle - Answers :Planning and Design
Construction
Operations
Transfer & Closure
USACE Contingency Elements (UCE) - Answers :1. FEST-A or RT (Forward Engineer
Support Team-Advance or Reconnaissance Team)
2. Advanced Echelon (ADVON) Team
3. Contingency Engineer District (CED)
Types of Technical Reconnaissance - Answers :Infrastructure Assessment and
Reconnaissance: Think SWEAT-MSO. Sewage, Water, Electricity, Academics, Trash,
Medical, Safety, Other Considerations
Environment Assessment: focused on collecting technical information on existing
environmental conditions and identifying areas that are environmentally sensitive or of
relative environmental concern.
Airfield Assessment: An airfield assessment is conducted to collect detailed technical
information on selected airfields and heliports. The information collected can be used to
determine the airfield operating capacity and to estimate resources for repair or upgrade
of the airfield and its supporting facilities.
Route Classification: Route reconnaissance is normally a combat engineer task. Route
classification is normally a GE task. Executing a route classification is executed as
hasty or deliberate.
Types of Tactical Reconnaissance - Answers :Bridge Reconnaissance
• Bridge Site Reconnaissance:
access and approach roads, widths, banks, flow characteristics, stream bottoms,
elevations, materials.
• Existing Bride: determine whether the situation warrants emplacing a tactical, support,
or LOC bridge.
, Route Reconnaissance
• The information from route reconnaissance supports route selection decisions.
Classified as hasty or deliberate.
• Hasty route reconnaissance determines the immediate military trafficability of a
specified route.
• A deliberate route reconnaissance is conducted when sufficient time and qualified
technical personnel are available.
Obstacle Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance Support: Tools and Resources - Answers :•ENGINEER RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
•REACHBACK OPERATIONS CENTER
•TELEENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT-DEPLOYABLE
•TELEENGINEERING TOOLKIT
•AUTOMATED ROUTE RECONNAISSANCE KIT
Real Estate - Answers :Authority delegated to Assistant Secretary of the Army who
further delegates it to United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
Real Estate is essentially a collection of real property
Real Property - Answers :A building, structure, utility system, or land.
In garrison, Real Property is managed by the Department of Public Works (DPW)
Five Component of Concrete - Answers :Portland Cement
Water
Aggregates
- Coarse (many types)
- Fine
Air
Admixtures
Concrete is strong in ____ not in ____ - Answers :Concrete is strong in compression not
in tension
Define: General Engineering - Answers :Those engineering capabilities and activities,
other than combat engineering, that modify, maintain, or protect the physical
environment.
Examples include: the construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of
infrastructure, facilities, lines of communication and bases; terrain modification and
repair; and selected explosive hazards activities.
(ATP 3-34.40 General Engineering)
Base Camp Principles - Answers :Scalability:
- ability to tolerate population fluctuations and incorporate changes in the base camp
mission, level of services, or force protection level, without the need for redesign.
Sustainability:
- ability to maintain the necessary level and duration of sustainment/logistics support to
achieve military objectives.
Standardization:
- The Standardization of base camp policies, Service standards, guidance, system
solutions, standard designs, and construction provides consistent expectations for
commanders and drives the repetitive use of proven best practices and TTP
Survivability:
- A primary purpose of base camps is providing a protected location from which to
project and sustain combat power.
Types of Base Camps - Answers :Base: A locality from which operations are projected
or supported (JP 3-10)
Base Camp: A base camp is an evolving military facility that supports the military
operations of a deployed unit and provides the necessary support and services for
sustained operations.
Intermediate Staging Base: A tailorable, temporary location used for for staging forces,
sustainment, and/or extraction into and out of an operational area.
Forward Operating Base: An area used to support tactical operations without
establishing full support facilities
Base Camp Duration - Answers :Phase: Contingency
• Organic - Up to 90 Days
• Initial - Up to 6 months
,• Temporary - Up to 5 years
• Semi permanent - 2-10 years
Phase: Enduring
• Permanent - 5 years or longer
Base Camp Life Cycle - Answers :Planning and Design
Construction
Operations
Transfer & Closure
USACE Contingency Elements (UCE) - Answers :1. FEST-A or RT (Forward Engineer
Support Team-Advance or Reconnaissance Team)
2. Advanced Echelon (ADVON) Team
3. Contingency Engineer District (CED)
Types of Technical Reconnaissance - Answers :Infrastructure Assessment and
Reconnaissance: Think SWEAT-MSO. Sewage, Water, Electricity, Academics, Trash,
Medical, Safety, Other Considerations
Environment Assessment: focused on collecting technical information on existing
environmental conditions and identifying areas that are environmentally sensitive or of
relative environmental concern.
Airfield Assessment: An airfield assessment is conducted to collect detailed technical
information on selected airfields and heliports. The information collected can be used to
determine the airfield operating capacity and to estimate resources for repair or upgrade
of the airfield and its supporting facilities.
Route Classification: Route reconnaissance is normally a combat engineer task. Route
classification is normally a GE task. Executing a route classification is executed as
hasty or deliberate.
Types of Tactical Reconnaissance - Answers :Bridge Reconnaissance
• Bridge Site Reconnaissance:
access and approach roads, widths, banks, flow characteristics, stream bottoms,
elevations, materials.
• Existing Bride: determine whether the situation warrants emplacing a tactical, support,
or LOC bridge.
, Route Reconnaissance
• The information from route reconnaissance supports route selection decisions.
Classified as hasty or deliberate.
• Hasty route reconnaissance determines the immediate military trafficability of a
specified route.
• A deliberate route reconnaissance is conducted when sufficient time and qualified
technical personnel are available.
Obstacle Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance Support: Tools and Resources - Answers :•ENGINEER RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
•REACHBACK OPERATIONS CENTER
•TELEENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT-DEPLOYABLE
•TELEENGINEERING TOOLKIT
•AUTOMATED ROUTE RECONNAISSANCE KIT
Real Estate - Answers :Authority delegated to Assistant Secretary of the Army who
further delegates it to United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
Real Estate is essentially a collection of real property
Real Property - Answers :A building, structure, utility system, or land.
In garrison, Real Property is managed by the Department of Public Works (DPW)
Five Component of Concrete - Answers :Portland Cement
Water
Aggregates
- Coarse (many types)
- Fine
Air
Admixtures
Concrete is strong in ____ not in ____ - Answers :Concrete is strong in compression not
in tension
