U.S. Army Promotion Board Study Guide (2022)

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U.S. Army Promotion Board Study Guide (2022) What ADP/ADRP covers The Army? - ✔✔ADP 1 In which domains do U.S. forces operate? - ✔✔Air, land, maritime, space, and cyberspace domains. As a ... unique military profession, the Army is built upon an ethos of trust. What are the four other essential characteristics of our profession? - ✔✔Military expertise, honorable service, esprit de corps, and stewardship. What are the 11 Primary Missions of the U.S. Armed Forces? - ✔✔⦁ Counter terrorism and irregular warfare. ⦁ Deter and defeat aggression. ⦁ Project power despite anti-access/area denial challenges. ⦁ Counter weapons of mass destruction. ⦁ Operate effectively in cyberspace. ⦁ Operate effectively in space. ⦁ Maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent. ⦁ Defend the homeland and provide support to civil authorities. ⦁ Provide a stabilizing presence. ⦁ Conduct stability and counterinsurgency operations. ⦁ Conduct humanitarian, disaster relief, and other operations What is the most important determinant of combat power? - ✔✔Leadership What is the US Army's greatest strategic asset; providing depth, versatility, and unmatched experience to the joint force? - ✔✔The all-volunteer force Title 10, USC, establishes the basic structure of the Army. What Forces make up the Army? - ✔✔One Regular Army and two Reserve Components: the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard of the United States. Army Civilians support all three components. What is the function of the Operating Force? - ✔✔Operating forces consist of units organized, trained, and equipped to deploy and fight. What is the function of the Generating Force? - ✔✔The generating force mans, trains, equips, deploys, and ensures the readiness of all Army forces. What is the bedrock of our Army Profession? - ✔✔Trust. What is Stewardship? - ✔✔Stewardship is the responsibility of Army professionals to ensure the profession maintains its five essential characteristics now and into the future. The Army's Vision captures the three strategic roles of the Army. What are they? - ✔✔Prevent, shape, and win. What is the Army's mission? - ✔✔To fight and win the Nation's wars through prompt and sustained land combat, as part of the joint force. If there is no trust between Soldiers and their leaders, what can be the outcome? - ✔✔Soldiers will not follow orders except from fear of consequences. What is an oath? - ✔✔An oath is an individual moral commitment made publicly. What is ADP 1's definition of esprit de corps? - ✔✔A respect for our history and tradition committed to the highest standards of individual and collective excellence. How do units and organizations preserve unit histories and display them? - ✔✔Unit distinctive insignia (such as unit crests, patches, and mottos). What are the hallmarks of units with high esprit de corps? - ✔✔Discipline and pride. What is an operation? - ✔✔An operation is a sequence of tactical actions with a common purpose or unifying theme. What is an operational environment? - ✔✔An operational environment is a composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander. What are mission variables? - ✔✔METT-TC (mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troop and support available, time available, and civil considerations). What are operational variables? - ✔✔PMESII-PT (political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and time. What is unity of effort? - ✔✔Unity of effort is coordination and cooperation toward common objectives, even if the participants are not necessarily part of the same command or organization, which is the product of successful unified action. What is operational art? - ✔✔Operational art is the pursuit of strategic objectives, in whole or in part, through the arrangement of tactical actions in time, space, and purpose. What is decisive action? - ✔✔Decisive action is the continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks. What are the major mission command activities performed during the operations process? - ✔✔Planning, preparing, executing, and continuously assessing the operation. What are the six warfighting functions? - ✔✔Mission command, movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, and protection. What is the act of configuring an operating force, support staff, or sustainment package of specific size and composition to meet a unique task or mission? - ✔✔Taskorganizing. What ADP/ADRP covers The Operations Process? - ✔✔ADP/ADRP 5-0. What is the Army's framework for exercising mission command? - ✔✔The operations process. What are the major mission command activities performed during operations? - ✔✔⦁ Planning. ⦁ Preparing. ⦁ Executing. ⦁ Continuously assessing the operation. How do commanders drive the operations process? - ✔✔Through understanding, visualizing, describing, directing, leading, and assessing operations. What is a composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander? - ✔✔The operational environment. What is MDMP? - ✔✔The military decision-making process is an iterative planning methodology to understand the situation and mission, develop a course of action, and produce an operation plan or order. What are the MDMP steps? - ✔✔⦁ Step 1 - Receipt of mission. ⦁ Step 2 - Mission analysis. ⦁ Step 3 - Course of action development. ⦁ Step 4 - Course of action analysis. ⦁ Step 5 - Course of action comparison. ⦁ Step 6 - Course of action approval. ⦁ Step 7 - Orders production, dissemination, and transition. What are troop-leading procedures? - ✔✔Troop-leading procedures are a dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop a plan, and prepare for an operation. TLP are used by commanders and leaders without a staff. What are the troop leading procedure steps? - ✔✔⦁ Step 1 - Receive the mission. ⦁ Step 2 - Issue a warning order. ⦁ Step 3 - Make a tentative plan. ⦁ Step 4 - Initiate movement. ⦁ Step 5 - Conduct reconnaissance. ⦁ Step 6 - Complete the plan. ⦁ Step 7 - Issue the order. ⦁ Step 8 - Supervise and refine the plan. What does METT-TC stand for? - ✔✔⦁ Mission, enemy ⦁ Terrain and weather ⦁ Troops and support available ⦁ Time available ⦁ Civil consideratio [Show More]

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