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CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE AMEDD EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
The ART of tactics - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Encompasses
the understanding of those military aspects of tactics -
capabilities, techniques, and procedures - that can be
measured and codified
What is the fundamental difference between
homeland defense and defense support of civil
authorities? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ HD is focused on
external threats and aggression while DSCA is focused
on supporting civil authorities and domestic disaster
relief
Offensive operation tasks - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Movement to contact; attack; exploitation; pursuit
3 statuses that the national guard can operate under -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ State Active Duty; Title 32; Title
10
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Purposes for defensive operations - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1. Deter or defeat enemy offense
2. Gain Time
3. Achieve economy of force
4. Retain key terrain
5. Protect the populace
6. Critical Assets and infrastructure
7. Develop intelligence
Characteristics of defensive operations - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1. preparation
2. Security
3. Disruption
4. Massing effects
5. Flexibility
6. Maneuver
7. Operations in Depth
Characteristics of the Offense - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1.
Surprise
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2. Concentration
3. Tempo
4. Audacity
3 triggers for the transition from offense to defense -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. victory
2. culmination
3. change of mission
4 phases to a hazard or disaster - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
1. planning
2. response
3. recovery
4. restoration
Types of obstacles and what they consist of -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. Existing obstacles -
natural/manmade
2. Tactical/Protective
CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE AMEDD EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
The ART of tactics - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Encompasses
the understanding of those military aspects of tactics -
capabilities, techniques, and procedures - that can be
measured and codified
What is the fundamental difference between
homeland defense and defense support of civil
authorities? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ HD is focused on
external threats and aggression while DSCA is focused
on supporting civil authorities and domestic disaster
relief
Offensive operation tasks - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Movement to contact; attack; exploitation; pursuit
3 statuses that the national guard can operate under -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ State Active Duty; Title 32; Title
10
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Purposes for defensive operations - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1. Deter or defeat enemy offense
2. Gain Time
3. Achieve economy of force
4. Retain key terrain
5. Protect the populace
6. Critical Assets and infrastructure
7. Develop intelligence
Characteristics of defensive operations - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1. preparation
2. Security
3. Disruption
4. Massing effects
5. Flexibility
6. Maneuver
7. Operations in Depth
Characteristics of the Offense - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1.
Surprise
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2. Concentration
3. Tempo
4. Audacity
3 triggers for the transition from offense to defense -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. victory
2. culmination
3. change of mission
4 phases to a hazard or disaster - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
1. planning
2. response
3. recovery
4. restoration
Types of obstacles and what they consist of -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. Existing obstacles -
natural/manmade
2. Tactical/Protective
