AMEDD BOLC Midterm 2021/2022
Exam Solution Guide.
Breakdown of the Infantry Medical (Combat Medic section)
(answer) - 15 combat medics (dispersed between the manuver companies)
Name some Force Multipliers
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AMEDD BOLC Midterm 2021/2022
Exam Solution Guide.
Breakdown of the Infantry Medical (Combat Medic section)
(answer) - 15 combat medics (dispersed between the manuver companies)
Name some Force Multipliers
(answer) - Appropriate gestures
Proper greetings
How to show respect
What is deemed disrespectful
Role of women within the culture
What is considered sacred
How to ask for things
Eye contact (remove sunglasses)
Medical Planning Factors
(answer) - Maintain a medical presence with the Soldier
Maintain the health of the command
Save lives
Clear the battlefield of casualties
Provide state of the art medical care
Ensure early return to duty
What are EEFIs
(answer) - Essential Elements of Friendly Information
"what I DO NOT want the enemy to know"
Intelligence
(answer) - The related tasks and systems that facilitate understanding of the enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations.
Movement and Maneuver
(answer) - The related tasks and systems that move forces to achieve a position of advantage in relation to the enemy.
Fire Support
(answer) - The related tasks and systems that provide collective and coordinated use of Army indirect fires, joint fires, and offensive information operations.
Protection
(answer) - The related tasks and systems that preserve the force so the commander can apply maximum combat power.
Sustainment
(answer) - The related tasks and systems that provide support and services to ensure freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance.
Mission Command
(answer) - The related tasks and systems that support commanders in exercising authority and direction.
Define War Fighting Functions
(answer) - A warfighting function is a group of tasks and systems (people, organizations, information, and processes) united by a common purpose that commanders use to accomplish missions and training objectives.
S1 functions
(answer) - Manning (Unit Personnel Strength)
Personnel Service Support
Manage organization & administration of the headquarters
Coordinates staff responsibilities for Special Staff Officers
S2 functions
(answer) - Military Intelligence
-Collecting, processing, producing, and disseminating intelligence
-Conducts Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (IPB)
-Helps the G/S-3 and Commander figure out the enemy's decision cycle
Counter Intelligence
-Identifying and evaluating enemy's intelligence capabilities
-Security Operations
-Supervises the command & personnel security programs
Intelligence Training
-Prepares the command intelligence training plan and integrates intelligence, counterintelligence, operational security, enemy, and IPB
S3 functions
(answer) - Training
-Prepares and supervises the execution of training within the command
Operations & Plans
-Prepares, coordinates, authenticates, and distributes the command SOP, OPLAN, OPORD, FRAGOs, and WARNOs to which other staff sections contribute
Force Modernization
S4 functions
(answer) - Logistical operations & plans
Supply
Maintenance
Transportation
Coordinates Mortuary Affairs Activities
G5 functions
(answer) - -Overseeing operations beyond the scope of the current order (such as the next operation or the next phase of the current operation)
-Developing plans, orders, branches, and sequels
-Conducting military deception planning
Developing policies and other coordinating or directive products, such as memorandums of agreement
S6 functions
(answer) - Signal Operations
-Managing radio frequency allocations
-Recommending command post locations within the battlespace (based on terrain)
Automation - manages employment of hardware / software and coordinates LAN configuration
Information Security - Manages Commo Security (COMSEC), automation security, and information security
G8 functions (answer) - Establishes and implements command finance operations policy
Responsible for those operational financial management tasks supporting the theater
S9 functions (answer) - Evaluates civil considerations during mission analysis
Prepares the groundwork for transitioning the area of operations from military to civilian control
Advises the commander on the military's effect on civilians in the area of operations
Define Company Trains (answer) - Company Trains provides tactical sustainment for a maneuver company
Located in the company's rear area
Company XO provides Mission Command
Provides resupply to the company
Senior medic provides medical support at the Company Casualty Collection Point (CCP)
What does CTCP stand for? (answer) - Combat Train Command Post
What is at the CTCP? (answer) - BN S-4 Officer provides mission command
BN S-1/MEDO
The CTCP provides supplies, services, maintenance, & medical aid forward to the companies
Battalion Aid Station
What does FTCP stand for? (answer) - Field Trains Command Post
What is at the FTCP? (answer) - HHC Commander provides Mission Command
Provides supply, distribution and maintenance to their maneuver battalions
where is the FTCP (answer) - FTCP is located in the BSA
What is a FSC and where is it? (answer) - Forward Support Company
located near the CTCP
tasked organized to support a maneuver battalion, however it falls under the Brigade Support Battalion
What does the FSC do (answer) - FSC Commander provides mission command over field feeding, water, bulk fuel, general supply, ammunition, and field maintenance.
Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) (answer) - Provides Tactical Sustainment for a BCT
Supply and Distribution
Maintenance (vehicles, weapons, electronics, etc.)
Medical (Role II Medical Treatment Facility)
One Forward Support Company per maneuver battalion
What can the Sustainment Brigade do (answer) - Supply (Food, Water, Fuel, Ammo, construction material, vehicles/weapons, etc.)
Maintenance (vehicles, weapons, communication equipment, etc.)
Transportation (provides trucks to move supplies & soldiers)
Composition of Sustainment Brigade (answer) - 3-7 battalions that can be tailored to the mission. Includes following battalions:
Transpo
Petroleum
Special Troops (HQ, Signal Company)
Combat Sustainment Support
Who leads a Squad (answer) - Squad Leader (SSG or SGT)
*can be composed of Fire Teams
Who is in a PLT HQ? (answer) - PL, PSG, RTO, medic
How many PLTs in a Company (answer) - 3-5
Who leads a Company (answer) - CPT or 1LT, as a Commander
Who is in charge of the Staff (answer) - XO (a.k.a the Chief Cat Herder)
How is an OPORD made (answer) - Each staff section does their part of the order, guided by the Commanders Intent
Define Mission Command (answer) - 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
Plans and Orders (answer) - Focus subordinates' activities
Provide tasks and activities, constraints, and coordinating instructions
Encourage agility, speed, and initiative
Convey instructions in a standard, recognizable, clear, and simple format
What are the types of plans (answer) - Strategic plans: cover the overall conduct of a war
Operational or campaign plans: cover a series of related military operations aimed at accomplishing a strategic or operational objective
Tactical plans: cover the employment of units in operations
When does the OPLAN become the OPORD (answer) - when the commander sets an execution time
What are the 3 types of orders (answer) - OPORD -directive from CDR to coordinate execution of an operation. 5 paragraph format
WARNO- preliminary notice of a mission, issued as soon as mission is received
FRAGO- timely changes to existing orders, follows 5 paragraphs
What are the 5 paragraphs of the OPORD (answer) - Situation
Mission
Execution
Sustainment
Command and signal
What is included in the Situation paragraph (answer) - Area of Interest
Area of Operations
-Terrain
-Weather
-Enemy Forces
-Friendly Forces (includes mission and intent 1 and 2 levels up AND missions of adjacent units)
-Civil considerations
-Other agency
-Attachments and Detachments
-Assumptions
Done by S2
What is included in the Mission paragraph (answer) - CLEARLY STATES TASK AND PURPOSE
Who
What
Where
When
Why
What is included in the Execution Paragraph (answer) - -THE COMMANDERS INTENT
-Key Tasks
-End State
-Concept of Operations (written in phases, broken into Decisive, Shaping, and Sustaining lines)
-Scheme of Maneuver
-Tasks to Subordinate Units
-Coordinating Instructions (includes timeline, CCIRs, EEFI, fire support and aerospace coordination, ROE, Risk reduction)
What is the Commanders Intent (answer) - states the commanders KEY TASKS, PURPOSE, and END STATE
gives the subordinate leader their left and right limits for Mission Command
What are the parts of each Phase in the Concept of Operations (answer) - -Decisive (gaining and accomplishing current ops)
-Shaping (prepping for future ops)
-Sustaining (maintaining current ops)
What is included in the Scheme of Maneuver (answer) - Scheme of:
-Recon/Surveillance
-obscuration (smoke)
-mobility/counter mobility
-intelligence
-fires
-protection
-stability ops
-assessment
What are CCIRs (answer) - Commanders Critical Information Requirements
-the stuff you'd wake the commander up to tell them
-"what do I need to know to win"
What is in the Sustainment Paragraph (answer) - Logistics (done by S4)
-maintenance
-supply
-distribution
Personnel (done by S1)
-strength maintenance
-finance, religious, and legal support
Army Health Support System (done by MEDO)
-evacuation
-hospitalization
What is in the Command and Signal Paragraph (answer) - Command
-location of commander
-succession of command
-liaison requirements
Control
-command posts
-required reports
-signals (includes Challenge and Password)
What are the types of attachments (answer) - Annexes (each war fighting function has an annex)
Appendixes
Tabs
Exhibitions
Who is in a Company HQ section (answer) - CDR, 1SG, sometimes certain staff like Supply Sergeant
Secure (answer) - To gain possession of a position or terrain with or without force
Deployed in a manner which prevents destruction or loss to the enemy
Physical occupation not required
Seize (answer) - To clear a designated area and obtain control of it
Must physically occupy the ground
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